(Headline USA) The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates that helped tame inflation but also made borrowing painfully expensive for American consumers.
The rate cut, the Fed’s first in more than...
(Headline USA) Former Democrat megadonor and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex-crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
A new indictment charged the jailed ex-movie mogul with committing a criminal sex act, accusing him of forcing oral...
(Headline USA) Independent U.N. human rights experts said in a new report Tuesday that their findings show Venezuela's socialist government has intensified the use of “harshest and most violent" tools of repression following the disputed July presidential election.
The official results of the July 28 vote have been widely criticized...
(Headline USA) Chris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers played audio of the books during class.
Much of the reading material at Garden City Middle School in Long...
(Headline USA) Boeing told employees Monday that it planned to freeze hiring and reduce travel and was considering temporary layoffs to save cash during a factory workers’ strike that began last week.
The troubled company said the moves, which include reduced spending on suppliers, were necessary because “our business is...
(Headline USA) Facing increased accountability from pro-values consumers over the pernicious influence of the controversial Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) movement in both the workplace and the marketplace, major corporations have begun bailing on a radical LGBT activist group's longstanding demands.
The Human Rights Campaign initially focused its report card,...
(Headline USA) Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives.
Beginning Tuesday in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, anyone under under 18 who signs up for Instagram...
(Headline USA) Sean “Diddy" Combs was expected to appear before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday after his indictment on undisclosed criminal charges.
The music mogul was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in...
(Headline USA) A man with an AK-style rifle pointed the firearm’s muzzle into Donald Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, around 1:30 p.m. as the former president was playing a round, prompting the U.S. Secret Service to open fire, according to three law enforcement officials.
The former president...
(Headline USA) A school district in northeast Florida must allow children to access obscene and pornographic gay books, per a court order.
Per the court’s decision the School Board of Nassau County must restore access to three dozen titles including “And Tango Makes Three,” a children's picture book based on...
(Headline USA) The Justice Department is preparing criminal charges in connection with an Iranian hack that targeted Donald Trump's presidential campaign in a bid to shape the outcome of the November election, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
It was not immediately clear when the charges might be...
(Christen Smith, The Center Square) Congressional war declarations should include funding for future veteran benefits, according to legislation introduced Thursday.
The Full Cost of War Act, sponsored by Democratic U.S. Reps. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania and Ted Lieu of California, would require more funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs...