Giorno: 8 Giugno 2023

Colorado Springs Pride Parade to Hail Club Q Hero

The Mexican American U.S. Army veteran that stopped the Club Q mass shooter at the LGBTQ club last November in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is going to serve as the Pikes Peak Pride Parade grand marshal Sunday. “When they asked me to be grand marshal of this parade, I …

Schumer Seeks More US Help to Battle Canada Fires

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday pressed for additional U.S. assistance to help battle the wildfires in Canada.

Mike Huckabee to Newsmax: Pat Robertson Was ‘Visionary’ Businessman

Pat Robertson, the legendary figure in American history and Christian broadcasting whose death at age 93 was announced Thursday, was underappreciated for his business acumen, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told Newsmax.

Joran Van Der Sloot Arrives in US to Face Charges

Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, arrived in the United States on Thursday to face charges that he attempted to extort money from the missing woman’s mother.

FCC Imposes $5.1M Fine for 2020 Election Robocalls

Conservative activists Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, along with J.M. Burkman & Associates, will be fined $5.1 million for their roles in 1,141 robocalls that were made before the 2020 election, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

Biden Unveils LGBT Proposals in Bid to Counter States’ Rollback

President Joe Biden unveiled new initiatives Thursday to protect LGBTQ+ communities, though he had to hastily postpone a big Pride Month celebration on the White House lawn with thousands of guests from around the country because of poor air quality from the Canadian…

Haitians in severely overcrowded jails dying of thirst, starvation

The emaciated inmate in black shorts lay on a thin mat in Haiti’s most notorious prison, isolated from other prisoners at Port-au-Prince’s National Penitentiary because of drug-resistant tuberculosis. He slowly sat up to talk to a visiting reporter and more than 70 fellow tuberculosis patients gathered at the door of the neighboring cell to complain […]

Deadly shooting erupts in Arab town in northern Israel amid surge in criminal violence

Five people were killed in a shooting Thursday in an Arab town in northern Israel, police said, the latest in a wave of criminal violence tearing through the country’s Palestinian communities. Israel’s Haaretz newspaper said a gunman arrived at a car wash in the town of Yafa an-Naseriyye, near the city of Nazareth, and opened […]

Villagers in the Philippines told to leave as officials raise alert level for nearby volcano

Philippine officials on Thursday raised the alert level for one of the country’s most active volcanoes after superheated streams of gas, debris and rocks cascaded down its upper slope in a condition they fear could lead to a hazardous eruption within days or weeks. Villagers living within a 3.7-mile radius of Mayon volcano’s crater were […]

Opposition coalition secures majority in Guinea Bissau’s parliament in landmark elections

A coalition of opposition groups won a majority of seats in Guinea Bissau’s parliament, beating the ruling party in the country’s first legislative elections since the president dissolved the National People’s Assembly more than a year ago, according to results announced Thursday. The results from the weekend vote were announced by the national electoral committee, […]