Category: World

With cold and flu season in full swing, many people are turning to teas for a bit of respiratory relief. One drink that people swear by at Starbucks has been dubbed the “medicine ball” for its supposed curative properties. The drink was created in Oct. 2016 as a mixture of tea, steamed lemonade and honey,…

Many people traveled far and wide in 2024. For many, the memories began during their journey aboard one of the thousands of flights that crisscrossed the globe each day.  As 2024 wraps up, here is a roundup of some of the craziest airline stories of the last year.   An incident that quickly went viral…

NEW ORLEANS – The two New Orleans Police Department officers injured in the Jan. 1 terrorist attack on Bourbon Street that left 15 dead, including attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar, are recovering after they heroically neutralized the ISIS-motivated perpetrator, according to their attorney. NOPD officers fatally shot Jabbar after he drove an electric Ford F-150 pickup truck…

A second Department of Homeland Security agent in Utah was arrested and charged in federal court on accusations of using a confidential informant to sell illicit drugs that were seized as evidence. Nicholas Kindle, a special agent investigating illegal narcotics trafficking, was arrested three weeks after the arrest of his alleged co-conspirator, special agent David…

The House and Senate will meet on Monday in a Joint Session of Congress to certify the results of the 2024 presidential vote. The Capitol riot and contretemps over certification of the 2020 presidential election converted the quadrennial, often sleepy affair of certifying the Electoral College into a full-blown national security event. Congressional security officials…

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede recently declared his intentions for the island’s future, stating taking major steps to gain independence from Denmark is “necessary.” Egede’s remarks, which follow a Dec. 22 post on Truth Social by President-elect Donald Trump advocating for the “ownership and control” of Greenland, focused on the basis of secession from Denmark….

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman met Friday with the family of Lyle and Erik Menendez as the new top cop weighs resentencing the brothers. The meeting and subsequent press conference came after the Menendez family called for a new sentence that “reflects Erik and Lyle’s abuse, trauma, and demonstrated rehabilitation over the last…

Speaker-designate Mike Johnson, R-La., was re-elected to lead the House of Representatives on Friday despite losing one fellow Republican in the final vote tally. Ultimately, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the only Republican to vote against Johnson, but it could have been worse for the House speaker. Reps. Keith Self, R-Texas, and Ralph Norman, R-S.C.,…

The new Republican-controlled Congress will hear arguments on a bill that would seek to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports in its first 100 days after voting yes on a new rules package Friday.  The 119th Congress approved the new rules package after re-electing Mike Johnson as House speaker. A bill to address…

The driver behind the deadly terrorist New Years’ attack in New Orleans set fire to his rental property in an effort to destroy bomb-making evidence prior to the attack, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF) said. In a joint statement on Friday, the agencies revealed that they believe 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar…