Category: World

As the protests against Los Angeles’ immigration raids spread, state law enforcement leaders are sounding the alarm on the dangers facing officers on the front lines of the riots.   “I’ve been around a very long time, and I have seen similar to what we’re facing now,” Jake Johnson, president of the California Association of Highway…

U.S. Border Patrol agents recently discovered and disabled a nearly 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling tunnel sitting beneath the US-Mexico border. Agents found the tunnel — which linked Tijuana and San Diego — in early April while it was actively under construction.  The underground passageway ran under part of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and had…

Karen Read, finally vindicated after two murder trials in the 2022 death of her former boyfriend, Boston cop John O’Keefe, thanked a vocal crowd of supporters Wednesday, minutes after jurors found her not guilty of all homicide-related charges. She will serve a year on probation for drunken driving. Read’s father, William Read, credited her legal…

Travis Kelce entered this offseason surrounded by uncertainty. The 35-year-old faced questions about whether the Kansas City Chiefs loss to the Philadelphia Eagles would be the final time he laced up his NFL cleats. Kelce ultimately decided to continue playing the game he loves.  “I’m coming back for sure. Gonna try to get into the…

Auburn Tigers men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl spoke in support of President Donald Trump Wednesday as his administration continued to weigh possible U.S. involvement in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.  The accomplished coach, who has been outspoken in his support of Israel since Hamas’ October 2023 terror attacks, addressed the issue during…

Philadelphia Phillies legend John Kruk played a solid 10 years in MLB, earning three All-Star bids over that span.  But he didn’t have the best send-off with one of MLB’s longtime umpires.  Kruk revealed on Monday night during the Phillies TV broadcast that he once threatened to kill umpire Brian O’Nora during his second-to-last game…

The Los Angeles Sparks came under fire on social media this week for a post that some users claimed sexualized one of the team’s players.  The Sparks’ X page shared a post Tuesday afternoon teasing the team’s game against the Seattle Storm later that evening.  The post shared a graphic of rookie guard Sarah Ashlee Barker wearing…

House Speaker Mike Johnson called out Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for opposing federal immigration enforcement, saying he was “on the wrong side of the law.” “I tell you what, they have a very difficult job in this deep blue territory with a mayor on the wrong side of the law,” the Speaker said Wednesday on…

A federal judge ordered former U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant Peter Stinson to home detention with GPS monitoring during a hearing on accusations that he made numerous threats against President Donald Trump on social media over the past five years. The 63-year-old Virginia resident served as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1988 to…

Liberal NBC “Late Night” host Seth Meyers offered a theory on Wednesday about why the era of politicians being interviewed on talk shows is coming to an end. The digital landscape has rapidly changed in the era of social media, and both politicians and media personalities have taken notice. Some have referred to the 2024…