Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy voiced support for a variety of far-right conspiracy theories at the fourth GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday, suggesting at one point that the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was an “inside job.” “Why am I the only person on this stage, at least, who can say that Jan. 6…
Twenty-one people were injured in an apparent explosion at a downtown hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Firefighters initially received calls about a structure fire shortly after 3:30 p.m. at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel and then quickly afterward received “multiple calls that were coming in that area there…
A Florida school district has pulled over 1,600 books from its library shelves for review — including Webster’s Dictionary for Students — to ensure they comply with the state’s new sex education law that prohibits books describing sexual content. The Escambia County Public School District, in the Florida Panhandle, pulled five dictionaries, eight encyclopedias and “The…
Russian police raided another gay bar over the weekend, video posted by a Russian media outlet showed, less than two weeks after the country’s highest court designated LGBTQ activists as extremists. The video, shared Saturday by the local news outlet Ura.ru, appears to show riot officers entering a darkly lit bar or club and then…
Of all the consequential issues that may affect the 2024 election, the one that appears to be the least impactful is the Republican move to impeach President Joe Biden. It’s a strange sentence to even write, let alone believe. Impeachments used to feel like the ultimate political punishment. To be impeached was a shot at a…
NASA’s efforts to return astronauts to the moon have been delayed — again. The agency announced Tuesday that its next Artemis mission, which was to have sent four astronauts on a flight around the moon in a next-generation capsule, will launch in September 2025 rather than later this year. A subsequent mission to actually land…
The UN Security Council is waiting for the position of the United States to try again on Thursday to speak with one voice through a vote that was postponed several times on a draft resolution aimed at increasing aid to the Gaza Strip. The Council, which has faced widespread criticism for its failure to act…
On Saturday, Turkey canceled a scheduled visit by Swedish Defense Minister Pall Johnson due to Stockholm’s license to organize a demonstration against Ankara. According to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, his Swedish counterpart’s visit on January 27 “has lost its purpose.” The visit was aimed at trying to persuade Ankara to stop opposing Sweden’s accession…
The Greek Parliament voted Wednesday by a majority in favor of electing the first woman in the country’s history, a generally honorary position. Judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou became President of the Republic with the number of votes of 261 MPs in Parliament out of 300. Sakellaropoulou was serving as President of the Council of State and…
