A Chicago man has pleaded guilty to charges in a 2021 drive-by shooting of three undercover law enforcement officers that he mistook for rival gang members, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Eugene “Gen Gen” McLaurin, 31, entered the plea Tuesday to three counts of assaulting a federal officer and two counts […]

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A shoplifting suspect who police say was armed with a knife barricaded himself inside a fitting room at a JCPenney in Maryland on Wednesday, prompting authorities to evacuate the store during the four-hour standoff. Officers responded around 10:30 a.m. to the Westfield Wheaton Mall after 37-year-old Christopher Lawrence allegedly tried […]

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy posted mock pictures of shirts with a Harvard-like logo calling it “Hamas University,” as he continued to criticize President Dr. Claudine Gay for her controversial comments about antisemitism. “These shirts kinda bang,” Portnoy wrote in a post on X Wednesday. Portnoy made clear that he […]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres distributed a letter to members of the organization’s security council calling for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, due to supposedly crumbling humanitarian resources. The secretary-general invoked a rarely used power of his office on Wednesday to publish a letter to the members of […]

A Florida man is in custody after allegedly trying to force his way into a woman’s apartment and attempting to sexually assault her. Xavier Mendez, 31, was arrested Wednesday in connection to the Nov. 26 incident, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.  “Shortly after 10 p.m., Mendez allegedly entered a […]

An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. He is Pup EL2306 — proper name to be determined — a northern sea otter who was found alone and malnourished in the remote town of Seldovia in October and taken to […]

Russia’s 2024 presidential election will take place on March 17 with Vladimir Putin widely expected to run and win another term in office.  Members of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a decree setting the date. Although Putin, 71, hasn’t yet announced […]

Hanukkah, a time of light and celebration, finds its place on television through a collection of episodes that beautifully capture its essence. It seems that for every holiday that people celebrate, regardless of religion or culture, there are a handful of TV episodes that tackle the subject in one way […]

Harvard University and its president faced even more intense backlash over her attempt to clean up controversial comments about antisemitism. Harvard President Dr. Claudine Gay issued a statement Wednesday clarifying that the university has a staunch position against calls for violence against the Jewish community, after she seemed to equivocate […]