More than a dozen current and former college basketball players have been charged in connection with a point-shaving scheme involving 17 NCAA Division I teams. A federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleged that the scheme involved 39 college basketball players, 15 of whom were charged. ESPN is reporting that those […]
Natalie Trice spent her last holiday season scrolling through Instagram and Facebook, checking notifications and watching other people’s highlight reels. But this time, something clicked. “I realized how much ‘IG’ and Facebook were taking over my life,” said Trice, founder of Natalie Trice Publicity. “The comparison, the endless ads, the use of pain points to […]
President Donald Trump is pressing his case that the United States must control Greenland for national security reasons, and he is refusing to take any options off the table. Denmark and Greenland are responding with a firm no, warning that U.S. ownership is unacceptable even as they agree to keep talking. The comments came as […]
Minneapolis is on edge again after a federal officer shot a man in the leg during an arrest. The Department of Homeland Security says the officer was attacked during a struggle. Plus, a nationwide Verizon outage cut off millions of customers from the world Wednesday, disrupting calls and data after what authorities say was a […]
Senate Republicans moved to protect President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force in Venezuela, blocking an effort that would have forced congressional approval for any further action. The vote locked in where the Senate stands as Trump pushes the boundaries of U.S. force overseas. The resolution failed Wednesday night after a White House pressure […]
Verizon’s service to all customers should now be restored after a massive outage kept hundreds of thousands of people from communicating for around 10 hours. The outage began around noon Eastern time on Wednesday and left Verizon users staring at phones that read “SOS” or “No Signal” until almost 10:30 p.m. ET. During the outage, instead of being the […]
President Donald Trump said he will invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota if lawmakers don’t stop “insurrectionists” from attacking ICE agents. Trump made the threat in a Truth Social post on Thursday, after ICE agents shot and injured a man. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators […]
President Donald Trump returned to the White House last January, promising to hold his enemies accountable. “I am your retribution,” he repeatedly told supporters. A year later, Trump has kept his promise. Under Trump, the Department of Justice has pursued criminal cases against the president’s political opponents or people he believes are trying to thwart […]
The Trump administration is suspending visa processing for people in 75 countries, according to Fox News. The administration said the move is meant to filter out applicants likely to rely on government benefits. The Trump administration has recently focused on claims that certain migrant groups are exploiting the government. Most recently, President Donald Trump singled […]
Americans love driving fast cars fast. It’s the mystique of white-knuckling a sports car to its limit that made the German autobahn and Paul Walker famous. An Arizona lawmaker wants to give drivers the green light to drive as fast as they deem “reasonable and prudent” on some of the state’s long, straight stretches of […]
