They were careful with the explicit imagery — as usual. But did it make any difference? Traditional news organizations were cautious in their midafternoon coverage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination Wednesday not to depict the moment he was shot, instead showing video of him tossing a hat to his audience moments before, and panicked onlookers scattering…
Crude futures gained for a third consecutive session with rising geopolitical risk following reports that NATO planes shot down Russian drones over Poland and of Israel’s strike yesterday targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar. Reports of President Trump’s asking the EU to implement 100% tariffs on both India and China if they continue to buy Russian…
City leaders in La Marque, Texas have approved a financial plan to prevent a cash-flow crisis within the next two weeks. The plan includes increasing property taxes, implementing a city-wide hiring freeze, and reducing overall city spending. The available funds had dwindled to $1.2 million, and the plan was devised by the newly appointed interim…
A video of a private jet landing at Burning Man has left many people upset, saying it betrays the spirit of what made the festival popular. The video, posted by TikToker Ivoryringlord (@ivoryringlord), shows what a speaker says is the first private plane to arrive at this year’s festival, which took place from Aug. 24…
When police arrested a 13-year-old boy in Washington state last week accused of making threats to kill, they found he had “everything ready to go to commit a mass shooting” – including a trove of more than 20 guns in his home. He was arrested after the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office received information Friday from…
A scrapbook for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday released on Monday contains a photo of him holding a novelty check bearing Donald Trump’s signature, along with a note suggesting Epstein “sold” him a woman for $22,500, shedding further light on the longtime relationship between the president and the convicted sex offender. The photo shows Epstein and…
The Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that immigration agents will flood Chicago in “ Operation Midway Blitz ” is stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety over threats of federal intervention in the nation’s third-largest city. President Donald Trump said Monday that he intends to send in National Guard members from other states as well. The…
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen (Reuters) -President Donald Trump‘s allies have pressed to charge Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and two other prominent political foes with a crime that the federal government rarely prosecutes, a Reuters review of eight years of court records shows. The Justice Department opened investigations into Cook and the others…
Ethiopia will inaugurate Africa’s biggest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, which could power homes and industries across East Africa. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s operation has deepened tensions with downstream nations Egypt and Sudan over how to manage the Nile — the main source of fresh water for more than 100 million people. Bloomberg’s Jennifer Zabasajja…
LONDON (Reuters) -For Russian wife killer Azamat Iskaliyev, the war was a one-way ticket out of jail. The 37-year-old had served less than a third of a nine-year murder sentence – for stabbing his spouse to death in his car in the summer of 2021 because she wanted a divorce – when he was freed…