Giorno: 31 Dicembre 2024

The Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals

A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said. The decision puts back on track the agreements that would have the three men plead guilty to one of the […]

GOP mocks Gavin Newsom’s ‘brag’ over modest increase in homelessness hike

California Republican leaders appeared to mock Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fiery response to a critical analysis of his handling of the Golden State’s homelessness crisis, saying that any increase in homelessness is not admirable. State Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones criticized Newsom, calling the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s year-end Homelessness Assessment Report an […]

NYC Police Identify Woman Burned to Death on Subway Train

New York Police announced Tuesday they’ve identified the woman who died on Dec. 22 after being set on fire while inside a New York subway train as a 61-year-old from New Jersey. The woman, Debrina Kawam, had a Toms River, New Jersey, address, according to NYPD.

Trump to Republicans: Be ‘Smart and Tough’

President-elect Donald Trump called on congressional Republicans to be “smart and tough” in a social media post on Wednesday, warning that Senate Democrats are “organizing” to “stall and delay” his Cabinet and administration nominees.[#item_full_content]

HUD: Sanctuary City Housing Limits Drive Homelessness

Homeless rates in the U.S. reached record numbers in 2024, due in part to immigrants who entered the country illegally and had trouble finding housing in the nation’s sanctuary cities, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.[#item_full_content]

USPS Plans to Raise Shipping Prices in 2025

The U.S. Postal Service does not plan to increase the cost of first-class stamps heading into 2025 despite raising some delivery prices.USPS is expected to raise shipping services prices by approximately 3.2% for Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express, 3.9% for Ground…[#item_full_content]

Netanyahu goes against doctor’s orders, appears in Israeli parliament after surgery

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in the hall of the Israeli parliament on Tuesday for a crucial budget-related vote, despite the objections of doctors following prostate surgery on Sunday night, the Israeli news agency Tazpit Press Service (TPS) reports. Netanyahu, 75, was accompanied to the Knesset Plenum by his personal physician, Dr. Tzvi Berkowitz and appeared in good […]

Elon Musk Changes Name, Profile Pic on X

Tech billionaire Elon Musk created a stir on his social media platform X on Tuesday when he changed his profile’s display name to “Kekius Maximus” and swapped his profile picture for an image of the famous meme character Pepe the Frog. In Musk’s new profile picture, Pepe the…