Category: World

A West Point professor’s resignation over education shifts brought, in part, by the Trump administration, drew a scathing comment from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.  West Point philosophy professor Graham Parsons announced his resignation Thursday, following a 13-year tenure with the academy. Hegseth quickly took to social media, voicing his opinion after the departure. “You will…

Randy Travis is leaning into artificial intelligence (AI) to continue to produce new music, over a decade after his near-fatal stroke. In 2013, Travis’ stroke left him with aphasia – which is the loss of ability to understand or express speech. With the help of AI and country musician James Dupré, Travis was able to…

A Massachusetts State Police sergeant who played a key role in the investigation that led to Karen Read’s original mistrial on murder charges testified Thursday that, early on, he told other authorities that John O’Keefe may have been hit in the face with a bar glass, causing injuries to his face and head. Investigators, however,…

A town hall being held by New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday night was briefly disrupted when an apparent supporter of President Donald Trump stood up to challenge her to apologize to the president. Though panelists mainly voiced leftist talking points throughout the night and the room primarily consisted of anti-Trump individuals, one…

George Pickens is now a member of the Dallas Cowboys after a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers became official Thursday.  The 24-year-old polarizing receiver spoke with reporters on a conference call Thursday, saying he found out about the trade via social media.  NFL fans were using Pickens’ old NFL Draft reaction to share the news. …

Chaos and wild brawls broke out at a New York City university on Thursday evening after pro-Palestinian activists tried setting up an encampment on college grounds. New York Police Department (NYPD) officers were dispatched to Brooklyn College after anti-Israel agitators refused to take down their tents. Videos show activists, many of whom were wearing keffiyehs,…

At least 119 Amtrak employees and doctors took the railroad company for a ride in a massive $12 million health fraud scheme, a watchdog found.  Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) said employees based in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington, D.C., accepted cash kickbacks from three healthcare providers in exchange…

Former President Joe Biden denied telling former Vice President Kamala Harris that there could be no “daylight” between them while she was on the campaign trail, and defended what was widely seen as a flubbed opportunity for the vice president to differentiate herself from Biden during her October 2024 interview on the ABC show.  Co-host…

Josaia Raisuqe, a rugby star who medaled for Fiji at the Paris Olympics, died after a train reportedly struck his vehicle as he drove to training.  Raisuqe’s rugby club, Castres, confirmed his death Thursday. He was 30 years old.  “Castres Olympique is in mourning,” the club said in a statement on its website. “It is…

Israeli hostage Emily Damari slammed the Pulitzer Prize board’s decision to grant their prestigious award to a New Yorker writer who viciously attacked her and another female Israeli captive on social media, saying the organization failed on a “question of humanity.” “You claim to honor journalism that upholds truth, democracy, and human dignity. And yet…