Category: World

Shohei Ohtani appeared to be a bit rusty on the mound as he made his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut on Monday night against the San Diego Padres. Ohtani opened the game by allowing one run on two hits in the lone inning he pitched. He threw 28 pitches in his appearance, which was the…

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., announced on Monday evening that he plans to introduce a “a bipartisan War Powers Resolution” on Tuesday to prohibit American involvement in the Israel-Iran war.  “This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution. I’m introducing a bipartisan War Powers Resolution tomorrow…

Virginia, one of only two states to hold gubernatorial elections this year, conducts high-profile primaries on Tuesday that may grab national attention. Voters in Virginia, a competitive state in American political elections, will cast Democrat and Republican primary ballots for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and for state lawmakers in the House of Delegates.  And…

Even his worst critics will eventually have to admit that President Donald Trump has dominated international and national events since he returned to office five months ago.  His “masterful ambiguity” in the third round of the Iran-Israel War is simply brilliant. History will record it as such.  You may have attended or watched either the…

Would you let absolutely anyone in your house, with no conditions? Of course not. If even an invited guest got rowdy, trashed your kitchen, took over your bathroom, insulted your religion, or invited their friends to set up tents on your lawn, you’d send them packing.  By the same token, no nation should be forced…

Nearly nine months have passed since Hurricane Helene made its way through Western North Carolina, washing out homes and businesses.  In the small mountain town of Marshall, just 30 minutes north of Asheville, business owners are eager for visitors. The main town sits along the French Broad River, which rose nearly 25 feet during Helene’s…

Two Revolutionary War letters were recently brought together at a museum in upstate New York, exactly 250 years after they were written. Fort Ticonderoga in Essex County, near Lake Champlain, announced the reunion of the letters in a May 21 statement. The fort was the setting of several battles during the American Revolution and the…

Only days after a gunman shot and killed Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, the family’s rescue dog Gilbert had to be euthanized. Vance Boelter allegedly shot Gilbert, the family’s golden retriever, during the attack at the Brooklyn Park home. Fellow Minnesota House Rep. Erin Koegel commented on social media platform X that…

After one juror in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial was dismissed Monday, questions arose surrounding potential problems with another member of the jury. The U.S. Attorney’s Office noted in a letter filed Monday that while it does not oppose additional fact-finding measures for a second juror due to possible communications with a former colleague regarding…

A former Massachusetts financial analyst accused of killing her Boston cop boyfriend in a drunken hit-and-run is awaiting her fate after a second lengthy trial in a small courthouse in Dedham. Karen Read, 45, faces murder and other charges in the death of 46-year-old John O’Keefe, who had taken in his orphaned niece and nephew…