Israel passes laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza Israeli lawmakers passed laws Monday that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil and labeling it a terror ... 10/28/2024 - 11:15 am | View Link
Poll: Voters concerned about post-election violence and efforts to overturn the results American voters are approaching the presidential election with deep unease about what could follow, including the potential for political violence, according to a new poll. 10/28/2024 - 7:31 am | View Link
A decade of racial justice activism transformed politics, but landmark reforms remain elusive Michael Brown’s fatal shooting by police a decade ago set off more than a week of protests by thousands of people in Ferguson, Missouri. More than three dozen activists, elected ... 10/28/2024 - 5:52 am | View Link
Elderly man dies in mobile home fire, officials say The La. State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after a mobile home fire left one person dead on Friday morning, Oct. 25. 10/25/2024 - 8:30 am | View Link
22-year-old Guatemalan man sentenced for role in killing bald eagle in Nebraska A 22-year-old Guatemalan man has been sentenced in federal court for his involvement of the shooting a bald eagle in a wildlife management area in northeast Nebraska. 10/24/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
The end may not be near, but the end is clear—according to those who have kept a close eye on Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, since a military coup toppled its civilian government in 2021. While the fighting between the junta and armed resistance groups was locked in a stalemate for the first two years of the conflict, observers note that the third year has seen the military on the back foot.
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The protracted conflict has been estimated to have killed over 50,000 people and displaced around three million.
A man wearing a "Let's Go Brandon" hat grew incensed when told he could not vote while wearing political paraphernalia of any kind. So he did what any other self-respecting MAGA idiot would do: he started a fight with poll workers.
"You f--king b---h," the man replied, before adding, "It's my mother f--kin' right to" wear the hat.
For the first two days after Hurricane Helene, Ken Floyd, a 41-year-old general manager of the Monte Vista Hotel in Black Mountain, North Carolina, was in a state of stress. The father of three was trapped at home with his family as a landslide rampaged the surrounding area, taking down trees and impacting roads, barring his ability to check in on others.
I was losing faith in superheroes. We all were. Just look at the box office where stories with new characters like Madame Web and The Crow are bombing. And even superheroes who shot to stardom in the last few years are floundering. Joker: Folie à Deux flopped despite the fact that its predecessor made $1 billion worldwide.
One would think a congressional representative would, you know, live in the district he supposedly represents but that's not the case for Republican Nick LaLota, who lives in Amityville on the western end of Long Island, closer to New York City. His opponent, Democrat John Avlon, formerly of CNN, has lived in Sag Harbor for over ten years.
Source: Daily Beast
A GOP representative is running for re-election in a New York district where he doesn’t actually live.
So here's a classic October surprise in Pennsylvania! Although the book with this information has been out there for months, no one really mentioned it until the race between Sen. Bob Casey and Dave McCormick tightened up. Via WHYY:
Katina Stefanova left the Connecticut-based hedge fund Bridgewater Associates under strained circumstances.