AUBIN MUKONI/AFP/Getty Images (LONDON) — At least 200 people have been killed and thousands have been forced to flee following a sharp uptick of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a “dramatic resurgence” of violence, the March 23 Movement (M23) armed rebel group is advancing towards Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, forcing thousands […]
PACE Satellite. (NASA) (WASHINGTON) — New reporting about intelligence related to Russia wanting to put a nuclear weapon into space, possibly to use against satellites, raises key questions about the country’s intentions and the potential ramifications of an orbital detonation. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 — signed by Russia, the U.S. and numerous other […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case is set to hear arguments over motions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, primarily over accusations that she benefited financially from a personal relationship with a prosecutor she hired for the case. Trump co-defendant Michael Roman, a […]
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The City of New York on Wednesday sued the companies behind SnapChat, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, accusing them of fomenting a “nationwide youth mental health crisis” by exposing children “to a nonstop stream of harmful content.” The lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court, alleged the companies intentionally designed their platforms […]
Will Smith has been tapped to star in the action thriller Sugar Bandits, according to Variety. The film, based on Chuck Hogan‘s book, Devils in Exile, follows an Iraq War veteran who teams up with a crew of fellow vets to take down the drug trade in Boston. Smith is currently filming a fourth Bad […]
Gyamfi Prince / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fish, sea turtles, elephants, sharks, shorebirds and more of the world’s migratory species are in dire decline, according to the first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report from the United Nations. “This report showed us for the first time, in a very sobering way, that across […]
PACE Satellite. (NASA) (WASHINGTON) — The White House’s national security adviser and leading lawmakers on Capitol Hill sought to allay public concerns on Wednesday after the House Intelligence Committee chairman warned of a “national security threat” related to a “destabilizing foreign military capability” so serious that President Joe Biden should declassify “all information” about it. […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Donald Trump first entered a Manhattan, New York courtroom last April for his arraignment on hush money charges, the moment was historic for the country and novel for the former president. But in the year that followed, Trump faced four additional indictments and spent about three weeks in New […]
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a brief Wednesday urging the Supreme Court to deny former President Donald Trump’s request to stay his federal election subversion case from moving forward as Trump appeals his claim that he should be immune from prosecution. In the filing, Smith requested if the Supreme […]
Kansas City police are seen at Union Station, where a shooting broke out during the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Glenn E. Rice/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Investigators are searching for answers after gunfire erupted near the end […]
