FBI officials announced today the arrest of than 30 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, including Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier. Billups and Rozier were among a total of 34… Read More
Tropical Storm Melissa likely to become Cat 4 hurricane. U.S. in danger?
Tropical Storm Melissa crawled through the Caribbean Thursday morning, moving at just 3 mph as officials warned the storm could rapidly intensify into a Category 4 hurricane by next week. The National Hurricane Center reported Melissa was located about 240 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, with sustained winds near 50… Read More
University of Virginia strikes deal with Trump administration over DEI
The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest campus to strike a deal with the Trump administration as the college tries to pause months of scrutiny by the federal government. The Justice Department began investigating the admissions… Read More
Wyoming state capitol building evacuated after bomb threat
Investigators in Wyoming sought to identify two men they believe left a homemade bomb in front of the state Capitol, causing the building’s evacuation after a passerby found the object and brought it inside. The bomb, at a time of heightened political angst in the U.S., put the sleepy capital… Read More
Author Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump over Epstein-related claims
Author Michael Wolff claims in a lawsuit that First Lady Melania Trump threatened to sue him for over $1 billion in damages if he didn’t retract Jeffrey Epstein -related statements he recently made about her. Wolff sought unspecified damages in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan…. Read More
US hits staggering $38 trillion in debt
In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt on America’s balance sheet. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic — the… Read More
President Trump says National Guard’s next stop is… San Francisco!?
President Donald Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco next, blasting the California city as crime-ridden and saying its residents are clamoring for federal help. But local and state leaders say that couldn’t be farther from the truth, noting overall crime is down and the city… Read More
Mother charged with abandoning baby at Penn Station subway stop
The mother of a newborn girl who was abandoned at a busy midtown Manhattan subway station with her umbilical cord still attached was arrested early Wednesday, city police said. The 30-year-old Queens woman was taken into custody shortly before 3 a.m. and charged with abandoning and endangering a child. She… Read More
Tropical Storm Melissa hammers Caribbean; here’s where it’s heading next
Tropical Storm Melissa dumped heavy rain on Hispaniola as forecasters warned Wednesday of a significant flood risk in parts of the Caribbean region in the coming days. The rains snarled traffic in the Dominican Republic’s capital, Santo Domingo, and games in the country’s professional baseball league were canceled. People in… Read More
James Comey demands charges be dropped
Former FBI Director James Comey filed a motion Monday to dismiss federal criminal charges against him, arguing he is the victim of selective prosecution driven by President Donald Trump. Comey’s legal team filed two separate motions in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. One challenges the legality of interim U.S…. Read More
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