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When the population of the United States passes 300 million, probably some time later this week, there will be no elaborate official celebrations staged by the White House. At a time when about half the 1.5 million immigrants entering the United States are illegal, the Bush administration is not eager to call attention to America’s out-of-control borders. Many conservatives believe that unbridled immigration threatens to ruin the country. “This is an invasion, the greatest invasion in history,” writes Patrick J....

The video, which was posted on Twitter on Wednesday by the Washingtonian Problems page, has so far been viewed more than 3.6 million times. The Twitter page captioned the video: “Trigger Warning: Seen in Cathedral Heights, DC this morning. “Apparently this man was her Uber driver and is seen getting verbally and physically assaulted by this woman. She repeatedly hurls racist slurs towards him.” Newsweek has not been able to independently verify when and where the altercation took place....

Dog owner Melanie Polanco told PIX11 that CCTV footage from her building showed the driver enter the elevator with her 6-month-old pooch Ella. According to PIX11, he then entered his car with the dog in his arms before driving away. Polanco assumes the dog left her apartment when she opened the door to the delivery man. She didn’t initially realize her dog was missing and assumed she was simply in another room....

The French based publisher showed off the new Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, a proper look at some Skull and Bones gameplay, and even a peek at the long awaited Beyond Good and Evil 2. We’re here to take you over everything that Ubisoft announced, so here we go! Just Dance 2019 The show kicked off with a dancing panda and a marching band, who shimmied their way into the theatre to renditions of everything from Maroon 5’s Sugar to Elton John’s I’m Still Standing....

Ubisoft, which employs more than 20,000 people, is experiencing a “great exodus” of developers, which is impacting development times according to two sources cited by Axios. Per the Axios report, Ubisoft has already lost 5 of the 25 top-credited developers on Far Cry 6, its biggest new release of the year, and 12 developers of the top 50 from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft’s biggest game of 2020. RELATED: Ubisoft Employees Launch Public Petition To End Company Misconduct...

It’s this physical version of the game that has caused some serious controversy as users who forked out for the collector’s edition in North America were disappointed to find that the North American version of CE does not actually include a CD/DVD version of Heroes of Might and Magic 7 as advertised (though European players do seem to have gotten a physical copy). Instead, wrote one reddit user, “buyers have to issue tickets to Ubisoft to have the game activated on their account”....

In a recent Business Insider article, 12 current and ex-Ubisoft employees discussed their concerns with the higher-ups’ response to the allegations. The media outlet also reviewed an internal document about the company procedure regarding sexual harassment last year. Although the exposé is locked behind a paywall, video game writer Meghna Jayanth released a Twitter thread with important quotes from the article and her own input on the situation. RELATED: Assassin’s Creed Unity Could Have Had Playable Elise...

Ironically, it appears to have been a firestorm that extinguished Ubisoft’s titular 1666. Rumored to be set amidst the epic aforementioned blaze, Ubisoft assumed control of the mysterious project from THQ Montreal this January – following its purchase of the studio during THQ Inc.’s bankruptcy sale. As it happens, however, 1666 is the intellectual property of former Assassin’s Creed creative director Patrice Désilets, who left Ubisoft for THQ Montreal in 2010 but found himself reunited with his old employer as part of the recent brokering....

On its official Facebook page, Ubisoft France posted a piece of promotional artwork for Far Cry 3, the open-world first person shooter it released in 2012 to critical acclaim. The image was published along with a caption, in French, that translates to “an island that has never really left” according to Facebook’s built-in translation service. This post by the company may just be a positive throwback. Far Cry 3 is one of the most well-liked games in Ubisoft’s entire publishing library and was so successful that it also spawned a standalone expansion called Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon....

For Ubisoft, the newly redesigned logo marks a new era for the company as it doubles down on a player-centric approach to creating immersive worlds. Already this approach can be seen in recent offerings from the company, including a number of Tom Clancy titles like The Division and Ghost Recon: Wildlands. The new design isn’t just for show either. According to Ubisoft, the swirl and ‘o’ in the center are deliberately placed to represent the human qualities of enthusiasm, curiosity and the grain de folie, or a touch of madness, as its games can be known for....

More than half a year removed from the emergency surgery the starting quarterback endured, UCF coach Josh Heupel said that not only does he think Milton will return to football, but he will return to his previous form. “There’s still things that he’s got to get back to make it all the way back,” Heupel told Yahoo Sports. “I really do believe he’s going to play again and play at the same level, if not better, than he already was....

The civil suit will follow a decision by federal prosecutors not to seek criminal charges against a plainclothes police lieutenant whose single shot killed Babbitt, who was unarmed. Babbitt, a decorated U.S. Air Force Gulf War veteran, was struck in the shoulder while attempting to illegally enter the Speaker’s Lobby, an area near to the House floor, through a smashed window beside a barricaded door. It is unclear whether she heard shouted warnings over the crowd around her before she climbed within view of the lieutenant, who drew his gun and fired....

The U.S. men’s national team captain wore the jersey and custom-made armband in the squad’s 2-1 victory over Ecuador last week, days after after a gunman killed 49 people in the Orlando nightclub and injured dozens more. MORE: Team USA photos from Copa America | Bradley, U.S. ready for Messi Online bidding for the armband and jersey was over $900 on Tuesday morning, with the auction set to run until Friday....

An altercation broke out Wednesday after a U.S. convoy was stopped by a checkpoint manned by fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the city of Qamishli. Locals and armed men argued with the American troops before a firefight broke out. At one point, a bystander stole a U.S. flag from one of the armored vehicles and was filmed shouting at troops, “What do you want from our country?...

That question became famous in the Great Depression. In 2020, with the pandemic raging, the answer could be, “Maybe, but they’re hard to find.” Localized temporary scarcity of coins, known as “spot coin shortages,” an unintended consequence of the economic lockdown intended to curb spread of the coronavirus, are again turning up in some regions of the nation. But the shortages aren’t as severe as last summer’s coin crunch, as more merchants and individuals recirculate pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters....

Death counts may be underestimated due to several factors. Staff shortages and bureaucratic red tape around accessing death records in certain states have also reportedly added to the issue, causing delays in reporting the latest state figures to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But many potentially infected people have been dying at home. These deaths are currently unaccounted for because of a lack of testing before they died....

“They became violent. The embassy remained locked down. All personnel should avoid the area,” the embassy stated in a notice given to the political newspaper The Hill. Newsweek reached out to U.S. State Department for comment. This story will be updated with any response. Specifically, Mexican City protesters have demanded police accountability over the death of Giovanni Lopez, a construction worker who died in May while in police custody in the western state of Jalisco....

This supply crunch is raising concerns among analysts and energy experts of an incoming slowdown of the U.S. economy, which could be exacerbated by the national strike planned by railroad workers for mid-November. And in May and June, diesel and gas prices reached record highs, threatening to bring shipping and logistics to a grind and harming drivers’ at the pump. “Supply chain costs skyrocketed in the past two years, driven by surging demand and tight supply....

Mexico ended 2021 with an inflation rate of almost 7.4 percent, Trading Economics reported. While 2021 saw the nation’s economy grow by almost 6 percent. It, like the United States—which grew by 5.6 percent—now faces an uncertainty as it faces a steady wave of price increases. Like its neighbor to the north, which has seen a wave of wage jumps, Mexico too has moved to increase the earnings of its workforce, with communities at the border hiking their hourly minimum wage rate from $1....

“Through the remainder of 2021 and into 2022, domestic violent extremists (DVEs), including racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists and anti-government/anti-authority violent extremists, will continue to pose a significant threat to our homeland,” the advisory said. The advisory warned that the heightened possibility of violence has occurred in relation to several upcoming “religious holidays and associated mass gatherings that in the past have served as potential targets for acts of violence....