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The candidates for Virginia’s open 10th congressional district seat have stark differences, including on hot button topics like abortion and immigration. Democrat Suhas Subramanyam and Republican Mike Clancy, who are running for Democratic U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton’s open seat, have very different views of how the country is doing right now. A tech executive and […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at what the killing of Yahya Sinwar means for the Israel-Hamas war, alleged North Korean troops alongside Russian forces, and U.S. accusations against a former Indian intelligence officer. The War Trudges On Hamas confirmed the killing of leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli forces in a televised eulogy […]
Once ubiquitous across the American landscape, the brand is sunsetting its physical presence at a time when more and more retail brands are feeling its pain. Attention, Kmart shoppers: This is your last call for blue light specials. The iconic chain’s last American mainland superstore, located in Bridgehampton, New York, is closing its doors on […]
A man was shot and killed while sitting in a parked vehicle outside a McDonald’s in the Uptown neighborhood on Friday afternoon, according to police. The shooting was reported at around 3:45 p.m. outside McDonald’s, 1004 W. Wilson Ave., near Sheridan Road. According to police, a 45-year-old man was sitting inside a vehicle in the […]
Test yourself on the week of Oct. 12: Canada and India spar, China conducts military drills, and Washington receives new furry friends. Source link
Flattened villages, burned fields, homes pockmarked with bullet fire, and smoke billowing out of freshly bombed infrastructure: Southern Lebanon is beginning to look like war-torn Gaza. In Lebanon, as in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military has been unleashed without any coherent strategic vision or clear war aim. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first said […]
A surprising moment of honesty caught on a home camera raises questions about modern politics—and the role of tech in shaping election narratives. A Ring camera recently caught a bit of a head-tilting moment when Heather Stephenson, a Republican candidate for the Iowa House, was out canvassing in her area. Source link
“Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?” asks the popular jazz standard, and the answer is pretty straightforward—the weather here is either stiflingly hot or bracingly cold, except for a few short weeks in late September and early October. Anyone visiting outside of this window will surely think the 8 million of […]
According to an August report from the Russian state news agency TASS, the Kremlin plans to become a “safe haven for people trying to escape Western liberal ideals.” To this end, Russia will introduce a new visa pathway for foreigners fleeing countries whose policies run contrary to “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.” The report, […]
In the opening pages of Devika Rege’s debut novel Quarterlife, one of the protagonists, Naren Agashe, goes to the Lincoln Zoo in Nebraska to buy a coffee. After an older man threatens him at his usual café, Naren doesn’t want to take any chances: He’d rather sip the insipid beverage sold at the zoo’s gift […]