Born from “gunboat diplomacy,” the Panama Canal is under threat from US saber rattling once again. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans – and 25 years after the canal was returned to Panama by the US – the waterway faces renewed intimidation from…
World leaders on Monday are congratulating President Donald Trump on his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was among those who congratulated Trump. “President Trump is always decisive, and the peace through strength policy he announced provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and…
Santa Ana winds will hit the Los Angeles area yet again this week, bringing extreme risk of rapid fire spread as the region continues to tamp out deadly wildfires that ignited under similar conditions earlier this month. The highest red flag warning — a particularly dangerous situation alert — is in place Monday at noon…
Cleveland television legend “Big Chuck” Schodowski, a beloved personality on WJW (Channel 8) for more than 60 years, has died. He was 90. Fox 8 News made the announcement Monday morning. The amiable, cleft-chinned broadcaster served as an engineer and bit player on horror host Ernie “Ghoulardi” Anderson’s “Shock Theater” program in the 1960s before co-hosting his own…
Vice President Kamala Harris’s tribute photo to the late President Jimmy Carter has garnered a lot of attention online, not because of what it contained but rather because of what it omitted. The picture, which was shared on Harris’ official social media pages over the weekend, depicts her standing next to former presidents Barack Obama,…
A New York man who killed two detectives has been taken off of death row after a federal judge found that he is legally considered to be intellectually disabled. Rowell Wilson, 33, was sentenced to death for a March 10, 2003, incident in which he shot James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews, both of whom were…
Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump will issue a series of executive orders targeting diversity programs and gender identity policies Monday, using his inauguration speech to signal a definitive break with what he decries as “woke” culture. On the campaign trail Trump railed against diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the federal government and corporate…
President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration. The decision by Biden comes after Donald…
Republican Donald Trump was inaugurated again Monday as the 47th U.S. president, calling for a “revolution of common sense” and vowing to quickly order sweeping policy changes, including the deportation of millions of undocumented migrants living in the United States back to their home countries. “The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump declared…
Dave Chappelle returned to host Saturday Night Live on Saturday, January 18, kicking off the episode with a 17-minute opening monologue. Chappelle, 51, discussed a whole host of topics, including Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ongoing legal battles. “It’s just no fun being famous anymore. It’s, like, y’all made it scary,” the comedian said in the middle of his opening remarks. “It feels…