(Headline USA) A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning, the Virginia school said.
ODU said a gunman opened fire in its business school building, injuring two people who were sent to the hospital. It wasn’t immediately clear how...
(Headline USA) A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the nation’s largest Reform synagogue, in a Detroit suburb, and was fatally shot by security, according to The Associated Press.
The vehicle caught on fire after crashing into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, the AP reported,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI has released new records on Matt Gaetz, detailing the bureau’s investigation into the former congressman.
Gaetz was under investigation from 2020 to 2023 for allegedly paying women, including a minor, for sex. Gaetz has steadfastly denied the allegations, and the Justice Department closed its...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Gold seems to be the last safe-haven standing. While one would expect U.S. Treasuries to get a boost from the geopolitical uncertainty inherent in a war, they have not. In fact, the 10-year Treasury yield has jumped from 3.96 percent the day before...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The headline Consumer Price Index was steady in February as inflation continues to rise.
How could this be?
Because the CPI doesn’t measure “inflation” (as properly defined). It simply reflects the price movements of a basket of goods dreamed up by the BLS. Yes, this...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey discussed how investors can easily lose focus in fast-moving markets. He compared the experience to watching his kitten hunt lizards on the pool deck. The kitten begins stalking a target but quickly...
(José Niño, Headline USA) According to an Axios report, White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair privately advised House Republicans on Tuesday to drop the phrase "mass deportations" from their talking points and instead center their rhetoric on the removal of violent criminals, sources with knowledge of the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appears to have alluded to being a father in remarks to one of his alleged victims, according to newly released files.
The documents include a 2020 interview with an Epstein victim who said he pointed to a photograph of a blonde...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that the US “seems to be on a path” toward deploying troops to Iran, comments he made after a classified briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is responsible for bombing an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, during the opening hours of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28, a strike that massacred 175 children, the vast majority being young schoolgirls and schoolboys, according to a preliminary US military...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened Iran with “consequences never seen before” if its forces lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the Trump administration appears to be scrambling on how to deal with the war’s impact on the global oil market.
“If Iran has put...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff acknowledged on Tuesday that he doesn’t know how the war with Iran will end as US-Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic Republic and Iranian counterattacks continue.
“I don’t know, Sara,” Witkoff told CNBC host Sara Eisner when asked how the conflict ends....