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Calamos Rings Texas Stock Exchange Bell to Celebrate CTAG ETF

Calamos Investments celebrated its actively managed small- and mid-cap growth ETF with a bell-ringing ceremony at the Texas Stock Exchange on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, bringing together the firm’s leadership. Attendees included John P. Calamos Sr., founder, chairman and global...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Dominates With Double-Double as Miami Heat Claim First Win

Giannis Antetokounmpo delivered another powerful performance as the Miami Heat finally secured their first victory of the 2026-27 NBA season. Miami defeated the Atlanta Hawks 129-117 on Wednesday night, ending a four-game losing streak. The Greek superstar finished with 24...

Dolores Huerta, Labor Rights Pioneer and Co-Founder of United Farm Workers, Dies at 96

Dolores Huerta, the influential American labor leader and civil rights activist who helped transform the lives of farmworkers, has died at the age of 96. Her family announced her death on October 28, 2026. Huerta died at her home in...

New York Archdiocese Reaches $800M Sexual Abuse Settlement

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has reached an $800 million settlement with approximately 1,300 survivors of alleged sexual abuse by clergy and other church personnel, marking the second-largest agreement of its kind involving a Catholic archdiocese in...

Flávio Bolsonaro Arrives in Miami After Fleeing Brazil Following Election Defeat

Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro has successfully fled his home country and landed in Florida following a chaotic multi-nation escape. Bolsonaro, his wife, and their two daughters arrived at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. He defected...

US Weighs Possible New Strikes on Iran After Midterm Elections

The United States and Israel are preparing for the possibility of renewed military strikes against Iran after the November 3 US midterm elections. However, President Donald Trump has not publicly confirmed a final decision to resume a major military...

Trump Suggests Venezuela Could Become 51st US State, Signals Putin-Zelensky Meeting

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Venezuela could become the 51st state of the United States, celebrating American access to Venezuelan oil during a campaign rally in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hours later, the president announced that a meeting between...

Greek-American Candidates Seek Office Across 20 States in US Midterm Elections

Greek-American politicians are preparing for the November 3 midterm elections with at least 50 candidacies across 20 states, seeking positions ranging from the US Congress to state legislatures, county offices and the judiciary. Representing both Republicans and Democrats, the candidates...

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey Begins With a Seven-Minute Episode

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool Grok Imagine has released the first episode of its AI-generated adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey. The clip runs for about seven minutes, offering an early look at a project that Musk previously promised would become...

Two Candidates With Greek Roots Face Off in Key U.S. Senate Race

The race for New Hampshire's U.S. Senate seat features an unusual connection to Greece, as both Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas and his Republican opponent, former Senator John E. Sununu, have Greek ancestry, although their family backgrounds reflect different migration...

The Day Wall Street Crashed

This week marks the anniversary of the 1929 Wall Street Crash that plunged America into the Great Depression. It began on October 24th with the drastic fall of share prices on the New York Stock Exchange. Black Thursday, as...

The Greek Story in America Is Older Than You Think

Histories often conform to a narrative, which is often simplified or edited for reasons of brevity or emphasis. The typical Greek-American historical narrative will focus on the mass immigration of generally impoverished Greeks to the United States in the...

HALC Urges Rubio to Reject Turkey-Libya Maritime Deal

The Hellenic American Leadership Council is asking Secretary of State Marco Rubio to reject the Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum publicly, bringing Greek American advocacy into the dispute over Washington's response to its ratification. In a public letter addressed to Rubio, which...

US Releases Secret UFO Files Revealing Mysterious Sightings Over California

Newly released US government documents reveal several reported UFO sightings over Catalina Island, off the coast of Southern California. The records describe unexplained objects spotted by witnesses during the 1940s and 1950s. The Trump administration released the documents Friday,...