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(ANTIMEDIA) New York — To the delight of the crowd, former media commentator Jon Stewart dropped in on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show for a visit on Monday. Or, more accurately, he popped up.

(ANTIMEDIA) Having trouble getting to some of your favorite web pages? You’re not alone. Errors at the headquarters of internet giant Amazon may be to blame. A series of “increased error rates” in the Amazon Web Services are plaguing some of the largest websites with lost information, 503 errors and failed requests, leading to outages along the East Coast.

(ANTIMEDIA) One major story appears to be headline news across the western world right now, though it is not entirely without its own merits: the Oscars. This is the first time in history that all of the relevant acting categories feature at least one black nominee, compared to recent previous years in which all nominees were white.

(ZHE) In the first tangible step toward delivering on Trump’s campaign promise to halt unauthorized immigration from Mexico, the U.S.

New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times, and Politico all reportedly barred from afternoon press briefing.

Two robots sent to survey the true extent of a recently discovered breach at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant have been crippled by record levels of radiation emanating from the breach.

(ZHE) As promised two days ago on the Sean Hannity radio show, James O’Keefe and his team at Project Veritas just released covertly captured, previously unheard audio footage from within the CNN newsroom. But unlike his usual undercover sting operations, this footage was allegedly sourced from a CNN insider who apparently grew frustrated with the perpetually biased reporting of the “fake news” media outlet.

(ANTIMEDIA) As protesters at the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline make their last stand against police crackdowns ordered by North Dakota’s governor to evacuate their campsites, protesters in Florida are also continuing their fight against another contentious pipeline.

(ANTIMEDIA) North Dakota — After nearly a year of conflict, today may mark the last stand at Standing Rock as authorities’ begin their final eviction of protesters, also known as water protectors, from their camps.

(ANTIMEDIA) The central bank of Kyrgyzstan is encouraging its six million citizens to each own at least 3.5 oz (100 grams) of physical gold. The precious metal is the nation’s leading export but, surprisingly, the people there invest most of their money in cattle.