Several members of the federal appeals courts are boycotting the hiring of law clerks from Yale Law School. On Friday, Elizabeth Branch, a member of the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, said she would join James Ho, a fellow federal judge, in distancing herself from the Ivy League school plagued by “cancel culture.” James C. Ho, nominee to be …
Read More »United Kingdom announces they are sending help to Turks and Caicos to combat spike in gang violence
The United Kingdom announced Tuesday that it has deployed a ship and specialized police to the Turks and Caicos Islands to fight a spike in violence. Two dozen specialists who were stationed in the Bahamas arrived Friday on the archipelago, while a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker with a helicopter is en route and will be used as a platform for …
Read More »White House says Biden believes Saudi Arabia has sided with Russia after OPEC+ cut
The White House said Tuesday that President Biden believes Saudi Arabia has effectively sided with Russia’s war aims in Ukraine following the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance’s announcement last week that it would cut oil production. “We believe by the decision that OPEC+ made last week, (Saudi Arabia is) certainly aligning themselves with Russia,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during …
Read More »Durham probe: FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million to corroborate Trump allegations in dossier
The FBI offered ex-British intelligence agent Christopher Steele $1 million to corroborate salacious allegations made in his dossier against Donald Trump and members of his 2016 campaign, but he was unable to do so, an FBI official testified Tuesday. FBI supervisory counterintelligence analyst Brian Auten was the first witness in the trial of Igor Danchenko, the Russian national who served …
Read More »Meghan Markle once left King Charles in shock with her unexpected response
Meghan Markle surprised King Charles III with her unexpected response to his offering to walk her down the aisle, a book has claimed. Robert Hardman, royal author, in his book “Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II”, has given insight into what happened, including Meghan’s response to Charles’s kind gesture which left the King somewhat taken aback. Prince …
Read More »Celebrities react to Angela Lansbury’s death: ‘A glorious one’
Fellow celebrities are remembering the five-time Tony-winning actress Angela Lansbury, who died in her sleep on Tuesday at age 96. “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander was among the mourners, tweeting out a message of sorrow: “The great Angela Lansbury – one of the most versatile, talented, graceful, kind, witty, wise, classy ladies I’ve ever met has left us,” he wrote. “Her …
Read More »Paulson Removes Himself As Thorns, Timbers CEO Amid NWSL Scandal
Merritt Paulson removed himself as the CEO the Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers and the National Women’s Soccer League’s Thorns Tuesday in the aftermath of a bombshell investigation that uncovered systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the NWSL. The results of the independent investigation–commissioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation and led by former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Q. Yates and the …
Read More »Dundee Utd 1-0 Hibernian: Liam Fox’s side off bottom of Scottish Premiership after frantic clash
Australian defender Aziz Behich scored his second goal in two games Dundee United climbed off the bottom of the Scottish Premiership as they recorded only their second league win of the season in a captivating, chance-laden encounter with Hibernian. Aziz Behich poked the home side ahead after a fine move before Mykola Kuharevich’s headed goal was disallowed for the visitors …
Read More »University of Florida students protest, say Republican Sen. Ben Sasse poses ‘threat’ as president
College students organized a protest in response to their university’s nomination of a sole finalist for president of the school. The University of Florida announced on October 6 that Senator Ben Sasse, R-Neb, was unanimously nominated to be the only contender to serve as the 13th president of the public institution. Sasse, who has served the state of Nebraska since …
Read More »Israeli soldier shot and killed by Palestinian militant in West Bank
An Israeli soldier was killed Tuesday in a drive-by shooting in the northern West Bank, the army announced, saying that forces were searching for the attackers. It was the latest in a wave of deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence in the area. It came days after a female Israeli soldier was killed at a checkpoint in east Jerusalem, and 24 hours after …
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