President Donald Trump’s decade in national politics has been continuously haunted by gunshots, armed stalkers and thwarted plots. Two years after surviving a sniper’s bullet in Butler, Pennsylvania, the president continues to navigate an unprecedented series of assassination attempts. From his early campaign trail to the most recent security breach at Trump National Golf Club […]
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Monica Lewinsky details her ‘dark decade’ and moving past public shame
Monica Lewinsky is reflecting on her experience with shame and how she was able to overcome it. During a recent episode of her podcast, “Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky,” the 52-year-old activist spoke with actress Jamie Lynn Sigler about her memoir, “And So It Is…: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope,” with Lewinsky telling her the […]
Taiwan unveils $40B defense spending plan to counter China military threat over next decade
KAOHSIUNG: Last week, Taiwan President William Lai unveiled a massive $40 billion supplemental defense procurement proposal, casting it as proof that the independently ruled, democratic island is serious about countering escalating military pressure from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC has not governed Taiwan for even a single day but claims it as […]
Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee makes ‘catch of the decade’ in win over Rays
The San Francisco Giants may have fallen out of the race for the National League West division crown but Jung Hoo Lee put a smile on fans’ faces during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Lee was in center field when he tracked a ball hit by Yandy Diaz. The ball drifted toward the […]
New search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 approved more than a decade after disappearance
Malaysia’s government gave final approval for a Texas-based company to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 more than a decade after the airplane’s disappearance. Terms and conditions of a “no-find, no fee” contract have been agreed upon with Ocean Infinity to launch a seabed search operation at a new 5,800-square-mile site, according to Transport […]
Russia’s oil tanker crash causes ‘worst ecological catastrophe,’ with Black Sea in need of a decade to recover
On the night of Dec. 15, 2024, two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, sank in the Kerch Strait, a narrow maritime connection between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, off the coast of occupied Crimea. Both vessels were constructed for service on rivers, not on the open sea, and did not have […]