MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband will be sentenced in federal court on Thursday. Vance Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty in June, nearly a year after the Minneapolis-area attacks, when he stalked and killed House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and
A monkey that has striking pinkish-orange lips and a black face (and lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) has been confirmed as a new species to science. The black-furred primate was seen and photographed hiding in the high treetops of the dense tropical forests of Lomami National Park, in the
A group of 12 Democratic state attorneys general is suing to block Paramount Skydance’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing that the transaction violates antitrust law by giving the combined company undue power in three markets: wide-release theatrical distribution, blockbuster movies and basic cable television. Paramount says the lawsuit “distorts established antitrust law” and that
A health worker takes a woman’s temperature as part of Ebola screening efforts in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. As part of the effort to quell the outbreak, the first patients have been enrolled in a clinical trial to test two drugs against the Bundibugyo strain of the virus that is spreading there. Additionally,
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began in May, although transmission had not been detected for some time. The situation has been declared a public health emergency by the WHO, which says there have been 1,460 confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 150 suspected cases and