Bumbling Kidnapping Plot Of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Captured In Series & Podcast – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Campside Media, the company behind the popular Chameleon podcast series, which documented the story of the Hollywood Con Queen, has lined up its next project – the story of the wild kidnapping attempt of Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer. The story, which is based on reporting from Ken Bensinger and Jessica Garrison, is being lined … Read more

2 Americans, 5 Britons captured by Russia in Ukraine freed in prisoner swap

CNN  —  Two American veterans and five British citizens who had been held by Russian-backed forces for months have been released as part of the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine that was brokered by Saudi Arabia. Family members of Americans Alexander John-Robert Drueke and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, who were captured in June while … Read more

Ukraine, using captured Russian tanks, firms up its lines

Ukraine is now deploying captured Russian tanks to solidify its gains in the northeast amid an ongoing counteroffensive, a Washington-based think tank said Tuesday, as Kyiv vowed to push further into territories occupied by Moscow. The Institute for the Study of War, citing a Russian claim, said that Ukraine had been using left-behind Russian T-72 … Read more

12-foot alligator captured by Harris County Precinct 4 deputies on North Lake Branch Lane in Waters Edge subdivision in Atascocita

ATASCOCYTE, Texas (KTRK) — See you later, alligator! That’s the message Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office had for a 12-foot alligator they removed from an Atascocita neighborhood Monday morning, according to Constable Mark Herman. Precinct 4 deputies responded to the 13800 block of North Lake Branch Lane in the Waters Edge subdivision in Atascocita … Read more

Eyeing a city captured by Russia, Ukraine prepares an ambitious counterattack

The road to Russian-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine passes through a no man’s land of charred wheat fields and cratered villages. The tails of rockets stick out of asphalt and the boom of incoming and outgoing artillery ricochets off tidy abandoned homes. Along a jagged front line, Ukrainian forces are preparing for one of the … Read more

Captured nuclear plant doubles as launch pad for relentless Russian rocket attacks

Mykhailo Poperechnyuk was driving towards the town of Nikopol, in southern Ukraine, earlier this month when he saw a barrage of Russian rockets streaking across the night sky. The missiles were fired from what may be the most impregnable Russian positions along the entire front line: those around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant just 5km … Read more