The cataclysmic events of the last few weeks in Lebanon and Syria—from Israel’s decimation of Hezbollah to the fall of the Assad regime—have opened a new chapter for the Middle East. The hope may be that the collapse of Iran’s so-called axis of resistance in the Levant augurs a period of peace and stability in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in a corruption trial in which he’s accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, a case that’s played havoc with the nation’s political life for nearly a decade. His testimony is scheduled for three times a week, six…
In the end, there was no great battle for Damascus, no gruelling siege of the kind we have become accustomed to in Syria’s brutal 13-year civil war. It was just an army that melted away and a fleeing president that brought the more than 50-year-long Baathist dictatorship to an end. As Syrians continue to gather…
CNN — Renowned poet, activist, author and professor Nikki Giovanni has died. She was 81. “The acclaimed poet, Black Arts Movement icon whose poems of wit, wonder, and wisdom were celebrated in children’s books, on keynote stages and television shows, and in more than two dozen bestselling poetry collections, died peacefully on December 9, 2024,…
Nikki Giovanni, the award-winning US poet who emerged as one of the leading voices of the 1960s Black Arts movement, has died aged 81. Giovanni died on Monday following her third cancer diagnosis, her friend, the author Renée Watson, told NPR in a statement. “We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave…
Daniel Penny found not guilty in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a NYC subway – CBS New York Watch CBS News The jury deliberated for more than 20 hours before rendering its verdict on Monday. CBS News New York’s Dick Brennan looks back on the trial. Be the first to know Get browser…
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet, Virginia Tech Professor and Black Arts movement Icon, passed away at the age of 81 on Monday. She passed away peacefully with her lifelong partner, Virginia Fowler, by her side. Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 7, 1943, and served as a…
Well done: Subway vigilantes free to ride again Forty years ago there was the Subway Vigilante. And no subway rider then would’ve found Marine Daniel Penny guilty in the chokehold death of a frightening threatening hopped up — should’ve been locked up — bad guy. Where were cops? Good Samaritans? We’re to let a man carve up citizens who…
‘We knew that was our guy’: Arresting officer describes capture of Luigi Mangione Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was ordered held without bail and did not enter a plea in his first court appearance in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He faces five charges, including one felony count of forgery and…
Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on the arrest of Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on ‘Your World.’ 2024-12-09 23:22:23 https://a57.foxnews.com/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/694940094001/c078afb6-675a-450e-8145-ffa126d7ab64/89784d33-cfdc-44eb-be35-43bb0d257eb2/1280×720/match/1024/512/image.jpg?ve=1&tl=1
