WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man and his mother were convicted on Tuesday of charges that they stormed the Capitol, where they brought plastic zip-tie handcuffs into the Senate gallery as a mob attacked the building, court records show.U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth convicted Eric Munchel and his mother, Lisa Eisenhart, on all 10 counts…
Sandy Hook School shooting survivor and hockey player Isaiah Márquez-Greene was given a scholarship by the New York Rangers and Garden of Dreams.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at what he called U.S. “spying” and “interference” in Mexico, days after U.S. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for smuggling massive amounts of fentanyl into the United States.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested Monday that the case had been built on…
I’m an American who visited a shopping mall in Okinawa, Japan, and the experience was full of surprises.After my family moved from North Carolina to Okinawa, one of Japan’s 47 prefectures, one of our first outings was a trip to a local mall. It definitely didn’t disappoint.I’ve since been to numerous shopping centers around Japan,…
The Kaseya Center in Miami was filled with enthusiastic applause from fight fans when former President Donald Trump when made a surprise appearance at the UFC 287 event on Saturday night.Videos and photos posted on social media show the former president entering the arena with Kid Rock, Mike Tyson, and UFC president Dana White sitting…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he looks forward to hosting the NCAA men’s and women’s championship basketball teams, the University of Connecticut and Louisiana State University, at the White House, appearing to shut the door on a suggestion a day earlier by his wife, Jill, that the defeated Iowa women’s team…
Last May, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top diplomat unexpectedly downplayed the significance of Finland joining the NATO alliance — the possibility of which previously led Moscow to repeatedly threaten the Nordic country. Putin said at that time that Finland joining NATO didn’t pose an “immediate threat” to Russia.The Kremlin is, however, shifting its…
A Chipotle in Ohio turned chaotic and dangerous when a pair of customers became angry over their orders, authorities said.Police responded to a reported robbery at a Chipotle in downtown Columbus on March 28, Central Ohio Crime Stoppers said in a news release.The suspects demanded more cheese and started harassing employees, cornering one worker and…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia and other major oil producers on Sunday announced surprise cuts totaling 1.15 million barrels per day from May until the end of the year, a move that could raise prices worldwide.Higher oil prices would help fill Russian President Vladimir Putin’s coffers as his country wages war on…
As an Italian American, espresso and olive oil basically run through my veins — but combining them is an entirely different story.