(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Syria’s de facto president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, arrived in New York City on Sunday, where he will attend the UN General Assembly, making him the first Syrian leader to do so since 1967.
On Monday, Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, attended the Concordia...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The White House is demanding a formal investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s Tuesday appearance at the United Nations was sabotaged by rogue staffers.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made the call after some escalators at the UN abruptly stopped working as Trump and First Lady...
Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.
A former Minnesota state senator who was convicted of burglary for breaking into her estranged stepmother’s house was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail but will be allowed to serve her time on work release…
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un says he still has “fond memories” of President Donald Trump, and is open to negotiations with Washington under certain conditions.
Proposed legislation drafted in response to a stabbing death last month on a Charlotte light rail train would make it more difficult for accused violent criminals to be released without posting cash bail…
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani says he will attend a town hall debate hosted by an ABC affiliate station, after a short-lived protest over its parent company's decision to pull the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show.
Mamdani, a Queens assemblyman who...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of President John F. Kennedy, could replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., ahead of the 2026 Democratic primary.
The New York Post reported Monday that Schlossberg has “a shot” at winning the primary. He told his social media followers he had launched an exploratory...