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On September 14, 2018, The New York Times reported the existence of an unverified sexual misconduct allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The story cited three people who had read a letter sent by the accuser—Christine Blasey Ford—to Sen. Diane Feinstein (D–Calif.). Ford was not interviewed for the story; indeed, she wasn't named. Unconfirmed reports of a teenaged Kavanaugh assaulting a teenaged Ford evidently merited coverage from The Times. This prompts an obvious question: Why is the paper of record now declining to publicize a very troubling allegation against former Vice President Joe Biden? The Times is hardly alone...

Both the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups welcomed Sunday’s attack on a bus in the central Israeli city of Bat Yam. Neither group, however, claimed responsibility for the bombing, in which one officer was lightly wounded. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement quoted by the Palestinian Authority-based Ma’an news agency that the organization welcomed the attack, which he said was a "response to the crimes of the occupation." A source with the Islamic Jihad group told Ma’an he hoped the attack "could usher the resumption of suicide attacks." He added that the attack was "a sign that...

Sen. Barack Obama may have thought a wrought iron fence would give him all the separation he needed from indicted Wilmette businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko. But before everything is said and done, our star senator is going to wish he'd done a lot more a lot sooner to distance himself from his longtime political supporter.

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The captain of the USS Cole, who saved his ship from sinking after an al-Qa'eda suicide attack by speedboat, has lashed out at senior Pentagon staff blocking his promotion because of allegations that he could have done more to protect the ship. Commander Kirk Lippold, who now serves behind a desk at the Pentagon, accused the head of the navy, Admiral Mike Mullen, and the navy secretary of "over-riding the judgment" of officers who had recommended his promotion. He complained he was the only officer being held to account for the attack in Aden harbour six years ago. The Cole...

CAMP ANACONDA, Iraq - Spc. Chris Carlson had been out of the U.S. Army for two years and was working at Costco in California when he received notice that he was being called back into service. The 24-year-old is one of thousands of soldiers and Marines who have been deployed to Iraq under a policy that allows military leaders to recall troops who have left the service but still have time left on their contract. "I thought it was crazy," said Carlson, who has found himself protecting convoys on Iraq's dangerous roads as part of a New Jersey National Guard...

Judge removes juror from Scott Peterson's murder trial Scott Peterson could face the death penalty if convicted of killing his wife and unborn son REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Jurors who have been weighing capital murder charges against Scott Peterson for five days were ordered Tuesday afternoon to start from scratch after a panelist was removed from the jury and replaced with an alternate. Judge Alfred Delucchi did not give a specific reason for the removal of the woman, Juror 7, but indicated in his instructions to the remaining jurors that the dismissed juror may have violated court rules by trying...

Whenever a human goes on trial for the murder of another human, public attention is diverted to the suspect’s face and conduct. Is there a tell-tale skipped heartbeat visible in the defendant’s expression? Signs of mourning? Anguish or grief? Hand-wringing or trembling? There’d better be. If you’re a rich superstar athlete like O.J. Simpson, buckets of blood on your walls can’t convict you and you can walk away grinning from ear to ear. If you’re a beefy, smug-mugged ordinary chump like Scott Peterson, bad psychology can convict you. Sometimes Scott’s grin appeared like a mocking smirk. Mostly, he was inert....

A woman who says she was raped by a top aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had no signs of drugs in her body, tests reportedly found. Investigators have been looking for the presence of drugs, because the 22-year-old Assembly staffer claims she felt incapacitated at the time of the alleged rape last month by Michael Boxley. Preliminary tests of the woman's blood and urine showed no traces of narcotics or "date-rape" drugs, according to a police source cited by the Albany Times Union newspaper. However, the tests were conducted more than 24 hours after the alleged attack, and experts...