The Kyiv residence of Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Annely Kolk was hit by a Russian drone on Thursday, according to Estonia’s foreign minister. “In yet another attack on Kyiv early yesterday morning, a Russian drone hit the apartment building where Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Annely Kolk lives,” Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders projected confidence Thursday that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor, while Democrats insisted they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted. The GOP picked up two more hard-fought seats in Pennsylvania, which […]
The bells of Notre Dame in Paris rang out together on Friday for the first time since a 2019 fire that devastated the historic cathedral, AFP reporters said. The sound of the eight bells in Notre Dame’s northern belfry came a month before the cathedral is to reopen following five years of painstaking restoration work […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — It’s Friday night in Downtown Santiago, the capital of Chile, and a group of 15 people gather around a table, sharing a bottle of wine as the smell of tobacco and incense fill the air. Black candles burn on top of an altar decorated with chalices and knives. The members of […]
Uber denounced the “abhorrent” anti-Semitic attacks in Amsterdam and said it’s working with law enforcement to identify whether any of its rideshare drivers were involved in the violence, following calls from Jewish activists to boycott the company. “We were shocked and saddened to hear of the abhorrent violence in Amsterdam. While there were no reported […]
The day after Hillary Clinton was nominated by the Democratic National Committee in 2016, Yale Law School congratulated Clinton, class of 1973, “on her historic nomination for President of the United States.” Eight years later, it is refusing to congratulate J.D. Vance on his actual election. The school has made no statement about the vice […]
President Donald Trump’s decisive election win this week has sparked a scramble to determine who will serve in his top cabinet roles, with several high-profile allies vying to become the next defense secretary. During his first term in office, Trump tapped four-star general James Mattis to lead the military before replacing him with Defense Department […]
‘I don’t give a s*** where the money comes from. … I’m a whole DA,’ Jody Owens allegedly told FBI informants Jody Owens (Owens Facebook), Chokwe Antar Lumumba (aspenideas.org) A Mississippi district attorney backed by Democratic megadonor George Soros and a Mississippi mayor endorsed by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) have been indicted on […]
Kamala Harris, who ended her failed presidential campaign $20 million in debt, is soliciting donations to support a recount for incumbent Bob Casey against Republican Dave McCormick, the declared winner of the Pennsylvania Senate race. But rather than help Casey in his longshot ballot bid, Harris’s gambit may end up lining the pockets of her […]
A New York-based bank branch manager used his position to steal $208,938.68 from a customer’s accounts and was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison. Starting in January 2020, James Gomes, now 43, linked his phone number to the unnamed customer’s accounts and enrolled them in online banking services. From March through April 2020, Gomes […]