VIRGINIA BEACH — Dave Parker has lived next to Violet Bank Trail for nearly three decades. On a busy day, he’s seen between 10 and 12 people use the natural, wooded path. Why then, wondered Parker, would the city move forward with an expensive plan to widen and pave it? “It’s an almost $2 million […]
Pop quiz: How much does a Big Mac, fries and a fountain beverage – also known as a Big Mac combo meal – cost? Many people believe it’s an astounding $18 after a post on X of McDonald’s menu prices at a rest stop in Connecticut went viral and made national headlines. (Narrator voice: It’s […]
PARIS (AP) — Police in the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia rounded up eight people Wednesday, including an independence leader, who are suspected of having a role in the deadly violence that wracked the archipelago where Indigenous Kanak people have long sought to break free from France. The early morning round-up was part […]
Revolt has announced a new ownership structure after its founder, Sean “Diddy” Combs, stepped aside as chairman of the television and media company. Current employees will become the largest shareholder group of Revolt as Combs’ shares of the company have been fully redeemed and retired. More from Variety “This is something that we’ve been looking […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold off his stake in Revolt, the media company the rapper and entrepreneur founded more than a decade ago. Shares in Revolt held by Combs, who was the company’s chairman, have been fully redeemed and retired, the Los Angeles-based company said on Tuesday a statement on its website. Revolt did not […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office. “I am not resigning,” Johnson said after a testy morning […]
Rishi Sunak faces the prospect of another backbench rebellion on Tuesday as his plans to stop young people from ever smoking come before the UK House of Commons for the first time. The plan, which would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1st, 2009, was one of three key […]
WASHINGTON — The House voted to renew a powerful surveillance program on Friday, two days after a band of 19 conservative privacy hawks revolted against Republican leadership and blocked the legislation on the floor when their demands were not met. The vote was 273-147 and was overwhelmingly bipartisan, with both Republicans and Democrats voting in […]
Editor’s Note: David Zurawik is a professor of practice in media studies at Goucher College. For three decades, he was a media critic at the Baltimore Sun. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. As wrongheaded as it was on so many levels, NBC’s decision to hire former Republican National Committee […]
In a story filled with all the standard climate alarmist narratives, USA Today recently reported on the rising movement by local governments in the United States to refuse to permit unwanted wind and solar industrial sites in their jurisdictions. After setting the stage by parroting the Biden administration goals of “100 per cent clean energy […]
Rishi Sunak is facing a Tory revolt over his flagship Rwanda plan, with senior Conservatives including former prime ministers and deputy chairmen of the party demanding changes. Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has offered his support to more than 60 right-wing MPs backing amendments they claim will beef up the Safety of Rwanda Bill […]
WASHINGTON — House Republican hardliners revolted against the bipartisan spending deal on Wednesday by tanking a procedural vote on an unrelated bill, an attempt to signal their displeasure with the pact reached between Speaker Mike Johnson and the Senate. The vote was 203-216, with 13 Republicans defecting and joining Democrats to sink the “rule” vote. […]