What appeared to be a robbery in January in which the alleged perpetrator was shot and killed by an armed bystander was actually staged as part of an immigration scheme for the two “victims” to obtain temporary residency visas, police told a news outlet. The so-called robbery grabbed headlines on...

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A South Carolina man, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia, has been missing for the better part of a week after he got off his ship last Wednesday in Mexico and has not been seen since. Family members of 66-year-old Bradley Solomon III are frantically searching for him and...

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Former President Donald Trump divided many conservatives on Monday when he announced his official position on abortion in a video he posted on social media. Many who expressed disappointment were those who are ardently pro-life and generally oppose abortion procedures. In a more than four-minute video Trump posted on Truth...

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Actor Michael J. Fox announced his retirement from acting in 2020 when it became clear to him that his fight with Parkinson's disease was just too much to overcome and remain in front of the cameras. But now he says he is still open to the right role. Fox sat...

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Multiple news agencies reported a heavy police presence in Las Vegas on Monday morning following reports of a shooting. No details were immediately confirmed by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. According to KVVU-TV, a shooting was reported at a business in the Las Vegas neighborhood of Summerlin. DEVELOPING: Las...

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The total solar eclipse North America had been waiting for arrived Monday. NASA kept a livestream going for those whose location did not allow them to take in the spectacle or were prevented from seeing it by clouds. “The total solar eclipse crosses over Mazatlán, Mexico with the sun getting...

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Diplomatic aftershocks of a Friday raid by Ecuador’s police who hauled a former Ecuadorian vice president from the Mexican embassy have led to a chasm opening up between Ecuador and Mexico. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the raid a “flagrant violation of international law and Mexican sovereignty” and...

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A university bureaucrat whose job depends on racial polarization is finding out that publicity is a two-edged sword. Smearing the British royal family, and the princess of Wales in particular, with conspiracy theories might make for fans on the left, but the saner part of the world's population has an...

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Saying that women’s sports were created for women, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has issued a ruling effectively banning men who say they are transgendered women from competing in women’s sports. The NAIA's Council of Presidents approved the policy 20-0 on Monday, according to CBS. "Only NAIA student-athletes whose...

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LSU head football coach Brian Kelly has issued an official response to last week’s incident in which the Tigers women’s basketball team missed the national anthem during its Elite Eight matchup against Iowa. Kelly, who has helmed the school’s football program for two seasons, vowed that his team would always...

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Moments of intense disappointment often require leaders to address the past, present and future all at once. While posterity might not see it immortalized in granite, Iowa Hawkeyes head women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder's post-game address to her team in their locker room following Sunday's 87-75 loss to the South...

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A Maryland woman was convicted Friday of negligent manslaughter in connection with a May 2022 accident that killed her 3-year-old daughter. Danshell Evon, 38, could face up to 55 years in prison when she is sentenced, according to WJLA-TV. Evidence introduced in the trial indicated that Evon was driving above...

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Two Texas school principals are under fire for using their positions and school communications systems to tell their underlings to vote against Republicans who supported school choice measures in this year's GOP primary. As a nation, we love to see passionate educators, of course, but we also expect them to...

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The Caitlin Clark effect set viewership records for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, as games in which she played set three viewership records in one week, with each game setting a new high. It began when Clark and her Iowa Hawkeyes knocked out LSU on April 1 in the Elite...

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The total solar eclipse has now passed, but it seems that many people are still feeling the effects. On Monday, millions gathered along the path of totality to witness the rare celestial event, which made landfall in Mazatlán, Mexico, before being visible in various parts of the U.S. and Canada,...

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A 26-year-old Massachusetts woman who was the apparent victim of a road rage incident has died. Destini Decoff, 26, was critically injured Thursday, according to WCVB-TV. Decoff's mother, Tracy Decoff, said her daughter died from her injuries Saturday, according to WBTS-CD. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Hopkinton Chief of...

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Everyone's favorite host of "The View," Sunny Hostin, is back with another hot take. On Monday's segment, Hostin, while speculating on the return of cicadas, the recent earthquakes, and the eclipse had an answer for why this is all happening. It's climate change! Whoopi Goldberg first corrected Hostin...

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One of the greatest pitchers in the history of the New York Yankees is stepping up to the plate for an iconic New Yorker. Legendary closer Mariano Rivera endorsed former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election on Monday, according to The Denver Gazette. The baseball Hall of Famer was...

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Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio declared a state of emergency in the country on Friday over the rampant use of kush -- known as the "zombie drug" -- a psychoactive blend of highly addictive substances that has lately been mixed using ground up human bones. "We are making concerted...

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He may be the best player in the nation -- but on Monday night, Zach Edey was no match for college basketball's reigning powerhouse. In a 75-60 win in Glendale, Arizona, that was almost an anti-climax, even though it was between two No. 1-seeded teams, the University of Connecticut Huskies...

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Tensions flared on the court Monday night during the NCAA men's basketball national championship game in Glendale, Arizona. Not just between players but between UConn head coach Dan Hurley and Purdue star center Zach Edey, who were actually seen jawing at each other. With just under seven minutes in the...

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