Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter-turned-screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill,” has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to The Times. Additional details about his death, including a cause of death, were not immediately available. He was…
A Marine veteran is fighting back and warning about a lack of accountability after the Nevada Highway Patrol seized $87,000 from him during a traffic stop in 2021 through a legal loophole. Marine veteran Stephen Lara, the plaintiff in a recent lawsuit against the state, told Fox News that he was pulled over by a…
The Trump administration confirmed Friday morning that “deportation flights have begun,” fulfilling one of President Donald Trump’s major campaign promises to the American people. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared pictures that appear to show illegal immigrants boarding a U.S. military aircraft. “Deportation flights have begun,” Leavitt…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday ordering the declassification of the government’s files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. In a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, Trump can be signing executive orders in the Oval…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Four people were crushed to death Thursday by a crowd that gathered in front of a prominent businessmen’s house in Phnom Penh to receive red envelopes full of cash ahead of the Lunar New Year, police said. A large crowd gathered…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. North Korea is accelerating preparations to send more troops to Russia amid an increasing number of casualties, South Korea said on Friday, while Ukraine said the North’s additional support would mainly include missile and artillery troops. About 4,000 of the up…
State Democratic lawmakers are pushing a bill that would allow Maryland voters to raise the minimum wage from $15 to $20 — including for workers in the service industry — but it’s receiving a thumbs down from Republicans “The minimum wage in Maryland is not enough to meet the cost of living,” Del. Adrian Boafo…
Entrenched in their “Homeland or Death” chant and vowing to prevail against the “imperialist onslaught,” Cuba’s leader have paused the release of political prisoners and kicked off military exercises following President Donald Trump’s first-day decision to put the country back on the list of nations that sponsor terrorism. Just a week earlier, former President Joe…
President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate an Idaho resident to be the U.S. Air Force’s second in command. “I am pleased to announce that Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Lohmeier will be the next United States Under Secretary of the Air Force,” Trump wrote on social media Friday. As undersecretary, Lohmeier would be the No. 2-ranked civilian and…
Before Glenn Litton shot two kindergartners, destroying a carefree lunch recess at Feather River Adventist School in Northern California, he sent a letter. The missive, sent to distant acquaintances, included Litton’s manifesto in which he declared himself tasked with carrying out “child executions” as part of an international group that Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea…
