International News (Page 228)

Republicans want Texas to declare an ‘invasion’ at the southern border to give permissions for state troopers and National Guard members to turn back migrants as the country braces for Title 42 to end next month.Immigration enforcement is giving migrants who are released into the U.S. smartphones with tracking apps installed so they can keep…Continue Reading

GOING HUNGRY Charlotte Edwards, Senior Technology and Science Reporter14:44 ET, Apr 6 2022Updated: 15:39 ET, Apr 6 2022CHIPOTLE is entering the metaverse and encouraging Roblox players to roll virtual burritos they can’t eat. Although a virtual burrito is pretty useless, some lucky users will be able to exchange their virtual labor for real life food.…Continue Reading

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on New York’s highest court has been referred to a disciplinary commission and could be kicked off the bench for failing to comply with a rule requiring proof of vaccination against COVID-19.Judge Jenny Rivera, one of seven jurists on the state’s Court of Appeals, is barred from court facilities…Continue Reading

This week, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who is still reportedly under investigation in a sex-trafficking case, got into a bizarre altercation with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a House hearing. During the heated exchange, the GOP congressman rather baselessly accused the U.S. military of being subpar because it spends too much time on “wokeism” and…Continue Reading

Two D.C. men posing as Homeland Security agents ran such a convincing and elaborate scheme that they fooled four Secret Service agents, including one on the first lady’s detail, into accepting extravagant gifts like penthouse apartments, iPhones and pricey rifles, the feds allege.Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36, were arrested on Wednesday evening when…Continue Reading

On Wednesday night, comedian Amy Schumer entered the Clubhouse on Watch What Happens Live for a spirited chat about all things Amy (and Bravo, naturally). And host Andy Cohen began, of course, by asking the Oscars co-host how she felt about Will Smith being allowed to stay and accept his Best Actor Academy Award after…Continue Reading

This is a first, because this review accompanies no opening night performance for the much buzzed-about Public Theater musical Suffs (through May 15, at least right now).However, the theater still sees tonight as the opening night. A number of COVID cases among its cast—including its lead actor and author of its book, music, and lyrics,…Continue Reading

Republicans’ race to take back the House and Senate has taken the strangest twist. The party has decided to make the midterms all about wild accusations surrounding pedophilia.That would be an unusual strategy under any circumstances, but truly bizarre considering the folks in politics most-associated with pedophilia are all Republicans.Do they not remember Dennis Hastert—who…Continue Reading

The House voted on Wednesday to hold two of Donald Trump’s top advisers – Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino – in criminal contempt of Congress for their months-long refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack.The approval of the contempt resolution, by a vote of 220…Continue Reading