Day: June 13, 2025

Defense hammers ‘ridiculous’ evidence in Karen Read closing, says case is ‘cooked’

8:34 pm June 13, 2025

Karen Read’s lead defense lawyer Alan Jackson urged jurors to find her not guilty Friday in a closing argument that disputed the prosecution’s entire timeline from the night Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe died in Canton, a suburb about 20 miles south of the city. Read, 45, is accused of slamming her 2021 Lexus SUV […]

Brad Pitt talks mistakes, shares ‘simple equation’ he lives by

8:27 pm June 13, 2025

Brad Pitt says he has gotten to the age where he knows what’s important in life. “No matter the mistake, you know, you just learn from and you move on, and it’ll lead to the next success,” the actor, 61, told Entertainment Tonight on Monday at the premiere of his new racing movie “F1.” He […]

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles halts transgender care amid pressure from Trump administration

8:01 pm June 13, 2025

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) will suspend its long-running transgender treatment program for children and young adults this summer as pressure from the Trump administration continues to mount. The Los Angeles hospital’s Center for Transyouth Health and Development informed its nearly 3,000 patient families on Thursday that the center will be closing its doors on […]

Iran claims right to nuclear prowess following Israel strikes, but remains silent on negotiations with US

8:00 pm June 13, 2025

Iran on Friday confirmed it will not end its nuclear programs despite the overnight attacks by Israel on its atomic facilities and apparent continued U.S. efforts to meet with Iranian counterparts on Sunday. In a statement released by the Iranian government, Tehran claimed Israel’s attack proved it has a “right to enrichment and nuclear technology […]

Ivy League bio smuggling suspect with ties to American adversary gets break from federal judge

7:52 pm June 13, 2025

A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University cancer researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States has been released following four months in federal custody Thursday. Kseniia Petrova, 30, was arrested in February after returning from a vacation in France, where she had obtained a package of superfine sections of frog embryos from a […]