The Global Update

China’s growing presence in America’s backyard could grant the communist country access to Florida’s coast, coinciding with a dramatic rise in Chinese national border encounters. The Caribbean region, also known as “America’s third border” due to its proximity to the U.S., has been financially backed by China in maritime logistics and infrastructure projects in recent…

A corrections deputy was shot and killed in south Florida on Monday night in what authorities are describing as a “targeted” attack. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to reports of gunfire in the 1400 block of Northwest Avenue D, Belle Glade, at 7:32 p.m. on Monday. At the scene, deputies discovered…

Two planes sent by Venezuela returned home Monday with nearly 200 Venezuelans who were in the U.S. illegally as part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan. The 190 migrants returned to Venezuela signals a possible ease in tensions between the two longtime adversaries and a win for the Trump administration as it seeks to…

Serena Williams made a surprise cameo during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show, as she was spotted dancing during the performance of “Not Like Us.” Making an appearance for that song sparked some debate on social media, especially considering Lamar’s song is a diss track toward the rapper Drake, whom Williams dated in 2011. …

The European Space Agency (ESA) said Monday that its Euclid space telescope has detected a rare bright halo of light around a nearby galaxy. Known as an Einstein ring, the halo was captured in photos encircling a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years away, which is considered close by cosmic standards. A single light-year is measured…

The name change from the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” began rolling out across the U.S. on Monday, just a month after President Donald Trump announced his intention to Americanize the name. On Monday, the FAA sent out a charting notice confirming that its systems were in the process of updating the…

A Democratic lawmaker said in an interview on Monday that kids won’t be served lunch and will be in classrooms that don’t have teachers if President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency get their way.  “That’s the word that has to get out … Your kid may be in a classroom that…

The Virginia High School League (VHSL) announced on Monday that its executive committee voted to bring its league in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” Trump signed the executive order this past Wednesday, fulfilling one of his main campaign promises of keeping biological men out of girls and…

Kid Rock was not pleased with the crowd at Jon Bon Jovi’s Nashville bar on Saturday night. The musician attended the venue to celebrate Bon Jovi rocker David Bryan’s birthday. On Feb. 8, Kid Rock walked off the stage in the middle of his performance after noting the crowd was not clapping along to his…