Spate of health scares and violent threats highlight growing vulnerabilities for lawmakers on Capitol Hill

Members of Congress are vulnerable. They’re not super men and women. They are of flesh and bone like anyone else. A series of unconnected events in recent days spoke to the vulnerabilities of those who work on Capitol Hill as health scares impacted three well-known Congressional figures. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell during…

Hundreds gather at Wisconsin vigil to mourn victims of deadly Christian school shooting

A grieving community in Wisconsin came together to attend a vigil and a separate prayer service on Tuesday night to mourn the victims of the deadly shooting at a Christian school a day earlier. The vigil was held outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol in the center of Madison, where singers and speakers, including local…

Ex-meth user who gouged her own eyeballs out while high says she is ‘happier’ years after nightmarish episode

Kaylee Muthart, 26, was left permanently blinded when she ripped out her eyes with her bare hands and squished them believing the act of self-harm would save the world after snorting and injecting tainted methamphetamine in February 2018.