The snow came late the year I was 12. At least, that’s how I remember it. A few early winter flurries — more gestures at snow than actual precipitation, like the casual handwaving, the quick prestidigitations that magicians do to get the audience in the mood for the bigger tricks to come — were followed […]
George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “England and America are two countries separated by a common language.” This isn’t true of my own household, though. I married an unapologetic Brit, and our common language doesn’t separate us. It just makes things interesting. For instance, around my house, I hear British terms such as “have a go” […]
The Syrian civil war decimated the country. It killed over 600,000 people and displaced more than half the population, with 7 million displaced internally and more than 6 million fleeing into Turkey and Europe. Syrian President Bashar Assad’s exit resolves one problem. With the conflict frozen, the United Nations and international community had begun discussing […]
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, reportedly did not have insurance through the company, according to NBC News. UnitedHealth Group said there is no record of Mangione being insured through UnitedHealthcare, as reported by NBC News. The Hill has contacted NYPD for additional comment. “We have no indication that he...
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) suggested that President-elect Trump has signaled he would have lawmakers on the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol imprisoned because he is "embarrassed" by the panel's findings. "We were investigating, as per the request from Congress to do that, we obviously...
E-commerce giant Amazon is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Trump’s inaugural fund, matching the amount Meta already donated to the incoming president’s inauguration. Amazon will be donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and also making a $1 million in-kind contribution, as the company will stream the formal admission through Prime Video, multiple outlets...
President-elect Trump backed the dockworkers' union as it prepares for a strike over automation in mid-January — right before the former president is set to return to the Oval Office. Trump said in a post on Truth Social Thursday that he had just met with the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), its president, Harold Daggett, and...
Ukraine will receive another $500 million in military assistance from the United States to help move its stalled war against Russia, the State Department said.
Liberal administrators at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn knowingly hired an ex-con who later allegedly preyed on students, but shamed students and parents who...