Video Report: NYC Mayor Adams Wants to Unmask Shoplifters
New York City Mayor Eric Adams was once a COVID-19 mask mandator, but now he is saying businesses should require potential shoplifters to take their mask off to enter their store, Newsmax national correspondent Mike Carter reports Wednesday.
US Intel: Russia Tried to Sway ’22 Elections
An annual threat assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies said Russia employed influence operations during the 2022 midterm elections and will continue to use clandestine means to spread information favorable to its agenda.
FBI’s Wray to Senate Intel Committee: TikTok Could Control Users’ Devices
FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has the ability to control millions of TikTok users’ devices.
DOJ Probing Memphis PD in Tyre Nichols Case
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday it is investigating Memphis, Tennessee, police and the special unit involved in the death of Tyre Nichols.
Basketball Players Say Ivy League Athletic Scholarship Ban Is Illegal
Two Brown University basketball players are suing the Ivy League for its policy of not offering athletic scholarships, saying it amounts to a price-fixing agreement that denies athletes proper financial aid and payment for their services, reports the Wall Street…
Rep. Burchett: Alien UFO Tech Being ‘Reverse Engineered’
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told Newsweek that he believes the U.S. has recovered a UFO “craft” and possible “beings.”
Ukraine’s Bakhmut may fall in days, says NATO chief, as Russia claims victory over eastern half of city

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday said the hard-fought city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region may fall to Russian troops “in the coming days.” His comments followed claims by Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group which said it had taken the eastern part of the city after months of a brutal ground and air offensive. Fox […]
United Nations cultural agency expresses concern over suspected poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls

The U.N. cultural agency on Wednesday expressed concern about the suspected poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls across Iran and called for investigations. Thousands of students across hundreds of mostly girls’ schools have reported being sickened by toxic fumes in incidents going back to November. There have been no fatalities. It remains unclear what chemical might […]
Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska travels to the United Arab Emirates, a country that remains open to Russia

Ukraine’s first lady on Wednesday offered spirited support to her nation’s people while visiting the United Arab Emirates, a country that still remains open to Russia despite Western sanctions. Olena Zelenska described her role and that of other first ladies and gentlemen in the world as a real power while speaking before a packed ballroom […]
Actor Nazanin Boniadi urges world to back protestors in Iran calling for women’s rights, political change

Actor Nazanin Boniadi on Wednesday urged the world to back the protests in her native Iran calling for women’s rights and political change, saying despots fear nothing “more than a free and politically active woman.” Speaking on the sidelines of the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi, Boniadi told The Associated Press that she hopes […]