Image of soldiers from the Parachute regiment take up a position before mounting onto Puma helicopters – Corporal Ben Beale Hundreds of paratroopers are being sent back to Afghanistan to bring home Britons, the Defence Secretary has announced, as the Taliban continues to make rapid advances through the country. Ben Wallace said that about 600 […]
An Arkansas man is accused of shooting his wife after an argument about sex, police said. The 30-year-old Fayetteville man and his wife began fighting Tuesday evening because he hadn’t allowed her to take their car in the afternoon, and then they argued “about her refusing to have sex with him when he requested to,” […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Wednesday that it was sending 200 ventilators and 100 nasal breathing machines to Florida, where more than 10,000 people are hospitalized with coronavirus-related illnesses. Asked about the shipment on Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that it had not taken place. “I would honestly doubt […]
Sen. Cory Booker was “so excited” about a police funding amendment from Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday night that he wanted to hug him on the Senate floor. After Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, introduced amendment 3113, saying, “Opposing my amendment is a vote in support of defunding the police and against the men and women […]
The son of a bank executive found his mother’s body after she was beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend at her home last week, Los Angeles County prosecutors alleged. The woman, Michelle Annette Avan, 48, died from a “senseless act of violence” at the hands of an ex-boyfriend, Anthony Duwayne Turner, Los Angeles County District […]
A man who caused a ruckus after refusing to wear a mask at an H Mart in California was forced to leave the store as its manager and customers stood together to kick him out. What happened: The incident occurred at the Korean American supermarket’s location in West Huntington Drive, Arcadia around 6:15 p.m. on […]
Following New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation on Tuesday, his lieutenant, Kathy Hochul, will become the state’s first female governor. Cuomo stepped down following an investigation led by New York Attorney General Letitia James that found he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women. James released a report last week detailing the findings and concluding […]
Florida’s board of education could withhold pay from superintendents and school board members who mandate face masks in schools, according to a statement from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office Monday, reports CBS Miami. Why it matters: Florida is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. Rising cases have triggered […]
More than two dozen Chicago police officers reportedly turned their backs when greeted by Mayor Lori Lightfoot late Saturday at the hospital where an officer remains in critical condition. Chicago Police Officer Ella French, 29, was shot and killed during a traffic stop Saturday night, while her partner fights for his life at the University […]
Mitch McConnell. Illustrated | Getty Images, iStock Well, that was unexpected. The Senate on Sunday night voted to end debate on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Stunningly, it did so with the votes of 18 Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). That means the GOP’s opportunity to filibuster the bill is over, and […]