The Brink of War: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet Friday with Russia’s foreign minister in an effort to head off what appears to be the increasing likelihood that Russia will invade Ukraine.    “We’re now at a stage …

Five Alarm: Nineteen people died yesterday, nine of them children, in a fire in a West Bronx apartment building.   Another 44 were injured, 13 of them critically, after the occupants of the third-floor apartment where the fire started left in a …

Criminal Contempt: The House Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection voted unanimously last night to hold President Trump’s adviser and loyal crony Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the events of January 6th.   Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson …

Sunk: A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell information about secret submarine technology to another country.    The engineer, Jonathan Toebbe, is accused of trying to sell information on the nuclear propulsion system of …

A Waste of Time: President Biden in his first news conference announced a more ambitious goal of getting 200 million Covid vaccine shots in the arms of Americans by his 100th day in office.   He also said he didn’t think the surge …

An American Issue: After the second mass shooting in a week, President Biden  called for a ban on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines.   “This is not and should not be a partisan issue — it is an American issue,” Biden said in brief remarks. “We …

The American Illness: Ten people died yesterday afternoon including the first police officer on the scene in a shooting inside a Boulder, Colorado  grocery store. A wounded suspect was taken into custody.   People inside the King Soopers market on the south side of …

Viral News: Miami Beach declared an emergency and imposed an 8pm curfew to shut down late night Spring Break parties that threaten to spread the coronavirus. Police fired pepper balls to break up a party that turned into a riot Saturday …

Special Ops: Reports out of  Portland, Oregon, say that men in camouflage uniforms who refuse to identify themselves have been detaining protesters.   A man named Mark Pettibone, 29, has told reporters he was grabbed about 2 am Wednesday while walking alone after a …

Pandemic: Florida reported more than 8,900 new coronavirus cases on Friday, another one day record as the state’s re-opening of bars, restaurants, beaches and public spaces backfires.   Florida and Texas, with cases also rising, ordered all the bars closed. The Dow …