Christopher Columbus: Last News

The headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow haunts the American imagination each autumn. New York City native Washington Irving breathed life into the galloping ghost in 1819, when he penned "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," one of his tales of life among Dutch settlers along the Hudson River. It stands 203 years later as one of the most famous ghost stories in world history — remade in many versions and retold in scores of languages.

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Philadelphia remains hidden by a plywood box while its fate is decided in the courts, but the box has now been painted with the colors of the Italian flag. City officials told the news station KYW that they painted the box covering the 146-year-old statue in south Philadelphia's Marconi Plaza with green, white and red stripes at the request of Councilmember Mark Squilla, who represents the district. The new look came just in time for Columbus Day, the holiday now celebrated in Philadelphia and elsewhere as Indigenous Peoples Day.

Ahead of Columbus Day 2022 – now referred to by many as Indigenous People's Day – a Joe Piscopo-helmed Fox Nation special is serving to remind Americans of the reverence the renowned explorer held not long ago.In an effort to overturn the far-left's move to dismantle Christopher Columbus' legacy, Fox Nation's newest special, "Uncancelling Columbus," dives into how the fearless explorer became a beacon of light for other immigrants.  "For immigrants, he was the first immigrant," Dr. Joseph Scelsa, founder of the Italian American Museum, said. "Columbus, he was the first one to open the door.

A political disagreement over the commemoration of Christopher Columbus has erupted into a four-letter tirade by Chicago’s Democratic mayor, Lori Lightfoot.A statue of Columbus – the Italian explorer who was for many years mistakenly believed to have discovered America – stood in Chicago's Grant Park between 1933 and 2020.The monument was removed in the wake of the George Floyd protests, after attempts to pull it down resulted in scuffles between protesters and Chicago police.But the removal of the statue offended member’s of Chicago’s Italian-American community who asked to use the Columbus statue in the annual in the Columbus Day Parade.But former Chicago Park District counsel general George Smyrniotis, says that Mayor Lightfoot vetoed an agreement with local Italian-Americans.He also says that Mayor Lightfoot insulted the lawyers that drafted the agreement, and even insults their credentials – asking them which law school they attended or if they even went to law school.In a lawsuit brought by Mr Smyrniotis, it is also alleged that the mayor used obscene language and called the lawyers “d***s.”The mayor allegedly told the lawyers: “You make some kind of secret agreement with Italians, what you are doing, you are out there measuring your d*** with the Italians seeing whose got the biggest d***."You are out there stroking your d*** over the Columbus statue," she added.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe relentless 15-year hunt for Adolf Eichmann, the notorious high-ranking Nazi criminal who fled Germany at the end of WW2 and hid in Argentina with his family, will be charted in a thriller series by Rose Bosch (“1492: Conquest of Paradise,” “The Roundup”).Titled “The Capture,” the six-part English-language series is being produced by Marc Missonnier and Christine de Bourbon-Busset at Lincoln TV, the Paris-based banner behind “Mirages” and “Cheyenne & Lola.” The script is now completed and the veteran producers are getting ready to introduce the project to potential partners, including broadcasters and streamers.Bosch, a former investigative journalist who is passionate about history, previously wrote the script of Ridley Scott’s Christopher Columbus film “1492: Conquest of Paradise,” as well as penned and directed “The Roundup” which depicted the infamous Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel’ d’Hiv) in Paris. The 2010 movie, which sheds light on the lesser-known mass arrest of Jews, including children, by French police in 1942 and their deportation in concentration camps, is still being studied in schools on top of being featured at the U.S.

Ahead of Indigenous Peoples Day, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver mocked Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade who can’t help but discuss his love of Christopher Columbus any chance he gets while on the air.

various videos that have emerged of US Navy aircraft encountering "unidentified aerial phenomena".It also comes amid intense fascination behind UFOs fuelled by the imminent release of the Pentagon's eagerly-anticipated report into the subject."Chances are, we should all be grateful that we don't yet have any evidence of contact with alien civilisations," Mark wrote."Attempting to communicate with extraterrestrials, if they do exist, could be extremely dangerous for us."Mark made the comparison between a possible alien encounter and Christopher Columbus' arrival in North America, where an older civilisation may be vulnerable to the more technologically advanced Europeans.Joe Gertz, a Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence astronomer,

A teenager is reported to have had her teeth knocked out when she was punched in the face by a policeman.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentHollywood super-indie banner Anonymous Content (“Defending Jacob”) is partnering with Païva Studio, a production label owned by French media group Mediawan, on “Civilizations,” an ambitious series based on Laurent Binet’s (“HHhH”) bestselling novel.The series, set to be shot in South America and Europe in several languages, delivers a plausible rewriting of global history in which Christopher Columbus never discovered America and the Incas came to Europe.Paiva Studio and Mediawan Rights, the commercial arm of the group, have acquired the adaptation rights to “Civilizations” which was published in August 2019 in French and was awarded the prestigious “Grand Prix du Roman” 2019 by the Académie

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The appeal was set up by Minnesota locals, pleading with officials to take down the current statue of Columbus in Saint Paul, outside the State Capitol building.Residents want the tribute taken down as it ‘glorifies a man who wanted to extinguish Black and Native peoples’.Instead they want to celebrate the Purple Rain singer – who hails from Minnesota – as he ‘represents’ their values.‘Across the nation, city governments are choosing to remove statues of white supremacists, slave owners, and those who threatened the livelihood of Black people,’ the petition read.‘Here in Minnesota, communities are reigniting the demand to bring down state’s monument to Christopher Columbus, a man who murdered, raped and enslaved Black and Native peoples in

Prince fans in Minnesota have launched a campaign to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus and replace it with a monument to the late singer.The petition, which has achieved more than 9,000 signatures online, says that “Prince represents Minnesota values and Columbus does not”.“Across the nation, city governments are choosing to remove statues of white supremacists, slave owners, and those who threatened the livelihood of Black people,” the petition states.“Here in Minnesota, communities are reigniting the demand to bring down state’s monument to Christopher Columbus, a man who murdered, raped and enslaved Black and Native peoples in the Americas.

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