Day: October 16, 2023

Leading moderate who vowed to oppose Jordan flips in major victory for speaker nominee

3:09 pm October 16, 2023

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, scored a major victory in his quest for the speaker’s gavel on Monday. In a Monday tweet, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., announced he would be supporting Jordan’s speakership bid. Rogers was a major opponent of Jordan’s push for speaker, so his flip is a […]

Will Smith breaks silence on Jada Pinkett Smith’s memoir: ‘Emotional blindness sets in’

2:59 pm October 16, 2023

Will Smith is breaking his silence on his wife’s bombshell tell-all “Worthy,” which reveals the couple has been separated for seven years. In an email sent to The New York Times, the actor admitted that the book woke him up, noting the actress had “lived a life more on the edge than he’d realized, and […]

1st section of massive NYC landfill-to-park transformation project opens to the public

2:53 pm October 16, 2023

Efforts to turn what was once the largest landfill site in the world into a public park hit a milestone Sunday with the opening of the first section open to the public, New York City officials said. The 21-acre North Park section of what has become Freshkills Park includes pedestrian and cycling paths, an overlook […]

Who will be onstage at the next Republican presidential nomination debate?

2:51 pm October 16, 2023

The Republican National Committee (RNC) made it official on Monday, announcing its partners and venue for their third GOP presidential nomination debate, which will be held in Miami on Nov. 8. The RNC said it selected NBC News, Salem Radio Network, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), and Rumble as partners for the debate, which will […]

UNESCO adds Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks as World Heritage site

2:47 pm October 16, 2023

For 400 years, Indigenous North Americans flocked to a group of ceremonial sites in what is present-day Ohio to celebrate their culture and honor their dead. On Saturday, the sheer magnitude of the ancient Hopewell culture’s reach was lifted up as enticement to a new set of visitors from around the world. “We stand upon […]