by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 11, 2023 Ukrainian forces used a recently-acquired U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system to shoot down a Russian hypersonic weapon over Kiev, the Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, confirmed to reporters that officials in the Ukraine said they had downed […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 10, 2023 Hunter Palmer, a star athlete at Wisner-Pilger High School in Nebraska, died after he suddenly collapsed during track practice on Friday, days before he was set to graduate. He was 18. No cause of death has been reported. Palmer was an all-district running back in […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 9, 2023 North Carolina Central University basketball player Devin Butts died on Friday after collapsing earlier in the week while playing in the university’s main gym, NCCU’s athletic director said Sunday. No cause of death has been reported. NCCU Athletic Director Louis Perkins said Butts was at […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 8, 2023 Solid majorities of Americans believe 80-year-old Joe Biden is not mentally and physically up to the job of president, according to a new poll from ABC News and the Washington Post. The poll posed two questions to respondents: “Do you think Biden has the mental […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 7, 2023 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has estimated that actions it has taken to resolve the failures of First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank cost U.S. taxpayers about $36 billion. “If this last episode is any indication, as the federal government gets […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 5, 2023 Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin are proposing national “Stand Your Ground” legislation. Stand Your Ground laws, such as the one in Florida, allow law-abiding persons in a lawful place to forcefully defend themselves from death or great injury, including […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 4, 2023 Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed legislation prohibiting local governments in the state from taking donations from nonprofit organizations. Beginning July 1, the legislation, Senate Bill 222, will make it a felony for election workers or government officials to solicit or accept money […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 3, 2023 The Russian government accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Putin via an overnight drone strike on the Kremlin that was foiled by Russian defenses. “Two unmanned aerial vehicles were aimed at the Kremlin,” the Russian government said through the official communication channel Tass on […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 2, 2023 Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law measures prohibiting medical transgender surgeries on kids and prescribing puberty blockers to children. Stitt signed SB 613 into law on Monday, with the newly enacted bill rendering trans surgeries and provision of puberty blockers to children […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News May 1, 2023 Fox News “parted ways” with Tucker Carlson … and a huge number of viewers in all of its prime time broadcasts. The final broadcast of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” drew 2.65 million viewers, according to Nielsen. The data shows that Brian Kilmeade’s substitute hosting gig for […]