SOCIAL MEDIA

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) North Carolina is among 22 states alongside the Federal Trade Commission filing litigation against Amazon, a company the state and Richmond County have been happy to welcome with a $10 billion data center investment. The independent federal consumer agency and the Old North State's first-term...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Lianys Torres Rivera, Cuba’s top diplomat in the US, has told Bloomberg that the Trump administration is unwilling to continue talks with the island nation and described the ramped-up US oil embargo, which has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis in the country, as a “war without...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Vice President JD Vance spoke at a Republican Jewish Coalition event on Monday, where he called the US-Israel relationship “one of the most important alliances in the world” and discussed how to sell the special relationship to the growing number of skeptics in the United States. What...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A US strike in southern Iran on Tuesday hit a residential building where a wedding reception was taking place, according to local Iranian officials and the Iranian Red Crescent. Ahmad Nafisi, the deputy governor of Iran’s Hormozgan Province, told Iranian media the strike hit a home in...

(Headline USA)  Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida, according to court documents filed Tuesday. In March, Woods' Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the legendary golfer was arrested, officials said. Woods pleaded...

(Headline USA) The woman killed in a random stabbing in Times Square was a Bank of America employee, the bank confirmed Tuesday. Police identified her and the attacker, who was killed in a confrontation with officers shortly after the rampage. The woman who died, Erin Piacenti, 32, was one of...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job, giving the Navy combat veteran the nod as concerns have emerged that some sailors have been stretched to the limit during the Iran war. Cao has been serving as acting...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democratic allies who allegedly refused to cooperate with the congressional probe into now-former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., may soon face criminal charges after being held in contempt of Congress. In a voice vote Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved contempt resolutions against North Miami Beach Mayor...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former first son Hunter Biden is now claiming that he is “48.6 percent gay,” despite his long record of sexual activities with women, including allegations that he hired prostitutes and had a sexual relationship with the widow of his late brother, Beau Biden. Appearing on The Luke...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A mass shooting reportedly occurred in Trenton, New Jersey shortly after midnight on Sunday—leaving at least eight injured and two dead. Some reports say 11 were shot, while others say 10. According to the Trentonian, the shooting took place at a party described by Trenton’s mayor...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A fresh analysis of federal visa records suggests that H-1B sponsorship has evolved into something resembling a self-sustaining side hustle, according to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies.  The scheme works as follows: An H-1B holder forms a company, sponsors their own visa through...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) From very early on, it was apparent that performer Jason “Jelly Roll” DeFord was one of many Trojan horses being propped up by Music Row’s astroturfing studio executives. The 41-year-old ex-felon, who topped the scales at around 550 pounds, has a too-good-to-be-true back story, particularly when every...