The Sarasota County, Florida, School Board passed a resolution Monday night calling for the resignation of board member Bridget Ziegler, the wife of state Republican Party chairman Christian Ziegler, who is under investigation in connection with allegations of rape and sexual battery. The move, which passed on a 4-1 vote …
Read More »Texas high school basketball player beat up coach after being benched for poor sportsmanship
A Texas high school basketball player, upset that he was benched and facing suspension, allegedly pummeled his coach during a postgame parking lot beatdown, officials said Tuesday. The 17-year-old player and his 22-year-old brother were booked on suspicion of assaulting a public servant before each posted a $20,000 bond and …
Read More »Stowaway with Russian ID flew from Denmark to LAX without no passport or ticket, court document shows
A Russian-speaking stowaway managed to fly from Denmark to Los Angeles without a passport, visa or plane ticket last month, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at LAX at 1 p.m. on Nov. 4, the complaint said. But at the Customs and Border Protection checkpoint, …
Read More »U.S.-Chinese military hotline hasn’t been restored a month after Biden-Xi summit
Nearly a month after President Joe Biden announced that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to resume direct communications between U.S. and Chinese military commanders, U.S. defense officials have repeatedly tried to reach their Chinese counterparts but not received any responses, according to three senior U.S. officials. Biden …
Read More »Hunter Biden seeks to have federal gun charges tossed
Hunter Biden’s attorney is asking the federal judge overseeing his federal gun case to dismiss the criminal charges against him, arguing that an earlier agreement with prosecutors gives him immunity. The motion was one of four Biden filed Monday in Delaware federal court seeking to have the felony gun charges …
Read More »Special counsel asks Supreme Court to immediately decide if Trump is immune from Jan. 6 prosecution
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to immediately step in to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution for his actions seeking to overturn the 2020 election. “This case presents a fundamental question at the heart of our democracy: whether a …
Read More »Attack on elderly Jewish couple near Beverly Hills synagogue investigated as hate crime
A Jewish couple have spoken out after being targeted in an antisemitic attack and attempted robbery on their way to their local synagogue in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, on Saturday, in which they said a man screamed: “Give me your earrings, Jew.” Raphy, 75, and Rebecca, 70, told NBC LA …
Read More »In inaugural speech, Argentina’s Javier Milei prepares nation for painful shock adjustment
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — It wasn’t the most uplifting of inaugural addresses. Rather, Argentina’s newly empowered President Javier Milei presented figures to lay bare the scope of the nation’s economic “emergency,” and sought to prepare the public for a shock adjustment with drastic public spending cuts. Milei said in his …
Read More »Harvard president faces mounting pressure to resign after congressional hearing on antisemitism
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Read More »Man arrested in slaying of 16-year-old cheerleader found dead in bathtub of Texas apartment
Police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 16-year-old cheerleader who was found dead by her mother in her bathtub earlier this week in Edna, Texas. The Edna Police Department located the suspect, identified as Rafael Romero, on Saturday in Schulenburg, Texas. The Texas Rangers, who investigate major …
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