Day: March 12, 2025

Greenland’s center-right party pulls off upset victory as Trump seeks control

6:21 pm March 12, 2025

Greenland’s center-right Demokraatit party pulled off a surprise victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, taking Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede’s party, Inuit Ataqatigiit, out of power. Independence from Denmark became a focal point of the election amid President Donald Trump’s repeated talk of the U.S. taking control. “People want change … We want more business […]

Texas execution of ‘desert killer,’ on death row for 30 years, blocked by court

6:03 pm March 12, 2025

Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood’s execution, which had been set for this week, was halted by a Texas appeals court on Tuesday. Wood, 67, has spent nearly 33 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of six girls and young women found […]

Stop talking, start teaching: New York must fight to end antisemitism in our schools

5:36 pm March 12, 2025

Over 500 days have passed since Hamas’ brutal October 7th attack—the deadliest assault on Jews since the Holocaust. More than 500 days of platitudes from certain politicians. More than 500 days of empty words. And yet, hatred against Jews isn’t declining—it’s exploding. In New York, home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel, Jewish students […]

Riley Gaines, Laurel Libby rip Gavin Newsom, Hakeem Jeffries over excuses for trans athletes in women’s sports

5:18 pm March 12, 2025

As key Democrat figures throw out excuses for enabling trans athletes in women’s sports, conservative critics have capitalized on inconsistent messaging. Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on his podcast that he believes trans athletes competing in women’s sports is “deeply unfair” but defended it to happening legally due to concerns over transgender people […]

Detained captain of cargo ship that collided with US oil tanker is Russian national, ship owner says

5:11 pm March 12, 2025

A Russian national was revealed to be the captain of the cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker off the coast of England in an incident that sparked a massive fire, spilled jet fuel into the sea and left one person feared dead. The 59-year-old man remained in United Kingdom police custody Wednesday after […]