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Kiké Hernández ‘little bit shocked’ by reception in Albuquerque while on rehab assignment
All Kiké Hernández knew about Albuquerque — the home of the Triple-A Isotopes — was the city’s elevation. But the city knew him. For years, the city’s baseball fans grew up watching the Dukes, the former longtime Dodgers affiliate. So when Hernández arrived with the Oklahoma City Comets to continue his rehab assignment on Tuesday,…
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CIA accused of snatching JFK, MKUltra files Tulsi Gabbard’s team was reviewing
WASHINGTON — A CIA whistleblower publicly accused the agency Wednesday of swiping critical files on John F. Kennedy’s assassination and the notorious mind control experiment MKUltra that were being reviewed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s team. Special operations officer James Erdman III laid out the stunning accusations during a Senate committee hearing on the…
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Emilia Clarke: I was ‘convinced that I was meant to die’ after suffering multiple brain aneurysms
Emilia Clarke “shut down emotionally” after suffering multiple life-threatening brain aneurysms — and “convinced” herself she “was meant to die.” The “Game of Thrones” alum detailed her near-fatal health battle on Wednesday’s “How to Fail” podcast episode. The actress, 39, had surgery in 2011 and 2013 for aneurysms, which are “bulges or ballooning in the…
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The Hippocratic Summit
The delegation that arrived with President Trump in Beijing on Wednesday night looked less like the diplomatic corps of a superpower and more like a Fortune 500 board meeting. On Air Force One were Elon Musk, Tim Cook (“Tim Apple,” as the president calls him), and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Joining in Beijing were honchos…
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Tensions flare up over Strait of Hormuz as ship is reported seized and heading toward Iran
DUBAI — A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank, authorities said Thursday, in a renewed escalation on shipping near the Strait of Hormuz. There were no immediate claims of responsibility, but the incidents came as a senior Iranian official reiterated his country’s claim to…
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A year of Trump is backfiring on the religious right
This weekend, an array of Christian religious leaders and government officials are scheduled to gather at the National Mall. They’ll convene to pray, yes, but this rally — organized as part of the White House-backed Freedom 250 celebrations tied to this coming July 4 — will also serve as a “rededication of our country as…
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Second lawmaker mysteriously disappears from Congress
Another lawmaker has gone missing from Congress — and she’s currently running for re-election. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) has not voted on any issue since April 17, according to her documented voting record, and she has not yet addressed her absence as she nears four weeks away from Capitol Hill without explanation, reported The New…
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UC strike averted as tentative agreement reached with 40,000 service and hospital workers
A strike that would have disrupted operations affecting thousands of University of California hospital patients and students was averted at the 11th hour Thursday morning after UC and leaders of 40,000 union members reached a tentative agreement, winning raises and capped healthcare costs for workers. “WE WON! Strike is off!” read an announcementfrom the American…
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GOP lawmaker blindsides CNN host with Trump defense: ‘We have control?’
Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) seemed to shock CNN host John Berman by insisting President Donald Trump had “control over the Strait of Hormuz” — despite it being closed. During a Thursday interview, Berman asked Alford to explain why Trump said he didn’t think about Americans’ financial situation, “not even a little bit,” when it came…
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Florida man put on spot as he brands Trump ‘pompous idiot’: ‘You voted for him 3 times’
A Florida man was put on the spot by MS NOW’s Alex Talbott after stating he voted for Donald Trump multiple times — just before calling the president a “pompous idiot.” Talbott was speaking with voters about the president telling reporters, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” when he encountered the man at a…