Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez is facing calls to step down after leaked audio revealed her making openly racist remarks, including those about a White colleague’s young Black son. The Los Angeles Times first reported about the audio recording on Sunday of a conversation that happened back in October 2021 between Martinez, Councilmembers…
Hundreds are suing the federal government after 20,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked into the water on a Hawaii naval base beginning last year, causing debilitating illnesses in families living nearby in an incident some are comparing to Camp Lejeune. “I couldn’t taste it,” Amanda Feindt, a mother impacted by the leak, said on Sunday’s…
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday categorized President Biden’s quickly notorious Armageddon comment regarding the nuclear risk posed by Russia as “reckless” and demonstrating “maybe one of the greatest foreign policy failures of the last decades.” “Oh my goodness. First of all those comments were reckless. I think that even more importantly, they…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has had many titles in his career, from college football star to WWE champion to box office superstar, but one title he is no longer interested in is president. Years after teasing a possible White House bid, Johnson told “CBS Sunday Morning” that his political aspirations have taken a back seat…
Local news outlets across the country are putting a spotlight on gas prices, which have been ticking back up in recent weeks. Oklahoma newspaper Tulsa World highlighted on Wednesday how gas prices in Tulsa spiked “20 cents per gallon overnight,” jumping to $3.59 following $3.38 the day prior. WBRC out of Birmingham reported Friday, “Three…
While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! during its stint in Brooklyn, Ukrainian-born actress Mila Kunis was booed by the show’s audience. On the program to promote her new Netflix thriller, “Luckiest Girl Alive,” Kunis began lamenting over a near wardrobe malfunction, as she did not have a bra or underwear to go with her outfit,…
Israeli authorities have arrested at least three Palestinians in connection to a deadly attack on an Israeli military checkpoint Saturday evening. Israeli police are still conducting a manhunt for the suspected gunman in Saturday’s attack, which killed an 18-year-old female soldier and left three others wounded. Israeli Defense Forces have identified the deceased soldier as…
The three of us recently traveled halfway around the world to better examine U.S. interests and economic pathways in a region that has garnered significant attention in the news lately. Meeting and working with government and business leaders in Southeast Asia brought us face-to-face with a stark reality: U.S. influence has been eroded in a…
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., when asked about the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, alleged that his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes “incited” riots in Kenosha during the summer of 2020. During a debate Friday in the battleground Wisconsin, which could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate, Johnson said he condemned the…
A Texas A&M student was arrested Saturday morning in connection with a wave of vandalism at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station. According to Texas news outlets, 20-year-old Kobe Mcadoo was taken into custody by Texas A&M police after busting a window in an attempt to set a fire inside…