Unbiased headline news – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Saturday following his controversial and short-lived martial law decree.
The impeachment motion passed in the National Assembly after 12 lawmakers from Yoon’s own party joined the opposition. The final vote tally was 204-85, with three lawmakers abstaining and eight votes ruled invalid. Yoon had narrowly escaped impeachment just a week earlier, as nearly all members of his ruling People Power Party boycotted the initial attempt.
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President-elect Donald Trump emphasized grocery prices as a central theme in his 2024 campaign, pledging swift action to lower costs for American families if re-elected.
In an interview with *Time* magazine, where he was named “Person of the Year,” Trump acknowledged the difficulty of this promise, calling it a “very hard” task. When asked if failing to deliver on reducing food costs would mark his presidency as a “failure,” Trump replied, “I don’t think so.”
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Luigi Mangione has enlisted veteran attorney and former New York City prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo to represent him in his murder case.
Friedman Agnifilo, who served as the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office second-in-command from 2014 to 2021, brings extensive experience to the case. Her law firm biography highlights her work on “high-profile violent crime cases,” including those involving mental health issues and cold case homicides.
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Sixteen people were hospitalized after two airboats collided in Florida, according to investigators.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said officers responded to the crash near Ochopee following a 911 call at approximately 3:15 p.m. The collision involved one boat carrying 13 passengers and another with 20, the commission added in a statement.
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Two Americans were fatally shot in Mexico, their bodies discovered in a pickup truck, officials confirmed.
The couple was found Wednesday night in Angamacutiro, located in Michoacán’s western region, after authorities responded to reports of gunfire, the state attorney general’s office said. A woman was declared dead at the scene, while a man succumbed to his injuries later at a nearby hospital, according to officials.
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Sean Diddy Combs has withdrawn his appeal to seek release on bail, according to a newly filed court document.
Combs’ attorney notified the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals of the decision to abandon appeals against previous rulings denying bail. “Mr. Combs does not seek to appeal the district court’s denial of his renewed motion and hereby moves to voluntarily dismiss the appeal,” the filing stated. The document also includes a signed statement from Combs, affirming his understanding of the consequences of dismissing the appeal.
