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When a court declared Iwao Hakamata innocent in September, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate seemed unable to comprehend, much less savour the moment. “I told him he was acquitted, and he was silent,” Hideko Hakamata, his 91-year-old sister, tells the BBC at her home in Hamamatsu, Japan. “I couldn’t tell whether he understood or not.” Hideko had been fighting…

Reality doesn’t bite. Well, okay, at times it does. A number of our choices for the best documentaries of the year capture turbulent realities, ominous politics, and, on occasion, stark tragedy. That’s one of the missions of nonfiction film: to put us in touch with dark things that are too often hidden away. But our list casts…

When a hooded gunman shot dead the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in Manhattan last week, the story already had the makings of folklore to many disenfranchised Americans raised on revenge narratives. The unsympathetic target. The everyman cause. The cool demeanor. The clean getaway. The messages on the cartridge cases found at the scene made clear that this was…

A police investigation is under way after a car was “driven at speed” into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany. At least two people have been killed, including a small child, and dozens of others have been injured following the incident in Magdeburg, according to local officials. They say the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi…

FIFA and Netflix (NFLX.O), have signed a deal to broadcast the 2027 and 2031 editions of the Women’s World Cup in the United States, world soccer’s governing body said on Friday. FIFA said the Women’s World Cup will be the first competition to be acquired in full by Netflix and U.S.-based fans would be able to watch…

Malaysia has agreed to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, its transport minister said on Friday, more than 10 years after it disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on…

Seven Chinese citizens were arrested on charges of illegally entering Guam around the time the U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted a key missile interception test using a new radar, the island’s Customs and Quarantine Agency has said. The agency said at least four of the people arrested on Dec. 10-11 were found “in the vicinity of a…

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), on Friday announced sweeping changes to its German operations, including more than 35,000 future job cuts and sharp capacity reductions in a last-gasp deal between Europe’s top carmaker and unions to avert mass strikes. Union leaders hailed the agreement as a “Christmas miracle” after 70 hours of gruelling negotiations, the longest in the company’s 87-year…

Anora, the Palme d’Or winning Sean Baker film about a stripper named Ani (Mikey Madison) pulled into a whirlwind relationship with Russian rich kid Vanya (Mark Eidelstein), has been the subject of debate in recent days for not using intimacy coordinators. But Anora not using intimacy coordinators isn’t news: Baker and Madison discussed their decision not to…

ONE of the loneliest gorillas in the world is set to spend her 41st Christmas trapped in a tiny concrete cage inside a shopping mall. Bua Noi has lived behind bars in Thailand for most of her life with shoppers constantly gawping at her as they walk past. The gorilla has been caged up for decades in…

TYSON FURY’S rematch with Oleksandr Usyk tomorrow night is set to be judged by an AI official. The Gypsy King’s bid to dethrone Usyk and claim back his world heavyweight titles is set to go down in Riyadh this weekend. As usual, the 12-round contest will be judged by three officials. But in a boxing first, there…

According to a shocking new book, Spotify has been promoting so-called “ghost artists” so it can avoid paying its piddling royalties to real artists. In an excerpt from “Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist” published in Harper’s, author Liz Pelly reveals that the streaming platform has a secretive internal program…

The world will mark 21st December 2024 as the first-ever World Meditation Day, following a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly on 29th November 2024.This marks a significant moment in global recognition of meditation’s value. This historic event will establish an annual global celebration of meditation, highlighting its transformative benefits for mental and physical health…

For the uninitiated, sorting one’s rubbish can be a convoluted process in Japan – a country that boasts one of the world’s strictest waste disposal rules. But in the city of Fukushima, things are about to get even tougher. Starting in March, the city government will go through bags of rubbish that fall afoul of regulations –…

Reports in Pakistani Media claimed that the country’s resolution on the “Universal Realization of the Right of the Peoples to Self-determination” was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). However, a source privy to the matter told Times Now that Pakistan tables this resolution every year in the Third Committee of the UN. “We have seen…

Sir Keir Starmer is to make his most controversial senior appointment yet by naming Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US. Lord Mandelson, 71, known as the “Prince of Darkness” from his days as a New Labour’s spin doctor, will be the prime minister’s link to Donald Trump. The former cabinet minister and Brussels commissioner is…

It’s goodnight and good tidings from the Politics Hub The Politics Hub is signing off for the Christmas break – and what a final day before the festivities begin it has been. Not only did we get to unwrap the prime minister’s first grilling at the Liaison Committee, but we also got the appointment of a new…

Sebastian Coe has told Sky News he will explore a complete ban on transgender women competing in women’s events at the Olympics if he wins the election to become the most powerful person in sport. Lord Coe, who is one of seven candidates to become president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in March, returned to the…

A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body in a case that has horrified the world. All the Frenchman’s 50 co-defendants were also found guilty of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault, while their victim,…

The head of the Transportation Security Administration on Thursday warned that an extended partial U.S. government shutdown could lead to longer wait times at airports. TSA, which handles airport security screening, said about 59,000 of its 62,000 employees are considered essential and would continue working without pay in the event of a shutdown that would begin on…

American Airlines passengers were bewildered when a bathroom leak started flooding their plane mid-flight. The incident occurred on Dec. 7 during a flight from Dallas, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, sending dirty water streaming down the aisle. “It was utter disbelief and a little panic realizing they can’t shut off the water,” Hilary Stewart Blazevic, a passenger on…

Many workers aren’t happy with their jobs, and their limited options to find a new one are contributing to an era Gallup is calling “The Great Detachment,” according to a new report from the workplace advisory firm. The share of Americans watching for or actively seeking a new job has ticked up to 51% today, compared with…

Workers affiliated with the Teamsters began striking at Amazon facilities across the country Thursday morning — in what the union calls the largest strike in history against the online shopping giant less than a week before Christmas. In a news release Thursday evening, the union said “thousands of Teamsters” were taking part in the strikes at facilities…

What’s New Democrats and some Republicans are calling Elon Musk “president” after he led the charge against a Republican-backed government funding bill, possibly sending the government into shutdown over the holidays. Lawmakers are lining up to attack Donald Trump and Musk after they came out against a short-term spending compromise orchestrated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson…

Death in America Many factors can play a role in determining how long a person lives, from personal health habits to where they call home. And often, improvements in those areas are aimed at staving off conditions like heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, which remain among the biggest drivers of death among Americans. Nearly 3.1 million…

A New York man has pleaded guilty to helping establish a secret police station in Manhattan on behalf of the Chinese government. Chen Jinping, 60, entered the guilty plea on one count of conspiring to act as an agent of China at Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. Prosecutors said Chen and his co-defendant,“Harry” Lu Jianwang, opened and…

THE man accused of assassinating the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare has faced a judge in New York City after being hit with new federal charges. Luigi Mangione, 26, was flanked by dozens of heavily armed NYPD officials, including Mayor Eric Adams, after landing at a heliport near Wall Street in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon just minutes before…

FAR-RIGHT firebrand Nick Fuentes says he was targeted by an armed killer after a triple murder suspect was shot dead in Illinois. Fuentes posted a video of a man holding a gun and crossbow who is seen ringing his doorbell and calling out for him by name. Cops declined to comment on the video but confirmed a…

When Portugal returned its colony Macao to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in a different world. Since then his sleepy hometown has transformed into a bustling gaming hub lined with glittering casinos. Its once quiet streets are now jammed with tourist buses. But the growing wealth of the city…

An Indian woman who says she was trafficked to Pakistan more than two decades ago has finally returned home – 18 months after her grandson spotted her in a YouTube video. Hamida Banu said she had spent the last 22 years “as a living corpse”, trapped in the neighbouring country and unable to contact her family. Ms…

At least 13 people have died and two more are missing after an Indian navy speedboat ploughed into the side of a passenger ferry off the coast of Mumbai, officials say. Three navy personnel are among the dead, while more than 100 people have been rescued, Maharashtra state chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said. Footage of the incident…

  The de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has said the country is exhausted by war and is not a threat to its neighbours or to the West. In an interview with the BBC in Damascus, he called for sanctions on Syria to be lifted. “Now, after all that has happened, sanctions must be lifted because…

Kai Trump revealed the “most embarrassing” thing her grandfather Donald Trump has done in her presence. On Tuesday, the 17-year-old posted a “get to know me better” Q&A session video with fans on her YouTube channel and explained how the president-elect reacted when meeting one of her male friends. “My most embarrassing moment with my grandpa is…

A New York resident who prosecutors say operated a “secret police station” in the Chinatown district of Manhattan to aid Beijing’s targeting of dissidents, pleaded guilty on Wednesday (Dec 18) to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent. Chen Jinping, 61, entered the plea at a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court before US District Judge Nina…

The United States, joined by Arab mediators, sought on Wednesday (Dec 18) to agree with Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old war in the Gaza Strip where medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians overnight. A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said on Wednesday that mediators had narrowed gaps in most of the…

Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan must forfeit more than £2m after a judge ruled they failed to pay any tax on £21m in revenue from online businesses, including OnlyFans. Devon and Cornwall Police brought the civil case to seize £2.8m held in seven frozen bank accounts from the Tate brothers and a…

A death row inmate’s last words were “let’s get this over with” before he became the first person to be executed in the US state of Indiana in 15 years. Joseph Corcoran, 49, died by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 1997 murders of his brother, his sister’s fiancee and two other men. He had been on…

Ukraine cannot remove Russian troops from the land they occupy in the east of the country and Crimea, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted. While Kyiv would never recognise Russia’s rule, he said diplomacy is the only option to get President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his army. It comes less than a month after he gave similar remarks to…

A patient has been hospitalized with the first confirmed severe bird flu case in the US. The case was confirmed on Friday and announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today. No details on the patient, who is at a hospital in Louisiana, were immediately released. ‘While an investigation into the source of the…

NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule. NASA announced the latest delay in Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ homecoming on Tuesday. The two test pilots planned on being away just a week or…

Five French judges will deliver their verdicts on Thursday in a mass rape case against 51 men that has appalled the world and transformed the victim, Gisele Pelicot, into a stirring symbol of courage and resilience. Pelicot’s ex-husband of 50 years, Dominique Pelicot, has pleaded guilty to drugging her repeatedly for almost a decade to rape her,…

The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to block a law intended to force the sale of the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban on national security grounds. The justices did not immediately act on an emergency request by TikTok and ByteDance,…

After seeing a youth welfare bill she advocated for pass Congress, Paris Hilton says she could potentially envision herself running for public office. “After coming here so many times over the past couple of years and seeing that my voice really can make a difference, and I can really shine a spotlight on things that are important…

Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, noted that it was first time human remains have been found in Behnesa MORE than a dozen Egyptian mummies embellished with gold tongues and fingernails have been uncovered by archaeologists. Surrounded by ancient amulets, the colourful 2,000-year-old tombs were found in the Behnese area, an…

When jailing Sara’s father and stepmother, the judge said homeschooling her was a “ruse” to cover up abuse. Her death has raised questions about the safeguards that should be in place for homeschooled children. Jax Blunt has educated her children at home for two decadesThe murder of Sara Sharif has rasied serious questions about who should be…

High-rise buildings along South Florida’s coast are sinking in “unexpected” ways, according to a new study. A view of Surfside in Florida. Pic: APMore than 30 luxury hotels and high-rise homes along the beach in South Florida are sinking in unexpected ways, according to a new study. Scientists at the University of Miami said 35 buildings along…

At a ceremony in Surrey, US navy secretary Carlos Del Toro praised Tom Cruise for spending “nearly four decades as an unwavering supporter of the men, women and families of the navy and marine corps”, since the release of Top Gun in 1986. Top Cruise accepts US navy awardTom Cruise has been presented with the US navy’s…

Fans are convinced Justin Bieber sent Selena Gomez a “secret message” following her engagement to Benny Blanco. On Monday — just days after his off-and-on ex of eight years shared the news of her engagement — the “Baby” hitmaker took to Instagram to post an up-close selfie of his wife, Hailey Bieber, kissing the side of his…

Kim Kardashian appears to have fashioned herself a high-heeled cast for her fractured foot. On Tuesday, the “Kardashians” star, 44, posted a photo of her foot wrapped in an off-white, gauze-covered “shoe” on her Instagram Story. The open-toe cast featured a thick platform, mirroring a wedged bootie. Fans praised Kardashian’s unusual design and predicted it would become…

Jessica Simpson is back in the studio for the first time in more than a decade, but her unrecognizable appearance has overshadowed the exciting return. The “Irresistible” singer, 44, took to Instagram late Monday night to post a photo from a recording studio, telling her 6.3 million followers, “I can’t wait for y’all to hear the soundtrack…

Each morning, the queues began forming before dawn. Groups of women – always women – stood in the autumn chill on a pavement beside a busy ring road, outside Avignon’s glass and concrete courthouse. They came, day after day. Some brought flowers. All wanted to be in place to applaud Gisèle Pelicot as she walked, purposefully, up…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure to resign from his own Liberal Party after his top minister abruptly quit and criticized his handling of the budget. Trudeau has led the country for nearly a decade, but has become widely unpopular in recent years over a wide range of issues, including the high cost of living…

Underneath a granite hill in southern China, a massive detector is nearly complete that will sniff out the mysterious ghost particles lurking around us. The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory will soon begin the difficult task of spotting neutrinos: tiny cosmic particles with a mind-bogglingly small mass. The detector is one of three being built across the globe…

Keely Hodgkinson has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, capping a stellar year in which she became Olympic champion. The 800m runner beat darts star Luke Littler and England cricketer Joe Root into second and third place in the public vote. Para cyclist Dame Sarah Storey, Olympic and world triathlon champion Alex Yee, and…

A private mission to the moon will launch next month to pave the way for humanity’s return to the lunar surface. Ghost Riders in the Sky – the mission name chosen by US start-up Firefly Aerospace – will target a landing in the Sea of Crisis, a dark patch the size of Britain on the near-side of…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, seized after the ouster of Syria’s President Bashar Assad, until another arrangement is in place “that ensures Israel’s security.” Netanyahu made the comments from the summit of Mount Hermon — the highest peak in the area — inside…

A staggering poll from Emerson College suggests that more young Americans believe that Luigi Mangione’s assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was acceptable than don’t. According to the survey of 1,000 registered voters, 41% of 18 t0 29-year-olds believe that the murder of Thompson was either somewhat or completely acceptable, with 24% falling into the former and…

From endless traffic to nonstop construction, if you live in a busy city, the noise is inescapable. While you may think your headache is worse than anyone else’s, a new survey finds nothing beats the racket taking place in New Jersey! Researchers have found that The Garden State tops the list of the loudest states in the…

The Vatican has found itself in the middle of a critical financial crisis, which threatens to jeopardize the livelihood of retired clergy and staff worldwide The Vatican has found itself in an unprecedented financial crisis as of late and according to reports, it was caused by a decline in donations. The Vatican, which is the global headquarters…

A general in charge of Vladimir Putin’s nuclear troops has been killed by a bomb planted inside an electric scooter by Ukraine’s secret services, sources have confirmed. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant were blown up outside his apartment building around four miles from the Kremlin in Moscow. The explosive was triggered remotely, Russia’s news agency…

The sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire has been cleared by the government. The £3.6bn takeover by Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group has been given the go-ahead after agreeing “legally binding” undertakings. The government will retain a so-called “golden share” that will require it to approve any major changes to Royal Mail’s ownership, HQ…

Cricket commentator Isa Guha has apologised for calling Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah the “most valuable primate” during the third Test against Australia. She made the remark while commentating for Fox Sports in Brisbane on Sunday after Bumrah got India off to a stunning start with two quick wickets. Her comment sparked a social media backlash which noted…

The founder of failed media and entertainment firm Ozy Media, Carlos Watson, has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for lying about the company to attract investors. Prosecutors said the former MSNBC host and ex-Goldman Sachs banker had orchestrated a years-long scheme that resulted in “tens of millions of dollars” of losses for investors. The…

Leave it to the Bad Gal to make a fashion statement. Rihanna stepped out with A$AP Rocky to go shopping in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday in one of her signature head-turning looks, wearing a pair of high-fashion Croc clogs. The Fenty Beauty founder, 36, went casual in a pair of knit boxer shorts by Alexander Wang…

Accepting the award, she said she was representing “Martinique, its diaspora as well as all the women who were once told that it was too late” and said she was “very, very far, in my head, from telling myself that I was going to win.” A 34-year-old flight attendant from the French Caribbean island of Martinique has…

Twelve people are reported to have died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a ski resort in Georgia. The bodies of one Georgian national and 11 foreigners were found in sleeping quarters on the second floor of a building housing an Indian restaurant in Gudauri on Saturday, the country’s ministry of internal affairs said in a statement.…

A suspected Chinese spy – described as a “close confidant” of Prince Andrew – has been publicly named as Yang Tengbo. Mr Yang, who was known only as H6 until a High Court judge lifted an anonymity order which was shielding his identity on Monday, is barred from entering Britain. He was first excluded in 2023 by…

Donald Trump has said Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have “gotta make a deal” to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The US president-elect said the conflict “has to stop” and that people were “dying at levels nobody has ever seen”. He also claimed it could take “100 years” to rebuild Ukraine’s cities from the devastation…

David Cameron and George Osborne made a “massive mistake” in courting China from 2010 to 2016, Sir Iain Duncan Smith has told Sky News. The former Tory leader said the Yang Tengbo spying row proves that aspects of national security were overlooked and the UK is now paying the price. Sir Iain, who served in Lord Cameron’s…

Three people, including a teenage suspect, have died and several are injured after a shooting at a school in Wisconsin. A teacher and a teenage student were killed in the attack at Abundant Life Christian School in the state capital Madison. The suspect has been identified as a 15-year-old female student Natalie Rupnow, who went by the…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species on Tuesday, citing a significant decline in the iconic black and orange insects that has pushed them toward extinction. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Monarch butterflies, known for migrating thousands of miles (km) across North America, have experienced a decades-long U.S. population decline due…

The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on Monday, clearing the way for an early election on Feb. 23 necessitated by the collapse of his government. Scholz’s three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt, leaving his Social…

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the Hmeimim base on Dec. 8 as it came under drone attack, after leaving Damascus that morning with rebel fighters closing in. His written statement was published on the Syrian presidency’s Telegram channel and dated Dec. 16 from…

An iceberg twice the size of Greater London and weighing more than a trillion tonnes is making a bid for freedom. The ‘megaberg’, named A23a,has begun ‘spinning’ for the first time in almost 30 years after becoming stuck in a vortex off Antarctica. The huge iceberg, which is 3,800 square kilometres, broke free of Antarctica in 1986…

A 15-year-old schoolgirl killed two people and wounded six others at a private Christian school before turning the gun on herself, cops say. Police say a student and teacher are dead after a female fellow student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, about 80 miles west of Milwaukee, on Monday. Officers flooded the…

THE viral “prisoner” discovered by a CNN news crew cowering in a cell was one of Assad’s evil torturers, a Syrian fact-checking site has claimed. The so-called imprisoned civilian was found trembling under a blanket before being freed by the team, exclaiming: “Oh God, there is light.” The man had named himself to CNN’s Clarissa Ward as…

Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from her post, citing disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on how to respond to incoming President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs. She announced her resignation in a letter to Trudeau on Monday, in which she said the two have been “at odds about the best path forward for Canada”,…

Seven foreigners in Fiji were sent to hospital for suspected poisoning after drinking pina coladas at a five-star resort’s bar, local authorities said. Five are tourists, with one from the US and the rest from Australia, aged between 18 and 56. Two others are foreigners living in Fiji, according to local media reports citing the health ministry.…

The remaining five members of the “Bali Nine” Australian drug ring have returned from Indonesia after diplomatic efforts between the countries this month to strike a repatriation deal, the two governments said on Sunday. “The Australian Government can confirm that Australian citizens Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael Czugaj have returned to…

The decision comes after the Irish government said it would ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to broaden its definition of genocide – claiming Israel has engaged in the “collective punishment” of people in Gaza. Israel’s embassy in Dublin, pictured on 7 November 2023 with floral tributes following the Hamas attack a month prior. Pic: PAIsrael’s…

Marcus Fakana, from David Lammy’s Tottenham constituency, had a “holiday romance” with a girl who was 17 while with his family in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Marcus FakanaThe foreign secretary said people should “follow the rules” of other countries when asked about a British 18-year-old who has been sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai.…

Two Russian oil tankers have been badly damaged in the Black Sea, causing an oil spill, authorities in Russia have said. Footage released by Russia’s Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office showed the bow of one tanker completely broken off, with streaks of oil visible in the water. Both tankers are believed to have drifted before running aground offshore.…

On a cold, dark night in January 1952, a distress call went out over Death Valley. “Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. This is Air Force 001 bailing out north of Barstow, California,” an official crash report would later read. Seconds later, six men jumped out of a 16-ton, two-engine, SA-16 Albatross plane into total darkness. The plane — with…

For the eighth consecutive year, Hawaii’s population is declining, according to the United States Census Bureau’s Vintage 2023 population estimates. Hawaii’s population continues to decline year over year. Honolulu County, which includes the entire island of Oahu, shows the largest decrease. TriggerPhoto/Getty Images/iStockphoto“Hawaii’s population declined since 2016 in part due to increases in out-migration but also because…

Hooligans in Florida terrorized motorists, including one with a baby on board, and set a fire in a chaotic street takeover last month, according to shocking footage. Sportscar drivers accompanied by dozens of belligerent spectators took over the intersection of the South John Young Parkway and Central Florida Parkway on Nov. 30, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office…

The truth is out there — they’re just too scared to tell us. A New Jersey state senator has bluntly accused the government of hiding the truth about the mysterious drones flying over the Garden State, saying the feds are too “fearful” of how people will react. “Whatever these drones are doing, the government really doesn’t want…

A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over parts of New Jersey and the East Coast in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them and why. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wrote to President Joe Biden asking for answers. New Jersey’s new senator, Andy Kim, spent Thursday night on a drone…