Category: Current Events

A week after Hurricane Helene tore through the U.S. Southeast and devastated western North Carolina with heavy rains and severe flooding, satellite images are showing the extent of the damage. Officials have previously said hundreds of roads in western North Carolina have been inaccessible because of the storm’s effects, hindering rescue efforts. Residents reported seeing […]

On Wednesday, 25 September, 2024, Houston ex-police officer Gerald Goines was found guilty of two counts of felony murder. Reporters in the courtroom, when the verdict of guilty against former officer Goines was read, said they were shocked he was convicted. Goines has been unconfined for nearly five years after he retired in March of […]

The recent decision by China to halt the export of two critical components —nitrocellulose and antimony— has raised alarms within the U.S. ammunition manufacturing industry and among defense experts. These materials are indispensable in the production of propellant powder and primers, and their restriction threatens to create significant supply chain disruptions. AmmoLand News Continues As geopolitical tensions […]

Kamala Harris told Oprah Winfrey that anyone who breaks into her home would be “getting shot” as she laughed in an exchange during a fundraising event for the Democratic presidential nominee. She followed up saying, “Probably should not have said that. My staff will deal with that later.” Time Writes “I’m in favor of the […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs was detained Monday night — and his arrest was captured on camera. The embattled music mogul walked into the Park Hyatt New York hotel in a black trench coat when federal agents surrounded him, footage obtained by TMZ Friday reveals. The rapper, 54, was separated from his friends, with the men left lingering in the lobby […]

Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe admitted a shocking breach of protocol before former President Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. CNN Writes  “There was complacency on the part of others that led to a breach in protocol,” Rowe said at a news conference Friday. Those employees “will […]

Hezbollah has confirmed that senior commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed on Friday. Israel said Aqil was among senior Hezbollah figures who were killed in an airstrike on a residential building in Beirut. Cnn writes The statement by the Iran-backed militant group issued early Saturday local time did not elaborate on the circumstances of his death. […]

Many questions remain about the man accused of planning to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf club. Ryan Wesley Routh had a criminal record and ping-ponging political allegiances, and in a detail that’s drawing some scrutiny, he also traveled to Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. NPR writes Adrian Bonenberger, an […]

Summary Kyiv wants to hit Russia with U.S. long-range missiles Biden comments suggest U.S. may be shifting its stance Kremlin suspects U.S. will give Kyiv green light Says direct Western involvement in war is growing Reuters Writes MOSCOW, Sept 11 (Reuters) – The Kremlin told the West on Wednesday that any decision to allow Ukraine […]

The biggest loser in the first (and likely only) presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump was ABC News, which hosted the faceoff. The moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, embarrassed themselves and their network by, among other things, fact-checking Trump in real time on more than one occasion – sometimes […]