At least 22 people were killed and 85 injured overnight as Russian forces launched a wave of strikes across Ukraine, targeting civilian infrastructure, including a correctional facility and a hospital, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, July 29. The attacks spanned 73 cities, towns and villages, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Deadly prison strike in Zaporizhzhia In […]
The Trump administration announced it’s opening investigations into Duke University and George Mason University as part of its broader effort to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in institutions receiving federal funds. The administration claims Duke violated the Civil Rights Act. What is Duke accused of? The Department of Education announced the investigations into […]
President Donald Trump said on Monday, July 28, that he declined an invitation to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands – distancing himself further from renewed scrutiny over his past ties to the convicted sex offender. “I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down,” […]
Just months after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Spirit Airlines is cutting back once again, announcing plans to furlough or demote hundreds of pilots. The company plans to implement changes in the upcoming months, starting with demotions in October and followed by furloughs in November. How many pilots are affected? Spirit will first demote 140 captains […]
Federal workers are being granted expanded protections for expressing their religious beliefs in the workplace, under new guidance issued Monday, July 28, by the Office of Personnel Management. The memo instructs agencies to ensure that religious expression is welcomed — not penalized — in federal offices. That includes allowing employees to display religious items like […]
That “missing minute” from the security camera at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correction Center, where Jeffrey Epstein died nearly six years ago, may not be missing at all, as first reported by CBS News. Conspiracies began swirling after the Department of Justice and FBI released nearly 11 hours of surveillance footage earlier this month, since the […]
Emil Bove, a Trump judicial nominee, may have misled the Senate during his confirmation hearing, according to evidence presented by a whistleblower to The Washington Post. The report led two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to ask the Justice Department’s watchdog to look into the allegations. President Donald Trump nominated Bove, his former attorney […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., labeled the situation in Gaza a “genocide,” becoming the first Republican in Congress to use the term to describe the humanitarian conditions in the region, according to The New York Times. In a social media post on Monday, July 28, Greene stated it was “truthful and easiest” to acknowledge both […]
It was Super Bowl Sunday in 1984 when a roadside motel in Houston closed its doors to 87 immigrants who lacked documentation. Three businessmen chose to transform The Olympic Motel into a makeshift detention center and cashed their first check from the U.S. government. One of the men, Terrell Don Hutto, ran plantations for prison […]
Cancer rates are on the rise worldwide, and liver cancer is the sixth most common cause of the disease, according to the World Cancer Research Fund. But a study published this week in The Lancet shows that doesn’t have to be the case. In fact, the researchers behind the study say at least 60% of […]
