The Global Update

Hall of Famer and Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg has died after a long battle with cancer, MLB announced on Monday night.  Sandberg was 65 years old.  “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg,” MLB wrote in a statement on social media.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON…

A lone gunman walked into a midtown Manhattan office building Monday afternoon and opened fire, killing four people – including an NYPD officer – before turning the gun on himself.  Speaking at a press conference later Monday, NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch identified the shooter as Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old Las Vegas resident with a…

Three people are dead, and 10 others wounded after a mass shooting erupted at a popular nightclub in the Turks and Caicos Islands early Sunday morning, an attack officials are calling the first of its kind in the British territory. The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force said the shooting occurred just before 3…

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mandani is facing renewed scrutiny for his past stances on policing in the wake of an office building mass shooting in midtown Manhattan that left four civilians dead as well as a male off-duty police officer who was working security.  The shooter was neutralized as more information is…

The Trump administration is reportedly blocking Taiwan’s president from stopping over in New York City, en route to a diplomatic meeting in Central America, following pressure from China. The Financial Times reported Monday that the administration has denied Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te the opportunity to stop over in New York City during a planned trip…

Stand-up comedian Bobby Lee said over the weekend that he believes he was cut from the “Sex and the City” spin-off to remove wokeness from the series. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly (EW) at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Lee theorized that he wasn’t brought back for the third season of “And Just Like That…”…

CINCINNATI – A candidate for Cincinnati’s mayorship slammed city leadership Monday afternoon after a viral downtown beatdown that has reverberated across the nation.  “People don’t even see the sense in calling 911 anymore,” said Cory Bowman, who is also Vice President JD Vance’s half-brother in addition to being a candidate for city mayor.  Bowman placed…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, allegedly told The Atlantic she was “shutting down” its profile of her after learning the author had reached out to other Democrats without telling her. Staff writer Elaine Godfrey described in an article on Sunday that Crockett called her four days before the piece was published “to express frustration that I…

Vice President JD Vance trashed the media on Monday for not asking prior presidential administrations why they weren’t being transparent with the Jeffrey Epstein case. During an address in Canton, Ohio, touting President Donald Trump’s economic agenda, Vance replied to a question about whether Republicans were “protecting pedophiles” with how Trump has handled the Jeffrey…