Giorno: 18 Gennaio 2023

Chicago’s Lightfoot faces competitive re-election bid over crime fallout ahead of Thursday’s debate

Post Content Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing a competitive re-election bid ahead of Thursday’s debate with a large field of opposing candidates expected to challenge what many view as a disappointing performance related to the COVID-19 pandemic and in tackling violent crime plaguing the Windy City. Lightfoot, a 60-year-old former prosecutor, was championed in […]

North Dakota considering ban on sexual, LGBT-centric library books

Post Content Books containing “sexually explicit” content — including depictions of sexual or gender identity — would be banned from North Dakota public libraries under legislation that state lawmakers began considering Tuesday. The GOP-dominated state House Judiciary Committee heard arguments but did not take a vote on the measure, which applies to visual depictions of […]

Pentagon pivot: Officials ‘not pursuing’ back pay for troops fired after refusing vax

Post Content The Pentagon says back pay for troops fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine is not off the table but is not under active consideration, in a reversal from an earlier statement by the department. During a press briefing Tuesday, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder responded to a question about whether the department is still […]

London’s ‘Irish Giant’: Museum wants to remove controversial skeleton display

A British museum will remove the bones of a true-life giant in an effort to honor the deceased’s final wishes, but trustees want to retain the remains in the interest of “bona fide research.” “John Hunter and other anatomists and surgeons of the 18th and 19th centuries acquired many specimens in ways we would not […]

Woman allegedly stabbed boyfriend to death and then showed his body in video-call to friend: report

Idah MANCHESTER, England – A serial killer-obsessed woman brutally murdered her boyfriend and “giggled” as she showed his dead body while video-calling a friend, a court in the United Kingdom heard. Shaye Groves, 27, is accused of killing Frankie Fitzgerald, 25, as he slept in a “crime of passion” at her home before bragging: “I’ve […]

Vatican restricts French priest following allegations claiming he sexually abused his therapy patients

The Vatican has ordered a prominent French priest who advised the Holy See for years on matters of sex and homosexuality to cease his psychotherapy practice following allegations he sexually abused men in his therapeutic care. But the Vatican didn’t defrock or otherwise sanction the Rev. Tony Anatrella despite several well-documented complaints against him, in […]

Philippine Court Acquits Nobel Laureate of Tax Charges Filed by Former Government

Read More Maria Ressa, journalist and CEO of the Rappler news website, poses before a news conference to launch a commission to draft an “International Declaration on Information and Democracy” hold by Human rights group Reporters Without Borders in Paris, France, on Sept. 11, 2018. (Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo/Reuters) A Philippine court on Wednesday cleared a […]

Indonesia Says Magnitude 7 Quake Off Sulawesi, Residents Flee Buildings

Read More A map showing the location of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck off Sulawesi island, in Indonesia, on Jan. 18, 2023. (USGS/Screenshot via The Epoch Times) JAKARTA—A magnitude 7 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Wednesday, prompting panicked residents in some towns nearest to the epicenter to flee buildings and with the […]

BOJ Defies Market Bets for Policy Tweaks, Yen Tumbles

Read More TOKYO—The Bank of Japan on Wednesday maintained ultra-low interest rates, including a bond yield cap it was struggling to defend, defying market expectations it would phase out its massive stimulus program amid mounting inflationary pressure. The surprise decision sent the yen skidding against other currencies and bond yields tumbling the most in decades, […]

Lucy Letby: baby made dramatic recovery after removal from hospital, court told

Read More A baby girl made a “dramatic” recovery after she was removed from a hospital where a nurse allegedly tried twice to kill her, a court has heard. Lucy Letby, 33, is accused of attempting to murder the six-week premature infant while working at the Countess of Chester hospital in September 2015. A jury […]