A video shared on Instagram allegedly shows the helicopter crash that took the lives of Indian Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others. Verdict: False The video shows a Syrian military helicopter being shot down by rebels in Idlib, Syria, in 2020. Fact Check: The India Air Force announced on…Continue Reading
Despite the recent surge in illegal border crossings in 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) will be hosting an “unconscious bias” training seminar for agency personnel, according to a CBP memo obtained by Fox News.The seminar, titled “Better Together: A Conversation on Unconscious Bias,” will be hosted by USCBP’s “Task Force for Women,” according…Continue Reading
December 10, 2021 5:20 PM ET White House press secretary Jen Psaki explained Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden’s past comments on Jussie Smollett on Friday, saying everyone “learned a lesson.”Reporters pressed Psaki on whether there was anything to learn for Smollett’s guilty verdict on Thursday given that both Biden and Harris had…Continue Reading
MEXICO CITY — A day after 55 migrants who were being smuggled through Mexico died in a tractor-trailer crash, officials here promised justice.“There will be no impunity,” said Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, vowing that Mexico would take “immediate action” against the human traffickers who had packed nearly 200 migrants into a truck that careened into a bridge…Continue Reading
MEXICO CITY — Beloved Mexican actor Carmen Salinas, known for films such as “Danzón,” “Man on Fire” and “Bellas de Noche” and dozens of telenovelas and television series has died at 82. Relatives her death late Thursday on Salinas’ Twitter account.“With great sorrow, we inform you that leading actress Carmen Salinas passed away today,” said the…Continue Reading
MOSCOW — Whatever Vladimir Putin may have in mind for Ukraine, an independent country he nonetheless considers part of the Russian motherland, ordinary Russians are expressing little enthusiasm for a shooting war to make their leader’s dream a reality.For months, the Kremlin has been positioning tens of thousands of troops and heavy weaponry near Russia’s border with…Continue Reading
Social-justice organization Black Lives Matter is still standing with Jussie Smollett after the actor was convicted Thursday of staging a racist, homophobic attack and lying to police about it.But his old friend Don Lemon, the CNN anchor who once defended him amid allegations of a hoax, is not supporting him.Smollett, best known for his role…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court declined Friday to block a Texas law that has banned most abortions there and left doctors and abortion clinics with few legal options for challenging it.The Texas law SB 8 makes abortions illegal after six weeks of a pregnancy and authorizes private lawsuits in Texas courts against anyone who violates it.Abortion-rights…Continue Reading
There are likely few worse feelings than winning and then being forced to lose. That very fate recently found a boat owner in Virginia. Captain Bill Berger entered his barge into a contest for best-decorated vessel, and he walked away with First Place. The competition concerned a kind of Christmas decor — it was the…Continue Reading
It seems that crime has been emboldened. Last year saw unprecedented violence and vandalism, veritably cheered by TV’s talking heads. Many Americans — including some in government — endorsed a #defunding of police. California passed Proposition 47, which reclassified theft under $950 as a misdemeanor. Unsurprisingly, such a move didn’t return the state to its…Continue Reading