Armed gunmen affiliated with the Islamic State opened fire on a group of tourists in a bazaar in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province on May 17. Six victims were killed, including three Spanish tourists and three Afghan nationals. Four tourists from Australia, Lithuania, Norway, and Spain were also wounded in the attack. It is the second time Islamic State operatives in Afghanistan […]
MOBILE, Alabama — What part of the words “cruel and unusual” do lawmakers in Louisiana and Alabama not understand? Imposing outlandish cruelty while inviting a costly constitutional challenge shouldn’t be anyone’s idea of public service. Yet by insisting on allowing the use of nitrogen gas, a gruesome method, for criminal executions, that’s exactly what these […]
Colorado has long drawn on its high-altitude sunshine and wintry winds for energy. Now Gov. Jared Polis (D) is determined to tap into another renewable resource: One simmering under the Centennial State's surface. "The low-cost workhorses of the clean energy economy will always be solar and wind energy, especially in places like Colorado that have great wind and great...
JERUSALEM — The Israeli government is pushing forward on intensifying military operations against Hamas in Rafah, despite increasing international isolation, deepening tensions with President Biden and pressure from Israeli society critical of efforts to free hostages held in Gaza. Israel describes the southern Gazan city of Rafah as the stronghold of the last pieces of Hamas’s...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the United Nations's International Court of Justice (ICJ) “can go to hell” after it ordered Israel to immediately halt its military assault of Rafah, a densely populated area in southern Gaza. “As far as I’m concerned, the ICJ can go to hell. It is long past time to stand up...
Billionaire investor and television personality Mark Cuban defended the state of the economy under President Biden and bashed former President Trump on Friday, arguing that Trump squandered the strong economy he received from former President Obama. After highlighting a graph on the social platform X showing 12 straight months of positive real wage growth in...
Trump needs to get ahead of the inflation issue by convincing the American people that only he is tough enough to wring inflation out of the economy, and only he will appoint inflation hawks to the Fed’s board.
Morgan Spurlock, the creator of the documentary “Super Size Me,” died Thursday at the age of 53. The documentary filmmaker, who was nominated for an Oscar for his 2004 feature film where he chronicled the consequences of eating McDonald’s every day for a month, died Thursday of complications from cancer. During the making of the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is warning of a growing U.S. "crisis in dental care," saying his recently introduced legislation to tackle the problem would expand dental benefits while ultimately saving the government money. "Any objective look at the reality facing the American people recognizes there is a crisis in dental care in America," Sanders told...