What is CTE, and did it factor into the NYC deadly shooting?
Shane Tamura, who police said shot and killed four people in Manhattan, claims he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Shane Tamura, who police said shot and killed four people in Manhattan, claims he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, prompting tsunami watches and warnings around the globe. But how does it measure up with the strongest earthquakes in history?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) condemned Tuesday confirmation of controversial nominee Emil Bove to serve as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, after a series of whistleblowers accused him of a history of malfeasance. “This is a genuinely bad guy,” Whitehouse said late Tuesday in an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Briefing.” “He was…
The message to Israel from the American right is now unmistakable: Support is no longer unconditional.
An appeals court may soon get in the way of President Trump’s trade agenda as his Aug. 1 deadline approaches to impose so-called ‘reciprocal’ duties on a host of countries. One day ahead of that deadline, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will convene across the street from the White House to…
The one about Brazil granting Mexico and India preferential tariff treatment could end talks before they even begin.
Broadcaster Bob Costas on Tuesday said the Manhattan gunman who shot and killed four people at a New York office tower on Tuesday had unreasonable grievances with the National Football League (NFL). Authorities said shooter Shane Tamura ended up in the wrong office but was targeting the NFL headquarters to address chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE),…
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