Tag: The Washington Mail

Girl, 12, Escapes Captivity, Leading Alabama Authorities to Find 2 Bodies

A 12-year-old girl who had been held captive in a home in rural Alabama was found walking along…

As China Plans Drills Circling Taiwan, U.S. Officials Fear a Squeeze Play

WASHINGTON — For years the deliberate “strategic ambiguity” in Washington’s China policy has left unclear how the United…

Trump Lawyer Proposed Challenging Georgia Senate Elections in Search of Fraud

John Eastman, the conservative lawyer whose plan to block congressional certification of the 2020 election failed in spectacular…

YouTube Automation Sprouts Cottage Industry That Promises Fast Money

Scott Mitchell became convinced YouTube would make him rich.Mr. Mitchell, 33, got the idea last year from videos…

Sri Lanka Targets Protest Organizers That Toppled President

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan government is cracking down on the people who participated in a…

Alex Jones, Under Questioning, Is Confronted With Evidence of Deception

AUSTIN, Texas — In a brutal cross-examination on Wednesday in the trial of the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones,…

Jackie Walorski, Indiana Congresswoman, Is Killed in Car Crash

WASHINGTON — Representative Jackie Walorski, Republican of Indiana, was killed in a car accident in her district on…

Live Updates: U.S. Senate Votes to Accept Sweden and Finland in NATO

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, center, on Wednesday with the Siemens gas turbine intended for the Nord Stream…

Pelosi Leaves Taiwan, but Tensions Rise in Her Wake

Lithuania was the only European Union member to openly support Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Gabrielius Landsbergis,…

Richard Tait, Co-Inventor of the Board Game Cranium, Dies at 58

Mr. Tait studied computer science as an undergraduate at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh before moving to the United…

Kansas Votes to Preserve Abortion Rights Protections in Its Constitution

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Kansas voters resoundingly decided against removing the right to abortion from the State Constitution,…

Mexico’s Drought: Country Faces a Water Emergency

Mexico, or large parts of it, is running out of water.An extreme drought has seen taps run dry…