A long-delayed ceasefire in the Gaza war began taking hold as Hamas released three hostages in exchange for 90 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The first halt in the war since November 2023 appeared to go as planned, following months of negotiations by the Biden administration, along with Qatar and Egypt, then a recent push by President-elect Donald Trump for a deal before his inauguration on…
The 107th Attack Wing recently enlisted its 108th recruit of 2024 (between fresh recruits and prior service) just before the close of the year, an achievement that has only been accomplished twice before in the past 20 years. This string of enlistments marks a considerable increase from 2023, during a prolonged period of challenges and…
President Donald Trump immediately ended the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s controversial CBP One app on Monday, as the agency’s website quickly changed while the 47th president was sworn into office. According to Fox 26, the CBP One app was used by the Biden-Harris administration to allow over 900,000 migrants into the United States. The…
Former President Joe Biden pardoned his family approximately 15 minutes before President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. According to a press release obtained by CNBC, Biden announced pardons for his brother, James Biden; James Biden’s wife, Sara Jones Biden; his brother, Francis Biden; his sister, Valerie Biden Owens; and his sister’s husband, John Owens. A…
An illegal gambling network that ran from strip-mall casinos to a warehouse in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood was taken down this week by state and local law enforcement agencies. Authorities raided slot-machine parlors in suburban West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach and Zephyrhills, confiscating machines and cash. They also charged officers of a company in…
Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. According to Fox News, thousands of protesters, primarily females, met in Washington, D.C, for the People’s March, which was previously known as the Women’s March. The outlet noted that the crowd was only a tenth of the size of the…
Joan Plowright, the English actor whose decadeslong career included an Oscar-nominated turn in “Enchanted April” and films “The Entertainer” and “Stalin,” has died. The actor died Thursday at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in southern England, her family said Friday in a statement to the Associated Press. She was 95. “She enjoyed a long and…
After having to evacuate his Pacific Palisades home amid the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, Ben Affleck returned to find a massive military vehicle outside the home Thursday. Photos published by TMZ show a man dressed in military fatigues and a khaki-colored Humvee parked right outside the 52-year-old Oscar winner’s Brentwood estate. The “Gone Girl” star was seen…
American Express Co. will pay about $230 million to resolve a long-running investigation into some of the firm’s prior sales practices which regulators said misled small-business owners. Amex reached agreements with federal prosecutors and the Federal Reserve to settle the allegations, according to statements from the parties involved. The misconduct stems from a practice where Amex workers offered…
A Fort Carson soldier is under investigation after he was caught by a civilian group of pedophile hunters. Fort Carson Spc. Brandon Storey states in the first few minutes of a video on YouTube taken by Colorado Ped Patrol he was planning on meeting children, a 12-year-old and an 11-year-old, for sex. The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation…
