Day: October 31, 2023

Top Marine commander hospitalized after suffering heart attack

4:06 pm October 31, 2023

The U.S. Marine Corps’ highest ranking officer has been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith was hospitalized Sunday after suffering a “medical emergency,” according to a Marine Corps press release, with USNI reporting Monday that the top general suffered a heart attack. Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, […]

Republicans urge NCAA to change policy on trans athletes to ensure ‘fair environment for women’s sports’

3:56 pm October 31, 2023

Nine Republican governors sent a letter to the NCAA on Monday urging that the organization change its policy regarding transgender student-athletes to “guarantee a fair environment for women’s sports.” The current policy has drawn mounting criticism since the NCAA last updated it in January 2022, moving to a “sport-by-sport” approach, similar to the policy of […]

Hecklers scream at Blinken for Israel-Hamas ‘ceasefire’ during Senate hearing: ‘Where is your pride America?’

3:17 pm October 31, 2023

A Senate hearing on a supplemental funding package to assist Israel in its war against Hamas descended into chaos Tuesday morning as more than a dozen hecklers have been detained after yelling at Secretary of State Antony Blinken for a “ceasefire now!” The unrest boiled over immediately after Blinken began speaking at the Senate Appropriations Committee […]

Death of heavily armed man inside popular Colorado amusement park ruled a suicide

2:59 pm October 31, 2023

A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, his body discovered in a bathroom next to words scrawled on the wall, “I am not a killer,” authorities said Monday. Diego Barajas Medina, 20, was found dead in a women’s bathroom at […]

Son of Hamas leader pleads with US to ‘pressure’ Egyptians to open border to Gazan civilians

2:55 pm October 31, 2023

The son of a founding Hamas leader begged the U.S. government to put “pressure” on the Egyptians to open their borders to allow civilians in Gaza to flee the Israel-Hamas war. Mosab Hassan Yousef, who served time in an Israeli prison and ultimately sought refuge in the United States, discussed the dire need for the […]