Giorno: 3 Ottobre 2023

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser complained of being short 400 cops days before congressman’s gunpoint carjacking

Democrat Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser complained about the nation’s capital losing about 400 police officers in the past several years, just days before Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked at gunpoint.  Bowser had pleaded that the district needs more officers at a recent press conference “We don’t have the officers that we need, and […]

Report: ‘Suge’ Knight Won’t Testify in Tupac Case

Imprisoned rapper and Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight told TMZ in a phone interview that he does not think police have the right suspects in the previously cold 1996 Tupac Shakur killing case, and that if asked, he will not testify.

Dems’ House Leader: Don’t Rescue McCarthy

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., “definitively” pushed Democrats to vote against any attempt to delay the motion to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and told members of the caucus to vote to remove McCarthy from the post, according to a report.[#item_full_content]

Feds Fine Stanford for Not Citing Foreign Funds

Stanford University agreed to pay the federal government $1.9 million in a settlement over allegations that it did not disclose support to faculty members made by foreign nations.[#item_full_content]

Feds Spent $3.3B on Furniture as Staff Worked Remotely

As the vast majority of federal employees worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government spent $3.3 billion on new office furniture, according to a watchdog report obtained by the New York Post.[#item_full_content]

Rep. Cuellar Back at Work After Carjacking

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was back at work Tuesday after being carjacked the night before by three armed attackers less than a mile from the Capitol.[#item_full_content]

Assailants kill 2 Morena party poll workers in southern Mexico, another abducted

Mexico’s president said Tuesday that assailants have killed two workers who were conducting internal polling for his Morena party in southern Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a third worker was kidnapped and remains missing. The three were part of a group of five employees who were conducting polls in the southern state of […]

Malnutrition and hunger grip south Sudanese children fleeing Sudan’s violence

At least one in five children arriving in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished and more than 90% of arrivals haven’t eaten in days, the U.N. food agency said Tuesday. The World Food Program said that nearly 300,000 people have arrived in South Sudan in the last five months — the majority of whom are […]

EU commits 650 million euros in aid to Ethiopia, first since the war in Tigray region ended

The European Union has pledged assistance worth 650 million euros to Ethiopia, nearly three years after it cut direct aid to the East African country over atrocities committed in a bloody civil war. Jutta Urpilainen, the EU commissioner for international partnerships, announced the agreement during a press conference with Ethiopian Finance Minister Ahmed Side in […]

Loss of 12 newborns sparks outrage and inquiry in Indian hospital

Twelve infants died in one day at a hospital in the Indian state of Maharashtra, sparking a political storm on Tuesday with opposition politicians accusing the regional government and hospital authorities of negligence. The infants died on Sunday and were among 24 deaths recorded that day at the Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital in the Nanded […]