Riots

It wasn’t long ago that it seemed the Texans had finally turned the corner. Houston had one of the brightest young quarterbacks in the NFL, a defense good enough to slow teams down, and the AFC South was ripe for the picking. Following their 11-5 season in 2018, there was…

It might have gone a little like ... this: Gaius Appuleius Diocles knew his job. He didn’t need to win; he just had to survive. Seven laps. Twelve competitors. That was it. Whatever happened next could determine whether he would race another day, or lose his life. The Circus Maximus…

On Jan. 6, the world witnessed how language can incite violence. One after another, a series of speakers at the "Save America" rally at the Ellipse in Washington redoubled the messages of anger and outrage. This rhetoric culminated with a directive by the president to go to the Capitol building…

Tobago Kinnesha George YesterdayPosters insinuating a link between the UNC and PDP appeared in Tobago on Monday ahead of the January 25 THA election. - Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) deputy leader Farley Augustine said a report has been filed with the police and the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) after…

Protests have erupted across Tunisia over dire economic conditions ten years after the small North African country sparked the Arab Spring, and was widely perceived to be its only success. Photos and videos posted to social media show crowds of mask-clad Tunisians marching in the streets of capital Tunis. According…

Topline As part of ongoing criminal investigations into the January 6 Capitol riots, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is following up on a tip claiming that a Pennsylvania woman, who is seen in videos inside the Capitol, stole a laptop or hard drive from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office with the…

What happened last week? President-elect Joe Biden introduced a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. Parler filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging antitrust violations. Loews Hotels said it cancelled a February fundraiser for Senator Josh Hawley. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. What happened last week? As Washington last week readied…

Uganda’s longtime President Yoweri Museveni has secured a sixth term in office that will take his reign into a fourth decade following a poll his rivals say was marred by irregularities. The electoral commission said on Saturday Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, had secured 58.6 percent of…

Elsa Houston Texans Executive Vice President of Football Operations Jack Easterby reportedly believes New England Patriots chairman Robert Kraft and his family are behind negative stories published about him by Sports Illustrated. According to Greg Bishop and Jenny Vrentas of Sports Illustrated, sources said Easterby has told people, including the…

Last month, I co-published an article with the newsletter Popular Information exposing six corporations that “talk green but spend dirty.” Like so many articles we’ve written before, the piece showed how corporate America markets itself as a friend to the climate while directly funding climate deniers. Our reporting didn’t change…