Paralympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics
The Paralympics began Tuesday in the same empty National Stadium — during the same pandemic — as the opening and closing ceremonies of the recently completed Tokyo Olympics.
US troops will have to begin Afghanistan pullout Friday to meet deadline; Taliban says it won’t extend
U.S. officials said Tuesday that the military would have to start pulling out of Afghanistan starting this Friday in order to meet President Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline agreed…
Mitch McConnell slams Biden’s Afghanistan ‘disaster’: ‘These guys couldn’t organize a two-car funeral’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell joined “America’s Newsroom” Tuesday, suggesting that President Biden’s handling of the Afghanistan collapse is “one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in American…
Slain Chicago police Officer Ella French’s partner transferred to rehab, marking ‘major step’ in recovery
A week after Chicago police Officer Ella French was laid to rest, one of her partners, Officer Carlos Yanez Jr., was transferred to a rehabilitation facility, marking a…
Kamala Harris calls Biden’s Afghanistan decision ‘courageous’ as others in White House blame Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris gave credit to President Biden for deciding to end the war in Afghanistan, even though members of the administration – including Biden himself –…
San Fran DA Boudin cheers Cuomo granting clemency to convicted murderer father
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said Monday his “heart is bursting” after outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo granted clemency to his father, a former member of…
Dan Crenshaw issues blistering response to Taliban’s demand all US troops leave by Aug. 31
Rep. Dan Crenshaw issued a blistering response to the Taliban’s demands that the U.S. leave Afghanistan by the end of August.
Inmates run wild on Rikers Island, answer phones, destroy equipment
Inmates are running wild on Rikers Island amid an ongoing staffing crunch that’s left charges free to stab each other, answer the phones and run through corridors destroying…
Mike Pence blasts Biden’s ‘foreign policy humiliation’ in Afghanistan: They ‘set this disaster in motion’
Former Vice President Mike Pence blasted the Biden administration’s Afghanistan troop withdrawal Tuesday as a “foreign policy humiliation” on par with the Iran hostage crisis and dismissed efforts…
Women soccer players leave Afghanistan on evacuation flight
Players from Afghanistan women’s national soccer team had an “important victory” on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight…