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Volume of Migrants Crossing the Dangerous Darién Gap Hit Record High in 2023

An unprecedented half a million people migrated north across the Darién Gap, a dangerous stretch of jungle between Columbia and Panama, this year—more than double the number last year—in a sign of an escalating humanitarian crisis, the U.N. recently reported.

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Ex-White House lawyer says Supreme Court could rule ‘9-0’ in possible Trump 14th Amendment case – The Hill

Ex-White House lawyer says Supreme Court could rule ‘9-0’ in possible Trump 14th Amendment case  The Hill

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Detroit News: Trump recorded pressuring Michigan canvassers not to certify 2020 vote – CNN

Detroit News: Trump recorded pressuring Michigan canvassers not to certify 2020 vote  CNN Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote  Detroit News How the Trump call with Michigan canvassers about the 2020 election could to new criminal charges  MSNBC

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Nike will lay off workers as part of $2-billion cost-cutting plan

The company slashed its sales forecast and said it plans to cut up to $2 billion in costs over three years. Slowing sales in China are a big reason why. (Image credit: Julia Nikhinson/AP)

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Party bosses fall in Japan’s worst political corruption scandal in decades

Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party replaced two of its top executives as part of a purge related to investigations into alleged political slush funds. (Image credit: Kyodo via Reuters Connect)

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Czechs mourn 14 dead, dozens wounded in Prague shooting – The Associated Press

Czechs mourn 14 dead, dozens wounded in Prague shooting  The Associated Press After Czech Mass Shooting, Shock, Grief and a Focus on Guns  The New York Times Tributes pour in as first victims of Prague mass shooting are named  The Telegraph Prague in

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Shock, tears as Prague reels from university shooting

The mourners huddled in small groups, many tearful or visibly shocked, as they gathered Friday to pay their respects to victims of the shootings at Prague’s Charles University. Students gathered at the small memorial as flurries of snow and rain

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Ex-White House lawyer says Supreme Court could rule ‘9-0’ in possible Trump 14th Amendment case – The Hill

Ex-White House lawyer says Supreme Court could rule ‘9-0’ in possible Trump 14th Amendment case  The Hill

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Congress to Investigate Osprey Program After Crash Kills Eight in Japan 

After a deadly crash in Yakushima, Japan killed eight Air Force servicemen in late November, a congressional oversight committee has launched an investigation into the V-22 Osprey program.  The fleet of Ospreys is still temporarily grounded in order to investigate

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