Giorno: 2 Giugno 2023

Suit challenges Arkansas law charging librarians for showing minors ‘harmful’ material

A federal lawsuit filed Friday challenges an Arkansas law that would subject librarians and booksellers to criminal charges if they provide “harmful” materials to minors. A coalition that includes the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock filed the challenge to the law, which takes effect Aug. 1. The law also creates a new process […]

Three dead as CDC warns of multistate fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic surgery in Mexico

At least three Americans have died and 17 have suspected or probable cases of a potentially life-threatening infection linked to an outbreak at cosmetic surgery clinics in Mexico. A multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis has been detected among patients who underwent epidural anesthesia in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the U.S. Centers for Disease […]

Panama launches Operation Shield to combat gangs, migrant smugglers at Colombia border

Panama launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia on Friday to combat criminal gangs and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap this year. Security officials said Operation Shield is part of the agreement reached with the governments of Colombia and the United States in April to stop […]

2 Austrians, 1 Dane freed from Iranian captivity in multinational operation

Iran has released one Danish and two Austrian citizens, the European countries said Friday, thanking Oman and Belgium for their help in getting the trio freed. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said he was “very relieved” that Kamran Ghaderi and Massud Mossaheb were being brought home after “years of arduous imprisonment in Iran.” Denmark’s foreign […]

9 dead in Senegal riots over opposition leader’s conviction, sentencing

Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said Friday, with authorities issuing a blanket ban on the use of several social media platforms in the aftermath of the violence. The deaths occurred mainly in the capital, Dakar, and the city of Ziguinchor in the south, […]

British teen gets minimum of 6 years after Islamic terror plot reported by mother

A teenage man who was reported to British anti-terror authorities by his mother was jailed for life on Friday. Matthew King, 19, will serve a minimum term of six years for plotting a terror attack on police officers or soldiers. In what was the first terror sentencing in England and Wales to be televised, the […]

Dem senator to fundraise with supporter of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, critical race theory

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is set to attend a “very intimate” fundraiser hosted by a left-wing politician who supports the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, critical race theory (CRT), has a history of anti-police rhetoric and believes “white supremacy” has a “stranglehold” on society. Baldwin, who is up for re-election in 2024 in the battleground state […]

DoJ sues Wisconsin town for trespassing on road-blocking Native tribe’s reservation

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to force a northern Wisconsin town to pay unspecified damages for failing to renew access easements on American Indian tribal land. U.S. Attorney Timothy O’Shea filed the action in Madison on Wednesday seeking a declaration that without easements the town of Lac du Flambeau is trespassing […]

DHS-Funded Program Ties GOP, Conservatives to Nazis

The Department of Homeland Security has been called out by GOP lawmakers for its repeated targeting of conservative Americans.

Trump’s attorneys file motion calling on New York judge to recuse himself, citing ‘conflict of interest’

Former President Trump’s attorneys filed a motion in court on Wednesday asking for New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan to recuse himself from the ongoing criminal case in the Manhattan district related to alleged hush-money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. In the filing, Trump’s attorneys state that Merchan has a […]