(Headline USA) A New York police officer who fatally shot a raccoon at a New York City beach has been placed on modified duty while the matter is reviewed, according to officials.
The shooting occurred Thursday morning at Rockaway Beach, after someone called 911 to report a vicious animal, a...
(Headline USA) A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court Monday on charges he allegedly ran a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings.
Ryan Wedding, 44, turned himself in at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City last week and...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, 65, died suddenly in May at the posh Beverly Hills Hotel, 2,000 miles from his $12 million estate in Carmel, Indiana.
According to ABC News, the FBI and the DEA are investigating Irsay’s death, focussing on a California addiction specialist who...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The USS Abraham Lincoln and its support ships have arrived in the Middle East as President Donald Trump is mulling strikes on Iran.
A US official told CBS News that the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) area of control....
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued emergency orders to mitigate blackouts in New England and Texas as 24 states have declared an emergency due to an Arctic blast moving across the U.S. over the weekend.
More than 200 million people are in Storm Fern’s 2,300-mile...
(Headline USA) Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to “mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
The call from Rosen, a moderate from Nevada who was...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) German officials are once again calling for the country’s central bank to bring its gold home.
Germany owns the second-largest gold reserves in the world at 3,352 tonnes. About 1,200 tonnes valued at around €164 billion ($194 billion) are stored at the Federal Reserve...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) In October, Bank of America raised its 2026 gold price forecast to $5,000.
Mission accomplished as of January 23.
Now the big bank has upped its projection again, calling for $6,000 gold this year.
BoA analyst Michael Hartnett said gold’s performance in past bull markets influenced his...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro. Trump also renewed his threat to conduct military strikes on land against drug cartels, including in Mexico.
Trump made the comments in an interview Friday...
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas.
According to a complaint from the United States Office of Inspector General, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who is married, traveled with her federal bodyguard to a Las Vegas casino resort and spa in October while the two...
(Headline USA) A man was arrested Friday night at a party during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, for allegedly assaulting a Florida congressman.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost wrote on X on Saturday that he was punched in the face by a man who told Frost that President...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump warned Canada that all its exports to the U.S. could face 100% tariffs if Canada finalizes a deal with China.
Trump slammed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has publicly pivoted away from the U.S. since early 2025 when Trump hit America's...