Lt. Ridge Alkonis, a Navy officer who was imprisoned in Japan after killing two members of a Japanese family in a car crash, was on his way to the United States on Wednesday after a yearslong diplomatic effort to bring him home, Biden administration officials said. Lieutenant Alkonis, 35, was released from prison after serving…
Allison Mack, the “Smallville” actress who recruited women to the cultlike group Nxivm and assisted prosecutors in convicting its leader of sex trafficking and other crimes, was released from a federal prison this week after serving two years of a three-year sentence on racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges. Her release, on Monday, was posted on…
WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and minority leader who suffered a concussion in a serious fall earlier this month, was released from inpatient rehabilitation on Saturday, according to a statement he released Saturday evening. “I want to sincerely thank everyone for all the kind wishes,” Mr. McConnell said in the statement. “I’m…
Bats can sleep upside down, fly at up to 100 miles per hour and use their own version of sonar to hunt down insect hunters. But they can’t stand cold weather. The powerful winter storm that swept across much of the United States last week proved nearly too strong for hundreds of the flying mammals…