Larry Nassar Got Stimulus Checks but Hasn’t Repaid Victims

Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar received almost $13,000, including $2,000 in government stimulus checks, since being imprisoned in 2018 on federal child pornography charges, but has not paid any restitution, according to prosecutors.

Russian police raid home of investigative journalist

Post Content Police in Russia raided the home of the chief editor of an investigative news site that was recently designated as a “foreign agent,” the latest move by authorities to raise the pressure on independent media before the country’s September parliamentary election. The Insider news site chief editor Roman Dobrokhotov tweeted Wednesday that “police […]

75 GOP lawmakers oppose Biden’s embattled nominee Tracy Stone-Manning

Post Content Seventy-five Republican House lawmakers have come out in opposition to President Biden’s embattled nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tracy Stone-Manning. The congressmen, led by House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., called on the president to withdraw his nomination of Stone-Manning for BLM director. Stone-Manning has come […]

Texas Gov. Abbott bans ground transport of potentially infected migrants into communities

Post Content Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order Wednesday banning the ground transportation of migrants who are potentially infected with COVID-19 into communities within the state. The move comes amid rising coronavirus cases among migrants detained at the U.S.-Mexico border. “Governor Greg Abbott today issued an Executive Order restricting ground transportation of migrants […]

Tunisia’s president announces new restrictions, denies accusations of a power grab

Post Content Troops surrounded Tunisia’s parliament and blocked its speaker from entering Monday after the president suspended the legislature and fired the prime minister and other top members of government, sparking concerns for the North African country’s young democracy at home and abroad. In the face of nationwide protests over Tunisia’s economic troubles and the […]