A round of applause please for the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services -- the first organized U.S. effort to implement a centralized system of strategic intelligence and a new documentary film titled "Filming Under Fire: John Ford's OSS Field Photo Branch." The movie tells the story of how top Hollywood figures contributed to America's victory in World War II through their service in that OSS branch.
Brian Jack sought to make a Sunday debate among Republican candidates for an open Georgia congressional seat all about his close ties to former President Donald Trump, while the other contenders ignored Trump's endorsement of Jack.
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik may have appeased student activists by letting slide her deadline on removing the anti-Israel protest encampment, but she failed to appease Rep. Virginia Foxx.
Protesters occupying a pro-Palestine encampment and pro-Israel counterprotesters clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on Sunday as college demonstrations continue nationwide. Fights began between isolated members of the two groups before a counterprotest demonstration by the Israeli American Council, the Daily Bruin reported. Thousands gathered at the center of UCLA’s campus...
The National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday a decision to “actively restore” grizzly bears to the North Cascades region of Washington state. For thousands of years, grizzly bears roamed the region “as a key part of the ecosystem, distributing native plant seeds and keeping other wildlife populations in...
Former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) held a private meeting in Miami on Sunday to bury the hatchet in their political conflict, The Washington Post reported. The hours-long meeting, brokered by political allies hoping to chill what was once a red-hot rivalry, resulted in DeSantis agreeing to help the former president, the...
Two Ukrainian men died Saturday after they were fatally stabbed at a shopping center in Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany, local police said in a statement. A 36-year-old man died from his “serious injuries” on site, police said, and a 23-year-old man died at a nearby hospital that evening. The identities of the victims was not...
Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell was among the 10 people shot and injured at a Sanford, Fla., nightclub overnight Sunday, the team announced. Dell was released from the hospital later Sunday with no significant injures, the Texans said. Nobody was killed in the shooting, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Department, adding that all...
World Central Kitchen will be resuming operations in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers earlier this month, the nonprofit organization announced Sunday. The nonprofit organization, founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, had paused its operations in Gaza after the strike on April 1. World Central Kitchen (WCK) CEO Erin...