Bullets flying, Belizeans falling—too many guns in our country

In the age when Belize was a tranquil haven, a time when Belizeans slept with their windows open and walked the streets any hour of the night, there were few guns in the country. Some people who worked in the forests, surveyors and loggers, had...

Why declare Caribbean a zone of peace

Commentary Newsday 3 Hrs Ago Smokes rise to the sky following Israeli military strikes in Gaza City. AP Photo - Network of NGOs for the Advancement of Women "COME GET me, come get me, please mama," the child called. His mother found him on the...

Hostages and hijacking – how the Seventies became a decade of terrorism

“They made a handsome couple, witnesses later said. She petite and pretty in her faux Hispanic outfit complete with bolero waistcoat and sombrero, he much taller wearing a grey suit, hair brushed back in a thick dark wave.” These are the glamorous...

Iveland Elementary in Overland honors its students’ diversity during Hispanic Heritage Month

In the auditorium of Iveland Elementary School in the Ritenour School District, students gathered at tables decorated with flags of countries including Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. At the El Salvador table, students squealed as white foam meant...

Lawmakers’ Health Care, Government Shutdown Claims

Democrats and Republicans have sparred over Democratic demands to address health care issues in a government funding bill, with the standoff leading to the first government shutdown since 2019. We’ll provide the facts on two talking points each...

Brian Stewart’s ‘On the Ground’: The Power of Observation

On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent By Brian Stewart Simon & Schuster, September 2025/352 pages Reviewed by Don Newman October 5, 2025 Almost from its inception, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was known for the exceptional...

MAGA Podcaster Slams Trump Admin for Using Him in ICE Videos

MAGA-friendly podcaster Theo Von was overcome with emotion as he tore into the Department of Homeland Security chiefs for using his video clips to promote the Trump administration’s latest deportation drive. Von, one of the podcasters credited...

Charlie Kirk vs. elite Black women: A case of insecurity or racism?

Charlie Kirk infamously stated the following: “If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would have been called racists. Now they’re coming and they’re...

What Dirty Tricks Does the Grandson of Former CIA Director William Colby—a Key Man Running U.S. Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration—Have in Store for Us?

[Source: aol.com] Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump’s Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the man running the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, is the grandson of Nixon’s CIA Director William Colby, son of Jonathan Colby, a...

US Supreme Court lets Trump strip temporary status from Venezuelan migrants 

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court again cleared the way on Friday for Donald Trump’s administration to revoke a temporary legal protection for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants in the United States, backing a key...

Letter to the Editor: Most Inland Empire residents say they are struggling, surveys find

UC Riverside studies reveal low well-being but highlight paths for improvement RIVERSIDE, CA— A pair of UC Riverside studies paints a revealing picture of life in Southern California’s Inland Empire—a fast-growing region east of Los Angeles where...

Plenty of South Philly eateries taking part in Dine Latino Week

Looking for something spicy? The fall edition of Dine Latino Week will bring a week-long culinary celebration to South Philly and the surrounding areas. Dine Latino Restaurant Week, running Oct. 12-18, is part of Hispanic Heritage Month and...

A history of government shutdowns: 14 times funding has lapsed since 1980

Washington — Congress appears to be barreling toward another government shutdown, with President Trump and congressional Republicans at odds with Democrats over the path forward for averting a lapse in federal funding. Mr. Trump said Sunday that a...

Supreme Court allows Trump to nix temporary status for Venezuelan migrants 

The United States Supreme Court has again cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to revoke a temporary legal protection for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants in the United States. On Friday, the court’s conservative...

Optometry Giving Sight Announces 2025 Grant Winners

(PRESS RELEASE) GOLDEN, CO — Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) has announced the selection of its 2025 grant program recipients. This year, 24 grants totaling almost $1 million USD have been awarded to 21 organizations for projects that will help...

Eddy Piñeiro’s Success Rooted in His Parents’ Sacrifices

Miami, FL – Eddy Piñeiro, known for his unmatched precision as a placekicker, boasts an impressive field goal percentage of 88.7% and a career extra point success rate of 91.6%. In November 2024, he briefly held the record for the highest field...

Colombia’s Petro Government Once Again Shows Rest of World How to Respond to Israel’s Naked Criminality

Israel, once again, has done what it does best: it has flagrantly broken yet another raft of international laws, this time by “intercepting” the Global Samud Flotilla in international waters and abducting the crews of the flagged vessels that were...

America’s pastime in Ukraine: Far from the front, baseball provides an unlikely refuge

In Kyiv, Ukraine, Roman Boiko stays up until 2 a.m. most nights to watch his favorite team, the New York Yankees. “It’s my routine,” he said. “Baseball has always been my life.” His fandom began when, as a child, he was gifted a VHS recording of...

LONG READ: The GEMIs, the Global Emerging Markets' interlocking institutions

The international order is breaking up as the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) build a raft of new non-Western interlocking international institutions to run their vision of a new multipolar world order. At the same time the incumbent...

No. 2 US diplomat meets much-prosecuted West African leader after visa restrictions were eased

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has met with the heavily prosecuted vice president of Equatorial Guinea in Washington after the Trump administration approved a waiver of corruption sanctions that allowed the...