Chief opponent to Uganda’s president appears in court days after going missing

A well-known Ugandan opposition figure appeared in a military court Wednesday days after he was reported missing in neighboring Kenya, and denied a charge of seeking military support from abroad to destabilize Uganda’s military forces. Kizza Besigye, a fierce critic of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and once his personal doctor, has faced arrest and assault […]

California school official compared ‘Save Girls Sports’ shirt to swastika, rebuked girls wearing it: lawsuit

EXCLUSIVE: Two high school cross-country runners and their families are suing a California school district, alleging their “Save Girls Sports” T-shirts were likened to a swastika. Plaintiffs Kaitlyn and Taylor, two athletes at Martin Luther King High School in ninth and eleventh grade, respectively, wore T-shirts bearing the messages “Save Girls’ Sports” and “It’s Common […]

Sen. Collins: Grill Trump Health Admin Appointees

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called for President-elect Donald Trump’s health administration appointees to face “extensive committee investigations” as part of the confirmation process, Axios reported.[#item_full_content]

Nearly 200 groups urge Biden to release migrants, close detention centers before Trump arrives

Nearly 200 migrant advocacy groups crafted a letter to President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding they close ICE detention centers and consider releasing detainees ahead of the Trump administration’s plan to reverse current policy.  The letter, which was also “cc’d” to ICE Deputy Director Patrick Lechleitner and ICE chief of staff Michael […]

House Ethics Committee says no agreement reached on releasing Matt Gaetz report

The House Ethics Committee has not reached an agreement to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., the panel’s chairman told reporters on Wednesday. The bipartisan panel met behind closed doors for over two hours. Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., the last to leave the room, said, “There was not an agreement by the […]

Susan Smith Denied Parole 30 Years After Drowning Sons

A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has forgiven her for infamously killing her two young sons 30 years ago by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake, while they were strapped in their car seats.[#item_full_content]