07 October 2022

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sings TikTok karaoke amid 37% increase in violent crime

Post Content Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot posted a TikTok of her singing karaoke on Wednesday amid a citywide 37% increase in violent crime when compared to 2021. Lightfoot made the TikTok to promote Chicago’s karaoke competition, which runs until Nov. 6. “It’s time to sing your hearts out, Chicago! Our karaoke competition is starting Sunday […]

Mexico drug gang kills 20, including a mayor and his father, in city hall massacre

A drug gang shot to death 20 people, including a mayor and his father, in the mountains of southern Mexico, officials said Thursday. A video posted on social media showed men who identified themselves as the Tequileros gang claiming responsibility for the mass shooting in the state of Guerrero. The Guerrero state security council said […]

Sydney soaked by wettest year on record with 3 rainy months to spare

Australia’s largest city, Sydney, has been soaked by its wettest year on record with almost three months of expected above-average rain to spare. The city of 5 million people beat its 1950 record of 86.4 inches at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday when 1.07 in of rain had fallen at the Observatory Hill rain gauge since […]

Russian nationals flee military service, request asylum in Alaska

Two Russians landed at St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea on Wednesday to request asylum after fleeing their homeland to escape compulsory military service, both U.S. Senators from Alaska said on Thursday. “This incident makes two things clear: First, the Russian people don’t want to fight Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine,” Sen. Dan […]

After DACA defeat, Dems ramp up pressure on Senate Republicans to move on amnesty

Post Content After a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is illegal, Democrats in Congress and the executive are again making a push for amnesty, calling on Republicans to support them — with just weeks to go until the midterm elections. The 5th Circuit three […]