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A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists. Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: the Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. The professor, nicknamed...

A tourist to Las Vegas is now warning others after she was charged more than $200 for using a wall socket at a popular hotel. Sharina Butler, of the Bahamas, was staying at the Paris Hotel Las Vegas when she received a bill for $224 due to her son unplugging a tray used for mini-bar snacks and drinks. The policy, which is written on a small card in the front of the tray, says there's a $56 charge for every day the tray remains unplugged. 'You've got to be kidding me,' she told the hotel employee, she recalled in a...

A reporter who was allegedly attacked by a savage protester outside a Portland ICE facility recounted her harrowing experience to Donald Trump. Post Millennial reporter Katie Daviscourt shared her testimony at Trump's roundtable focused on Antifa violence on Wednesday. 'Today, I am sitting here with a black eye and a concussion after being violently hit in the face with a metal pole while reporting outside the ICE facility just this past week,' Daviscourt said. The bruised journalist claimed that after the vicious confrontation, she went to three different city police officers for help - but they 'refused to detain the...

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Since Donald Trump burst onto the political scene in 2016, Hollywood and the mainstream media mostly have treated MAGA voices “like garbage,” says publicist Vanessa Santos. So in 2021, at the height of industry conservatives being sidelined or canceled over their views on hot-button issues, she saw a massive opportunity, quit her job in the publishing industry and launched Renegade PR, an agency based in Washington, D.C., that represents Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, Drea de Matteo, Roseanne Barr, Riley Gaines and Tim Pool — a who’s who of names many controversy-averse publicists wouldn’t touch. Wearing jeans and a white T-shirt...

Leonardo DiCaprio's One Battle After Another has sparked backlash from conservative audiences despite being the most critically acclaimed film of the year. The sprawling 162-minute thriller, directed by 11-time Oscar nominee Paul Thomas Anderson, has wowed mainstream critics and won praise from the likes of Steven Spielberg and Taylor Swift. But despite the film's many accolades, One Battle After Another has struggled to recoup its rumored $175 million budget at the box office so far. The movie's progressive plot has also been blasted as 'woke' by conservative viewers, who accuse it of being 'pro-Antifa' for having a group of left-wing...

Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny is getting slammed for a video clip that appears to show him remaining seated during the singing of “God Bless America” at the New York Yankees game Tuesday night.The short clip, first shared with TMZ, reported as not having any common indicators of AI generation, includes the crowd singing “guide her,” which is part of the line “stand beside her and guide her.”The U.S. Flag Code recommends standing, placing your hand over your heart, and facing the flag when “The Star-Spangled Banner” is sung, but it makes no similar recommendations for “God Bless America.”...

It's the latest in her ongoing string of tributes to hometown heroes on the 'Radical Optimism' tourThe singer has been making a habit of covering a song from a local artist at every show on her current ‘Radical Optimism’ World Tour – which kicked off its North American leg at the start of last month. Last week (October 4), Dua Lipa brought her ‘Radical Optimism’ tour to Los Angeles, where she paid tribute to Fleetwood Mac by performing a cover of their 1977 hit ‘The Chain’. Introducing the track, Lipa said to the audience: “During this tour, I’ve taken the...

"She sailed on a boat following Greta Thunberg in trying to stop the genocide in Gaza"Björk has called for her “childhood friend” and musician Magga Stína’s “safe return” after her family claimed she had been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Read More: Here’s what went down at ‘Together For Palestine’, with Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Richard Gere, Florence Pugh and more The singer-songwriter, who recently joined the ‘No Music For Genocide’ campaign – a cultural boycott initiative encouraging artists and rights-holders to pull their music from streaming platforms in Israel in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza – took...

Nancy Pelosi has been very quiet lately. Where did she go? What is she doing during the shutdown? Hard to believe she has nothing to say. Hakeem needs to check on her. What is Paul doing? Is Nancy's daughter on the front lines with Antifa? Inquring minds want to know...

OSLO — The Nobel Committee announced that it had officially chosen Greta Thunberg to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her pivotal role in bringing an end to the war in Gaza. "Without her heroic and daring flotillas, this peace deal would never have happened," said Jørgen Biørgen, the Assistant to the Vice Chair on the committee. "She braved the waters of the Mediterranean armed with nothing but Instagram, a pallet of snacks, and 42 pounds of cannabis, all to bring salvation to Palestine and hold space for the oppressed brown bodies of Gaza. There has never been a...

Longtime Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell died on Thursday after a lengthy thyroid cancer battle, the team announced. He was 62. “‘The Gator’ spent his entire career in a Red Sox uniform and was a beloved fixture of Fenway and Fort Myers,” the Red Sox posted on X. “He gave so much to Lee County and Sox Nation. We send our love to the Greenwell family.” Greenwell spent all of his 12 MLB seasons with Boston after being drafted by the franchise in the third round of of the 1982 amateur draft. He debuted in 1985 and played a role...

Maureen Callahan revs up the woodchipper for Chelsea Clinton, her new podcast, how her parents are still trying to buy their nepo baby’s way into a media career, why she and fellow podcaster Monica Lewinsky, should team up, and more.Nepo Baby Chelsea Clinton Launches Yet Another Sleep Inducing Podcast [video, Maureen Callahan's take]

The biggest name in the American hotel business is not Hilton, Marriott, or Ritz-Carlton — it is Patel. A LinkedIn post by Sarthak Ahuja recently shared how the Gujarati Indian community, which forms less than 1% of the US population, now controls about 60% of the country’s hospitality business. It began with one man’s journey in the 1930s that laid the foundation for an entire community to rise in the hotel industry. The story traces back to Kanji Manchhu Desai, who arrived in the United States from Trinidad in 1934. He overstayed his visa and worked on farms in California....

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Leif Erikson Day is observed on October 9 each year. This day honors the Norse explorer Leif Erikson, who is believed to have led the first European expedition to reach North America (outside Greenland), and celebrates his legacy of exploration, courage, and the contributions of Nordic heritage.

The White House is moving forward with a new set of changes to the H-1B visa program that could reshape how U.S. companies recruit and hire skilled foreign professionals. -snip- Specialty Occupation Definition: One of the most consequential revisions could involve tightening what qualifies as a “specialty occupation.” In earlier drafts from the Trump era, eligible roles were restricted to positions requiring a degree in a “directly related specific specialty.” A similar provision surfaced briefly in a 2024 Biden administration proposal before being revised to require only a “logical connection” between a worker’s degree and their job duties. Reintroducing the...

Explanation: What's happening to this spiral galaxy? Just a few hundred million years ago, NGC 2936, the upper of the two large galaxies shown at the bottom, was likely a normal spiral galaxy -- spinning, creating stars -- and minding its own business. But then it got too close to the massive elliptical galaxy NGC 2937, just below, and took a turn. Sometimes dubbed the Hummingbird Galaxy for its iconic shape, NGC 2936 is not only being deflected but also being distorted by the close gravitational interaction. Behind filaments of dark interstellar dust, bright blue stars form the nose of...

An entitled woman aboard a Frontier Airlines flight halted the entire deplaning process, refusing to let a single passenger exit the aircraft until her daughter, seated several rows behind her, was permitted to leave first. In the viral footage obtained by the Daily Mail, the woman is seen standing firmly in the aisle, physically blocking the path of exiting passengers. She insists that no one leaves until her daughter is allowed to come forward. A witness told the Daily Mail that the chaos began when the inconsiderate passenger tried to push her way from the back of the aircraft to...

Starship Flight 11 Announced – Goodbye Pad 1, Goodbye V2! | 8:53 Ellie in Space | 211K subscribers | 35,281 views | September 30, 2025 (as soon as Monday, October 13. The launch window will open at 6:15 p.m. CT)