‘I’m Back’: Trump Returns to YouTube, Facebook After 2-Year Ban
Former President Donald Trump posted to YouTube and Facebook on Friday, in a return to social media platforms that he used to power his political rise until he was cut off following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress by protesters aiming to void his 2020 election…
Colorado Shooting Victim’s Son Sues Gunmaker Ruger
The son of a woman killed during a 2021 shooting at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, is suing gun manufacturer Ruger for an undisclosed amount of money in Connecticut for allegedly violating the state’s Unfair Trade Practices Act. The Denver Gazette reported…
Authorities Are Prepping for a Possible Trump Indictment
Law enforcement agencies are developing a strategy for securing Manhattan Criminal Court should former President Donald Trump be indicted next week, according to NBC News. Three sources told the New York Post earlier in the week that should an indictment be sought over…
UN rights chief calls for end to ‘systematic repression’ in Belarus
The U.N. human rights chief called on Belarus Friday to end its “systematic repression” of critics and immediately release people held on political grounds, saying some violations may amount to crimes against humanity. The comments from Volker T?rk came as his office released a new report that documents violations of international law like unlawful killings, […]
British officer keeps job despite ‘gross misconduct’ in soccer star’s clubbing
A British police officer was allowed to keep her job Friday after a disciplinary panel found her guilty of gross misconduct for unlawfully clubbing former professional soccer player Dalian Atkinson, who died after another officer used a stun gun and kicked him in the head. An independent police disciplinary tribunal gave constable Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith […]
Northwest Pakistan house fire kills at least 10 people
At least 10 people, including women and children, were killed and three others were injured when a massive fire broke out early Friday at a wooden house in northwest Pakistan, police and rescue workers said. The incident happened in Kohistan, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Taimoor Khan, a provincial disaster management official. […]
North Korea Says It Launched ICBM to Warn US, South Korea Over Drills
Read More People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on March 16, 2023. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters) SEOUL—North Korea said that Thursday’s launch was its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a […]
Lance Reddick, star of The Wire and John Wick, dies aged 60
Read More Lance Reddick, actor known for roles in The Wire and the John Wick franchise, has died at the age of 60. According to multiple outlets, his representative confirmed that he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. The actor had been recently doing interviews for his role in John Wick: […]
International Criminal Court issues Putin arrest warrant over child deportations from Ukraine
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing his alleged involvement in the abduction of Ukrainian children. A warrant was also issued Friday for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, after the ICC declared there are […]
German Cabinet minister will make official visit to Taiwan next week for first time since 1997
Germany’s education and research minister is making an official trip to Taiwan next week, officials said Friday. It will be the highest-level visit by a German official since 1997 to the island that China claims as part of its territory. The March 20-22 visit comes amid growing tensions between China and the West, including over […]