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The Supreme Court ruled early Tuesday morning that the Justice Department can resume its first federal executions in 17 years this week, hours after a D.C. judge issued an order temporarily halting the lethal injections. The unsigned, 5-4 opinion issued around 2 a.m. will allow four scheduled federal executions to proceed as planned and came …

Virgin Atlantic has agreed a rescue deal with shareholders and creditors worth 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) to secure its future beyond the coronavirus crisis, the British airline said on Tuesday. The private-only deal removes the need for government support that had previously been sought by founder Richard Branson and is expected to be completed …

An unhinged Amber Heard screamed at Johnny Depp that he was “fat” and “washed up” when she attacked him on his private island, a UK court was told Tuesday. Tara Roberts, the estate manager of Depp’s Little Hall Pond’s Cay in the Bahamas, called the actor an “unusually kind man” who became “withdrawn” during his …

“Empire” star Bryshere Gray was arrested for domestic violence early Monday, the Goodyear, Arizona, police department announced. Authorities responded to a 911 call from a gas station at approximately 10:15 p.m. local time Sunday from a woman who identified herself as Gray’s wife. She claimed she had been assaulted by Gray in their home, alleging …

Johnny Depp called wife Amber Heard a “malicious, evil and vindictive c–t” — who “acquired” him for “success and fame,” a UK court was told Tuesday. “I just cannot live like this,” Depp texted his private doctor, David Kipper, shortly before he went to a hospital after his fingertip was severed during a vicious 2015 …

Amber Heard called Johnny Depp a “f—ing coward” after she “cut off his finger” with a broken bottle — and then insisted she loved him and begged him not to leave, a UK court was told Tuesday. Depp’s bodyguard for 16 years, Malcolm Connolly, said he found the star “in emotional distress and panicking” with …

Today the French celebrate the 231th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, the date usually recognized as the beginning of the French Revolution. What should libertarians (or classical liberals) think of the French Revolution? The Chinese premier Zhou Enlai is famously (but apparently inaccurately) quoted as saying, “It is too soon to tell.” I like to draw on …

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters during Monday’s daily press briefing that President Trump “believes that the Native American community would be very angry” about Washington’s NFL team changing its name.  “These teams name their teams out of strength, not weakness,” McEnany said Monday when asked about the name change. “[Trump] says he …

Federal judges in Tennessee and Georgia blocked restrictive abortion bans in both states on Monday. District Judge Steve Jones ruled unconstitutional Georgia’s “heartbeat” law, which bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, around six weeks of pregnancy. Jones previously temporarily blocked the law, which was never implemented, in October. The law included exceptions for abortions …

The Los Angeles and San Diego school districts announced Monday that they will not return to in-person classes next month but will begin the school year with online-only classes over coronavirus concerns. In Los Angeles, students will start virtual classes on August 18 but will not be called back to the physical classroom, Los Angeles …