Republican governors have been sending more migrants from the U.S. border with Mexico to Democratic strongholds, raising questions about how the newcomers are lured onto buses and planes, their legal status and the cost to taxpayers. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week flew about 50 Venezuelans...
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Rioter who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt gets prison term
A Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing an antisemitic “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt has been sentenced to 75 days of imprisonment. Robert Keith Packer, 57, declined to address U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols before the sentencing last week during a...
Continue reading...Female victim dead after Mississauga stabbing
A female victim has been pronounced dead and a man is in custody following a stabbing in Mississauga. Peel Regional Police said officers were called to the area of Mavis and Brittania roads at around 6 p.m. after receiving reports that a male and female were...
Continue reading...Female victim dead after stabbing inside Canadian Tire store in Mississauga
A female victim has been pronounced dead and one person is in custody after police were called to a stabbing inside a busy Canadian Tire store in Mississauga Monday evening. Peel Regional Police said officers were called to a retail store near Mavis and Brittania roads...
Continue reading...Bad Bunny shines a light on how colonialism is still destroying Puerto Rico
Last week, as Puerto Ricans on the island were prepping for the arrival of Hurricane Fiona, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, also known as Bad Bunny, the global reggaetón star who proudly represents Puerto Rico in his art, released the music video for his hit song “El...
Continue reading...UN chief warns education becoming ‘great divider’ ahead of UN General Assembly
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Photo : AP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that unequal education was quickly dividing the planet as he sought to keep development on the agenda ahead of a week of diplomacy focused on global crises. The UN chief called a special...
Continue reading...Frank Figliuzzi calls Trump’s QAnon embrace ‘the last act of a desperate man’
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Fmr. press secretary to Zelenskyy: I believe Ukraine will win 07:51 More Republicans refuse to vow to accept election results 09:18 Now Playing Frank Figliuzzi calls Trump’s QAnon embrace ‘the last...
Continue reading...Biden admin’s history-making cyber nominee confirmed. Now comes the hard part.
The Senate last week unanimously confirmed the State Department’s first ever “cyber ambassador” who will head a new, digitally focused bureau within the department. Nathaniel Fick was confirmed as ambassador-at-large to oversee the new Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. As The Washington Post explained last...
Continue reading...Two Republican judges just let Texas seize control of Twitter and Facebook
An especially right-wing panel of the already conservative United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed down an astonishing opinion on Friday, effectively holding that the state of Texas may seize control of content moderation at major social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook,...
Continue reading...Mexico earthquake: Massive 7.5 magnitude quake shakes Mexico’s Pacific coast, possible risk of tsunami
People use their cellphones as they stand in the street after a quake, in Mexico City, Mexico (September 19, local time) Photo : REUTERS KEY HIGHLIGHTS The US Geological Survey registered the quake at 7.6 with a depth of 15 kilometres The epicentre was located 59...
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