Forget the generic title – this Netflix thriller should really be called “unsung legends”. Back in 1990, a handful of UK customs employees were plucked from their humdrum jobs searching suitcases or tracking down illegally imported porn mags, and transformed into undercover agents. Their mission was to bring down an international heroin-smuggling ring that was…
The U.S. Secret Service insignia is pictured on a wall at the Secret Service headquarters in Washington. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters A U.S. Secret Service officer was arrested in Miami on a charge of indecent exposure while off-duty, authorities said Monday. The officer, John Spillman, had earlier worked on exterior security screening for President Donald…
Secret Service agent at White House correspondents’ dinner was ‘definitively’ hit by suspect’s bullet, prosecutor says. Published On 3 May 20263 May 2026 Authorities in the United States have said that the suspect accused of attempting to kill President Donald Trump was the one who shot a Secret Service agent at the White House correspondents’…
These tragic actress associations were apt: After Pat’s husband, Sam Daniels, an appellate lawyer, left her for his secretary, she had psychotic depressive episodes that included, on one occasion, feeding the possessions of their three children, whom she called “schnickelfritzes,” into a living-room fire. Sam was obviously not the picture of mental health either. Yes,…
Officials say pirates have become emboldened as naval forces patrolling the Red Sea area are distracted by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and civilian maritime routes diverted. Published On 2 May 20262 May 2026 Yemen’s Coast Guard has said that it is attempting to recover an oil tanker that was hijacked off the…
FILE PHOTO: President of Bard College Leon Botstein speaks during the “Changing Landscapes: From the Digital Classroom to the Global Campus” panal during the TIME Summit On Higher Education on Oct. 18, 2012 in New York City. Jemal Countess | Getty Images Bard College President Leon Botstein announced Friday that he will retire at the…
Dramatic surveillance video released Thursday shows alleged would-be assassin Cole Tomas Allen casing a hallway at the Washington Hilton Hotel on April 24, and then the next evening, storming through a Secret Service checkpoint at that hotel outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where President Donald Trump was set to give a speech. The…
FILE PHOTO: FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Former FBI Director James Comey was charged Tuesday with threatening President Donald Trump’s life when he posted an image of…
ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Guyaku village, which lasted several hours. By Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026 Armed attackers killed at least 29 people in Guyaku village in Nigeria’s Adamawa State, an attack that lasted several hours and left property destroyed, officials said. “My…
A man armed with multiple weapons charged a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night before being “taken down” by U.S. Secret Service agents, President Donald Trump said hours after he was evacuated from the event. One officer was shot, but he was “saved by the fact that he was wearing…
