Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia Demands End to Azerbaijan Blockade Amid Accusations of Genocide
Month: August 2023
Rabaa Massacre: A Decade After Egypt Slaughtered 900+ Protesters, No One Has Been Held to Account
Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 17, 2023
Public safety: SCOTUS upholds Biden regulation for ‘ghost guns’
First Look Public safety: SCOTUS upholds Biden regulation for ‘ghost guns’ In a rare win for gun reform advocates, the Supreme Court reinstated a Biden administration rule to rein in the proliferation of firearms without serial numbers. The number of ghost guns reported at crime scenes has increased tenfold in five years. | View caption…
Fishermen found ‘decaying 30ft dinosaur’ but smell forced them to get rid of it
The discovery of a decaying “modern day dinosaur” left bemused fishermen on-board a vessel holding their noses – due to the stench the corpse was omitting. The 30ft discovery was reeled in on a Japanese fishing boat named Zuiyo Maru back in 1977 off the New Zealand coast, and the creature is still creating conversation 46…
Jan. 6 rioter who stole police shield and kept it as a souvenir is sentenced to prison
A Florida man who stole a riot shield and used it help push against officers in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a half in prison, prosecutors said. Joshua Doolin, 25, of Lakeland, was sentenced to 18 months Wednesday, a little more than five months after…
Hawaii resident who barely escaped fire says ‘There is no way for us to find out who survived’ as death toll rises
KIHEI, Hawaii — Sanford Hill calls his escape from death “dumb luck.” He sits in temporary housing on the other side of Maui from his senior living facility in Lahaina. It was destroyed in the wildfire, and he is struggling to process how he made it — and wondering how many of his neighbors, all…
India and China pledge to maintain ‘peace and tranquility’ along disputed border despite tensions
BEIJING — Chinese and Indian military commanders pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border, China’s Defense Ministry said, in an apparent effort by the sides to stabilize the situation after a rise in tensions. China’s Defense Ministry issued a joint statement on social media late Tuesday saying the 19th round of commander-level talks…
Has Texas lost its pro-business mojo?
“Politicians in Texas love to talk about how business-friendly the state is,” Michael Marks wrote at Texas Standard. “And for years, the data has backed that up.” Ever since CNBC started ranking America’s top states for business, Texas has been in the top five, placing first or second every year from 2008 to 2019. Skip…
Is Ohio’s Issue 1 blowout a fluke or a sign of things to come?
After months of bombastic (and frequently convoluted) messaging from Ohio conservatives, a mid-summer push to head off a November ballot initiative to enshrine abortion access into the state’s constitution failed dramatically, with voters rejecting a Republican-led proposal to significantly raise the threshold for constitutional amendments by a double-digit margin as of Wednesday morning. Opponents of the measure heralded the…