Ukraine's candidacy as a member of the European Union offers the latter a diplomatic solution that satisfies both Kiev and Moscow, with Russia still very allergic to NATO and indifferent to the European Union.
Robert E. Crimo III, 21, who opened fire on the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July parade, killing seven and wounding at least 40, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder with more charges expected.
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) today announced U.S. retail deliveries in the second quarter of 2022 totaled 19,487, up 2.8 percent from the same period one year ago, despite ongoing supply issues in the wider economy.
Faced with its first conflict in nearly 80 years, Europe must prepare for future micro-conflicts in the region that can mobilize past international alliances with the big three: the United States, China, and Russia.
The new National Assembly will be subject to the reign of compromise and coalitions of circumstance if each opposition party wishes to make its mark on this or that law and turn this potpourri of parties into a Macron victory.
As the most violent conflict that Europe has experienced since the end of World War II drags on world public opinion, preoccupied by other themes of a social or economic nature, is showing signs of weariness.
President Joe Biden continued his push for effective and common-sense gun control, which doesn't hijack the Second Amendment for violence, and directed the nation of voters to turn this into an election issue, to petition for change.
The impoverishment of the French political landscape could only lead to the emergence of an ideological opposition between the supporters of a liberalism tinged with social democracy and those of a demanding progressivism taken advantage of by everyone.
The United States increase in aid to Ukraine sentences the European Union and Europeans to a role of advocacy. Unable to compete with North American means, the latter are limited to imposing economic sanctions with uncertain effects.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced to the media that a lone gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and "horrifically, incomprehensibly," killed fourteen children and one educator before he was shot and killed by responding officers.
Remote work is a mainstream mode of employment, offering workers the opportunity to take "working vacations." Individuals looking for a city to visit can explore our list of the best cities for working vacations in the U.S.
With Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of the expulsion of thirty-four French diplomats, the European Union responded with a proposal for an additional military aid package to Ukraine in the amount of nine billion euros.
French President Emmanuel Macron may have been elected to a second term, but June’s upcoming legislative elections are proving to be risky for the man who understands a successful presidency depends on a majority capable of serving him.
Between Russian stubbornness, Ukrainian heroism, European sanctions and North American interventionism, the conflict that has shaken Europe since February 24 following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia seems to be on the verge of getting bogged down.
Emmanuel Macron's overwhelming victory does not mask the fractures of a country divided into blocs too hermetic to ensure in the future the concord of a nation that seeks to extinguish the social fire lit by the extreme right.
In the presidential election aftermath, the homeland of human rights will be faced with a crucial choice, between demagoguery and rationalism. Now bathed in a destructive Manichaeism, France is rediscovering itself in the face of a new destiny.
Terror and panic erupted in New York City during the height of the morning commute when a lone gunman shot and injured 28 and left several undetonated explosive devices at the Sunset Park, Brooklyn, subway station.
If the conflict in Ukraine has revealed a form of dependence of the West on Russia, the question of the post-conflict is now raised, which will be conditioned by two options: Definitive rupture or normalization. But what about Vladimir Putin?
With the first round of the Presidential elections quickly approaching, only one hypothesis seems certain: the next President of France will have to manage the consequences of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and urgent internal matters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is attempting to elicit the help and compassion of Western nations through his multiple interventions. But stung by their contradictions, these same nations see their democratic model attacked and adulterated by the realities of war.
While the Ukrainian conflict has redrawn European fault lines and diplomatic balances, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi-Jinping have unofficially formed unified bond thus reassessing China's place in the globalization process and in global geopolitical spaces.
In early February, the Seattle Police Department responded to a massive firefight in one of the city's most liberal neighborhoods and not accustomed to such violence. Multiple shooters fired over 40 shots within the span of a few minutes.
If the Ukrainian crisis still seems far from a resolution capable of satisfying all the actors involved, it is offered as an almost welcome promontory to Emmanuel Macron who can see many advantages both internally and externally. Explanations.
The House of Representatives took a momentous step in giving survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment the right to hold their abusers accountable in court if they so choose with the passing of House Resolution 4445.
With three months before the first round of the French Presidential elections one thing is clear: The parties involved all seem devoid of a political philosophy, orphans of their ideologies, which to unite activists and sympathizers en masse.
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood-technology start-up, Theranos Inc., who fashioned herself as a medical revolutionary, has been found guilty by a federal jury of eight counts of wire fraud and conspiracy in the failed start-up.
As the French Presidential elections are on the horizon, the French left is bogged down with infighting, and keenly aware of the challenges the French Socialist Party have launched the idea of a left primary.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime companion of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was found guilty this week of five counts of sex trafficking for her role in procuring and grooming underage girls for Epstein and others to sexually assault.
Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid. Variant, variant, variant, variant. Trust me, I'm the government's highest paid employee, and "I represent science." Show your papers, wear a mask, take a shot, or lose your job. It's the law.
Invested candidate of the Republican party Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Île-de-France region, will have to deal with the most right-right tendencies of her party if she wishes to maintain her chances of victory in May 2022.
The French Presidential Elections waters have begun churring with heightened suspense, as far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour plots his way through a political class terrorized by his breakthrough as all clues point to his future candidacy.
General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, who was fully vaccinated, has died from complications brought on by the Coronavirus, his family said in a released statement. He was 84.
"They" say there is no such thing as coincidence. They must have known about Covid-19, the political viral disease. Is it a coincidence that the year of the Covid is also the year that scientific integrity died?
A Los Angeles jury found Robert Durst, 78, guilty of the murder of his former friend, Susan Berman, after he discovered she had planned to tell the police of her involvement in covering the murder of his first wife.
The attacks of September 11 marked the collective memory to the point of upsetting the apprehension of the world as it then presented itself. Twenty years later, one thing is clear: Don't these upheavals pave the way for a new era?
Angela Wager, 50, entered a guilty plea this week, admitting to her role in the 2016 massacre of eight members of the Rhoden family, which stemmed from a custody dispute, in a case that shocked the nation.
As the 9/11 terror attacks are at the twenty-year anniversary, this generation's "date that will live in infamy," does. It remains seared in the minds of those who lived and worked in the locations where the planes shattered the peaceful calm.
The Taliban's conquest of Afghanistan marks a geopolitical upheaval that Western nations will be forced to handle. But it also demands the Islamist movement weigh its ambitions as it is threatened by the Islamic State and incompressible socioeconomic realities.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, once a potential Presidential candidate, has announced he will resign his office effective in two weeks, after a bombshell report revealed he created a toxic workplace and sexually harassed and groped female staffers.
The advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan, now on the doorstep of Kabul, the capital of a country that has been plagued by almost chronic unrest for more than forty years, is sure to worry the international community.
The rising oil prices bring worry to industrialized countries concerned about slowing the predicted sustained post-Covid global growth. But this surge in prices also highlights the role of OPEC, an actor and victim of the rise of black gold.
The record abstention that marked the regional and departmental electoral event raises questions about the reasons that push citizens to flee the ballot boxes. From now on, it is necessary to identify the causes and the necessary solutions to be proposed.
These days more and more apparently intelligent people seem to upspeak. That's the irritating "Valley Girl" inflection where every sentence sounds like a question. Don't these people trust their own thoughts and words?
The National Registry of Exonerations released a report marking a dark milestone: as of June 1, 2021, exonerated defendants have collectively served 25,000 years behind bars for crimes they did not commit. Each day, that number continues to grow.
Julie Ann Hanson, 15, borrowed her brother's bicycle in July 1972 and rode off to watch a baseball game. She was never seen alive again. Now, nearly 50 years later, police have made an arrest.
A molar extracted from a skull found nearly four decades ago provided a DNA profile leading to the identity of remains which had been known only as Christy Crystal Creek since discovered in 1985 by a bear hunter.
The Center for Disease Control has bowed to the Biden Administration playbook announcing the abandonment of some coronavirus restrictions presenting an impression that the virus has somehow miraculously dissipated and everyone, now fully vaccinated, can drop the mask.
More than 300million drivers, from Texas to Pennsylvania, are facing the possibility of gasoline shortages, resulting in long lines and empty pumps, as the reality of a week-long shut down of one of the nation's largest pipeline looms.
David Rubin, native New Yorker and former mayor of Shiloh, Israel, and author of a new book, "Confronting Radicals: What America Can Learn from Israel" recently spoke on the divisiveness in Israeli politics and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's future.
Nearly twenty-five years since Kristin Smart vanished while walking home from an off-campus party at California Polytechnic Institute in San Luis Obispo, California, two men, a father and son, have been charged with her murder.
The video is brief but disturbing: Moments after two Seattle police officers kick down an apartment's front door, a shirtless man appears on camera, lumbering slowly toward them with a 4-inch switchblade in his hand.
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Officer charged in the death of George Floyd has been found guilty on all charges after a trial that has captivated the nation and became a lightning rod for the lethal use of force.
I recently watched "I Care . . . A Lot" the grift dramady on Netflix. Throughout the audience understands with the right alliances and a believable front anything is possible, I know as I survived a life-altering grift.
One year into the global Coronavirus pandemic The United States State Department has released a report charging Communist China of systemically engaging in a campaign to subvert a transparent and thorough investigation into the deadly virus' origins and initial emission.
An afternoon trip to a local grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, turned deadly when an unidentified shooter opened fire inside the store killing at least ten, including veteran Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley.
Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, 63, was found dead, by Michigan State Troopers at a rest area, of an apparent self-inflicted gun shot hours after he had been charged with 20 counts of human trafficking.
There are many avenues to invest in for the best return. In addition to profit, the draw of a specific clientele to the property is an essential part of choosing which properties to buy, rent, and flip.
An anti-terror ground intelligence gathering microchip program created under former President George W. Bush and developed as a secondary weapons inspection device to supersede the "Olympic Games" project has surfaced outside of the Department of Defense.
Over the last two decades sexual violence has received greater attention, as victims demand justice and are willing to dedicate significant time to ensuring their voices are heard and the crime committed against them are not neatly covered.
The coronavirus has brought unrest to stock markets around the world, surging record high gold prices, and political unrest has many investors wondering about if the state of the economy is signaling a Bear or Bull future.
As the new coronavirus epicenter targets the nation's south, the Wake County School System, encompassing virtually all of Raleigh, North Carolina, announced it will begin the Fall 2020 teaching schedule with remote learning from their homes.
Over the past two decades sexual assault cases perpetrated by industry Goliath's have screamed from the headlines. For the victim, the question is always the same, "Why did it take decades to bring these perpetrators to justice?"
Justice is elusive. For every Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Eric Schneiderman, millions of other perpetrators remain free to rape and sexually assault and those victims never get their day in court. I know I’m one of them.
Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics are being implemented daily into the workforce. As a result, modernization of the workforce is imperative to meet global demands with some positions key in helping business meet new demands.
Coast to coast violent protests have rocked America as citizens continued demonstrating over police brutality with multiple governors imposing strict curfews to reduce the destruction of property and looting that many cities have not seen in decades.
Images from Wuhan, China, have been pumped into global media as a sign of hope that "this too shall pass" when in fact life back to normal includes the very practices which introduced this disease, and in reality the last corona virus, SARS, into the global spotlight.
Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer who propelled many to Oscar victory winning loyalty and devotion, has been found guilty by a Manhattan jury of sex crimes which could send the disgraced titan to prison for decades.
Bad actors, a term that is evolving into mainstream vernacular, the bad actor, those who wear the "good mask" while performing illegal, undermining and shady deals that act to undermine their industry or more widespread the system, itself.
In the spirit of fake news, Black History Month provides a forum for news pundits to lament that the Founding Fathers thought the relative worth of black persons was three fifths of a person.
Products marketed to women are often more expensive than similar products and services for males. From haircuts to medication, gender-based pricing is problematic for female and male consumers alike, and it's costing tens of thousands of dollars over a lifetime.
As we look ahead, many will remember the last ten years in prominent stories that secured the headlines as the past decade saw its share of wars, political firestorms, corruption, mass shootings, murders and tragedies. Few will remember the journalists.
Once again, Hamas and Islamic Jihad initiated rocket launches against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, forcing him off the podium, and into a bomb shelter to ride out the attack, during a campaign speech in Ashkelon, Israel.
As we march into the 2020 Election season, the high cost of medical care is on the lips of every politician and draining the pocketbooks of most Americans, and this hot button topic will see microscopic examination.
Greta Thunberg continues to upset the global ecological discourse by returning leaders and politicians to their responsibilities. But would not the teenager not the symbol of a lack of international voluntarism in environmental matters?
New York's Catholic Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo had the World Trade Center in lights to celebrate its recently enacted abortion-on-demand-until-the-day-of-birth law. This law was framed, and sold to legislators, as empowering women through guaranteeing "Reproductive Health."
The Yellow Vests crisis reveals the existence of a two France nation that many oppose: Principles, history, beliefs, ambition. Neither will yield. And the outcome of the crisis may be in the disappearance of one of the two.
Tropical Storm Florence, who came ashore as a Category 1, left in its wake unprecedented rainfall, catastrophic flooding, extensive uprooted trees, widespread power outages, alarming toxic spillage, and the shocking deaths of millions of farm raised animals.
Today, the term 'Fake News' is firmly entrenched in our lexicon. It seems everyone from Trumpite retirees, to neo-political millennials, freely toss around the phrase. The term was even recognized as, "The Word of the Year" by UK-based Collins Dictionary.
And there it is. The look. The look I knew I would see. And I will get it again and again, and again, from this moment forward. I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
President Donald Trump recently declared, like his Republican predecessor, a crisis of drug use and addiction that has been decades in the making. Marianne Clyde, a noted mental health expert asks "Is it really our job to save the addict?"
The Entertainment Industry is facing its second major sexual assault scandal, in as many years, with the shocking revelations that everyone seemed to have known, or heard about, and seemed to be generally accepted as commonplace.
The lack of revelry, hushed tones, a quiet reverence in sin city, where usually at 2:00am neon signs advertise with bright allure, ladies can be heard negotiating, and gamblers call it a day or begin anew, it is Las Vegas or was.
Denmark's most sensational murder trial has yet to begin and the world media is ramping up its coverage on Peter Madsen, the Danish inventor who is currently held in the horrific dismemberment and murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
The main suspect in the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams, the two Indiana teens killed while hiking on Delphi Historic Trail, has been identified and his image was captured on park surveillance.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) exclusively joined "Meet the Press" this morning, talking with moderator Chuck Todd about the latest intelligence on the Russian cyber-attacks and if FBI Director Comey should be fired.
Given the innovation and success of many tech giants, it's understandable why investing in the tech sector is so appealing. Growth for the largest companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google or FANG investing has been impressive, beating out all the major market indices.
Gender norms influence not just what we think, but how. Consider the presence of sports metaphors in American politics. Metaphors are not merely figures of speech. According to the cognitive scientists and philosophers George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980), human thought processes are largely metaphorical.
The recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia, a historically conservative firebrand on the Supreme Court, sent shockwaves through the political world. In the middle of a hectic and noisy presidential primary, the Republican candidates shared a moment of silence during their ninth debate — and then dove into a conversation about whether President Barack Obama should nominate a successor.
Today marks the 14th Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The reading of the names of the lives lost in the attacks happened this morning at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states obliterating the landscape leaving in its wake unimaginable destruction and ruin, and then barreled across the mid-west and up the eastern seaboard, leaving a trail of death, damage and devastation.
"Merica." No, that's not a misspelling. In recent years, we've all heard someone say the name of our nation in this ironic manner. I'd be lying if I told you I've never uttered it myself jokingly.
The Etan Patz murder trial recently ended after 18 days of deliberation in a stunning mistrial that seemed an impossibility as the defendant confessed and provided sick, demented, details of the child's last moments of life.
The murder trial of Aaron Hernandez, former tight end for the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, is entering Day 13 as the defense continues its attempts to discredit the prosecution’s case witness by witness.
Bob Iger, Disney's Chairman of the Board, has a new toy. His acquisition of the Star Wars franchise brought a treasure trove of exciting new gadgets which will soon be available to the masses. For now, he gets the toys all to himself.
The murder of Scott McMillan, the three year old savagely beaten and systematically tortured over a three day period by his mother and boyfriend, has drawn attention from media, legal scholars and commentators.
Morgan Geyser, 12, known as one half of the Slenderman Killers, who stabbed a twelve year old friend 19 times, has been found incompetent to stand trial for her participation in the crimes that shocked this tiny Wisconsin city.
20 children and six adults were slaughtered, Friday, when a lone gunman fought his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, armed with enough ammunition to murder every student in this small New York City suburb.
Lew Hendler, world renowned co-founder of the mega successful woman's hair care company, scunci, recently launched Michael Todd true organics and with that single handedly changed the face of skin care.
The National Spy Museum hosted a panel of espionage experts including Director of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, former Counterterrorism Expert, Melissa Mahle, Kirk Whitworth, Director of Communications and Analysis and former KGB General and operative Oleg Kalugin.
Three of biggest names in the media business today, NBC's Jeff Zucker, Viacom's Philippe Dauman and Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer recently gathered for one powerhouse summit at the Midtown Manhattan headquarters of publishing giant, McGraw-Hill.
Recently, an invitation arrived asking would I be interested in meeting with Mr. Patrice Pinet, the master blender of the premiere cognac brand, Courvoisier as he will be in Los Angeles scheduling only four appointments with media representatives.
The Cohn Restaurant Group has done it again. The award-winning company, which now owns and operates 16 restaurants within the San Diego area and Maui, has hit a homerun with Vintana, one of its newer North County venues.
Oscar®-nominated producer Jennifer Fox will produce the 10th Annual Governors Awards, for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President John Bailey announced. The ceremony will be held Sunday, November 18, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom.
Ashland Oregon Day Trips, from author Barbara Tricarico, presents a beautiful collection of photographs that capture her home state in all its majesty and splendor as she travels from the golden coastline to the mountain peaks.
President Barack Obama and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron met at the White House, this week, discussing the escalating violence in Syria in preparation for the upcoming G8 Summit.
Discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, announced the acquisition and global launch of the award-winning documentary CITIZEN PENN, featuring the original song Eden (To Find Love) performed by Bono and co-written by Bono and Linda Perry.
