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Israel’s proposed invasion of Rafah threatens to upend its peace treaty with Egypt, according to Egyptian officials on Sunday. This comes after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed its proposal to enter into Rafah, a Gaza city near Egypt’s border in an interview with ABC News. Netanyahu deemed an invasion...

New York City police are on a manhunt for a loose gunman who shot and injured a tourist in Time Square, Manhattan, New York. Everything occurred at around 7 p.m. when three men entered a clothing and sneaker store known as “JD Sports” Thursday night. Immediately the men started shoplifting...

A new program set to assist migrants within New York City has been hit with waves of misinformation online. Claims of New York City handing out $53 million in credit cards to migrants have only escalated the tension between them and the city’s residents. In actuality, the $53 million program,...

King Charles, 75, has recently been diagnosed with cancer, as revealed by Buckingham Palace in a statement on Monday. The type of cancer is not yet disclosed, and only a limited amount of information has been shared, but it is known that he had recently been hospitalized, and received surgery...

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Sunday amid flooding in parts of Southern California. He made this declaration specifically regarding eight California counties that are expected to be further impacted by the winter storm and flood: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Luis, Obispo,...

Three people, including a pilot, were killed in a plane crash that struck a Clearwater, Florida mobile home on Thursday. The plane crash additionally impacted four other nearby homes, which the residents soon evacuated. The plane (which had a single-engine) had an engine failure that had been reported by the...

A close call Houthi forces in Yemen fired a missile that got within a mile of a US Navy destroyer on Tuesday. Most missiles are intercepted and destroyed about eight miles before contact. However, the one fired yesterday forced the USS Gravely to use its Close-In Weapon System. The system...

Kansas City police found three men deceased outside of a friend’s home on Jan. 9, after being reported missing just one day prior. Four friends, Alex Weamer-Lee, Clayton McGeeney, Ricky Johnson, and David Harrington had gathered at the rental home of Jordan Willis for a Chiefs game on Jan. 7....

New job cuts at UPS are expected to affect over 12,000 roles at the company. According to CNBC, UPS CEO Carol Tome gave the announcement in a Tuesday earnings call, stating that the UPS board voted to lay off workers in an effort to save money after experiencing a multitude...

At around 7 a.m. Saturday morning beachgoers witness a car drive on the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier before it plummets into the Atlantic ocean. Video of the incident shows rough waters as the car brakes several times on the pier before driving off the edge. Many witnesses believed that maybe...

Alabama is making headlines after executing a death row prisoner through a new and untested method involving nitrogen gas Thursday evening. Prisoner Kenneth Smith died at 8:25 p.m. CST after officials used a gas mask to administer the nitrogen that flowed for 15 minutes. Smith was convicted of murder-for-hire in...

In a rare move, the dictator of North Korea acknowledged the poverty-stricken state in his country at a meeting this week. On Thursday, Kim Jong Un addressed his speech to the Workers’ Party of Korea and acknowledged that the disparity between countryside life and city life needs to be addressed....

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