U.S. forces stationed at a base near Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, intercepted missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Houthi attack was the second in a week as a Saudi-led coalition, of which UAE is a part, ramps up its military campaign against the rebel group. U.S. forces stationed at al-Dhafra […]
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Monday urged top Democrats and Republicans in the House to swiftly bring legislation banning Congress from owning or trading stock to the floor. The call came in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat who has faced criticism for defending her husband’s trades and existing […...
Facing discrimination from other soldiers after his conversion to Islam and other challenges, Army Colonel Khalid Shabazz was ready to quit the military. But a Christian army chaplain encouraged him to stay. Now he is a chaplain himself preaching on TikTok with messages from the Quran and the Bible to roughly 43,000 followers. Shabazz is [&h...
An Atlanta-area district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, will be allowed to seat a special grand jury starting May 2. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made the request last week. It was approved on Monday. While the special grand jury does not have th...
As the trials of J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao opened, prosecutors said none of the three intervened to prevent the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. The three Minneapolis police officers are charged with depriving Floyd of his civil rights and failing to provide or access any medical intervention as he […]
Roughly 8,500 American troops have been put on heightened alert in the U.S. in case NATO activates its Response Force amid tensions in Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Monday. US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby said the troops are primarily ground forces. They bring a host of capabilities, including logistics, medical, aviation, intell...
The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear challenges to two college admissions policies that take into consideration an applicant’s race. The practice, known as affirmative action historically, has been used to help minorities, particularly Black and Latino students, during college admissions processes. The high court decided to hear chal...
Investigators released a new video Friday in hopes of identifying a man seen driving the van that a Columbus mosque leader was later found dead in. Central Ohio Crime stoppers is offering an additional $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in last month’s killing of Imam Mohamed Hassan Adam. According to Columbus Police [&hell...
More than 20 human rights organizations are demanding that Facebook’s audit report on India be made public. The social media giant has reportedly suppressed the audit for more than six months. Leaked documents claim Facebook’s social media platforms were used to spread hatred and empower authoritarian countries to control political debate. The...
The US House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection spoke to former Attorney General William Barr, CNN reports. The move was prompted by a draft executive order presented to then-President Donald Trump in December of 2020. That authorized the Secretary of Defense to seize voting machines in select “battleground” states. Former...