Two people fatally shot at Oregon grocery store
Two people were fatally shot on Sunday night by a gunman who opened fire at an Oregon grocery store before he was found dead, authorities said. Police responded around 7 p.m. to reports of a shooting at the Forum Shopping Center in the city of Bend, which is about three hours outside of Portland, according to the Bend Police Department. Officials said the gunman, armed with an A-15-style rifle, began firing in the parking lot before entering a Safeway and fatally shooting
Read MoreHow will the war in Ukraine end?
Can or how will the war in Ukraine end? Kyiv understandably views the survival of Ukraine as a free, independent, sovereign state existential. That has led President Volodymyr Zelensky to set maximum goals such as retrieving much or all of the nearly
Read MoreBilly Eichner rips Clarence Thomas, 'homophobes on the Supreme Court' at MTV VMAs
Comedian Billy Eichner slammed the U.S. Supreme Court and Justice Clarence Thomas at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) Sunday night, calling them "homophobes" who are stuck in the past. Eichner teased an upcoming film he co-wrote and stars in called "Bros," about a romantic relationship between two men, before he took a jab at the court. "I need you all there on September 30 because we need to show all the homophobes like Clarence Thomas and all the homophobes on the Supreme Court that we want gay love sto
Read MoreHow government encourages property theft in Massachusetts — and homeowners are fighting back
The first time Mark Mucciaccio of South Easton, Mass., remembers hearing of Tallage Lincoln LLC was when he learned the real estate investment company had taken his longtime family home out from under him. Mucciaccio isn’t alone. Numerous Bay State homeowners have ended up in the crosshairs of real estate players working with government agencies to seize and sell off tax-delinquent properties. They keep any profit, leaving the original owners with nothing. This predatory practice is legal in Massachusetts — at least for now. But that could soon ch
Read MoreThe Hill's Morning Report — NASA heads back to the moon
At Cape Canaveral, Fla., this morning, weekend lightning strikes, weather worries and a hydrogen leak appeared to be surmounted with a slight delay as NASA began its countdown to send the most powerful rocket it has ever built, the Artemis I,into space without a crew between 8:33 a.m. and 10:33 a.m. ET “We’re in really great shape. … And now we’re moving forward,” Jeremy Graeber, assistant launch director for the Artemis I laun
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