Three white men were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was killed in February 2020 while jogging through a neighborhood in Georgia, sparking a nationwide outcry. One of those men Travis McMichael, was sentenced to another life term in prison plus 10 years for a […]
Comment on this story Comment KABUL — A top leader of the Pakistani Taliban militia was reported killed Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, potentially dealing a serious blow to peace talks being negotiated between the extremist group and Pakistani officials with assistance from senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. An aide to the Pakistani militia leader, known […]
Nine people were killed across the Kansas City region last week, including five people who died in separate shootings Sunday, according to police. One of the killings occurred Sunday when Kansas City police fatally shot a person at a gas station on the city’s east side. That shooting is under investigation by the Missouri State […]
August 8—SALEM — Among the group of friends, lovers and associates of Wesly Jordan Alcin, 2021 got underway amid plenty of hard feelings and recriminations. Alcin was apparently convinced that his on-again, off-again girlfriend had set him up to be shot at back on New Year’s Eve. The woman, in turn, was convinced that Alcin’s […]
Fifty-four asylum seekers arrived in New York Friday onboard a bus from Texas, according to the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Abbott’s office indicated that New York is now a designated “drop-off location for the busing strategy as part of the governor’s response to the Biden administration’s open border policies overwhelming Texas communities,” according to […]
In a newly unsealed federal complaint, two Milwaukee property owners accuse the city of creating “containment zones” of people living in poverty and with disabilities — but the local alderman framed the case as part of a longstanding feud involving the plaintiffs, the city and a local rooming house. The case prompted Milwaukee City Hall’s […]
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks outside the US Capitol in Washington, US August 2, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Want to know what the Inflation Reduction Act means for the market’s biggest companies, as well as for your wallet? When it comes to politics, you always have to follow the money – […]
EVANSVILLE — Dozens of pages of police records portray Evansville school board member Amy Word as an associate of accused drug dealers and one alleged “main supplier,” all of whom police say used and sold drugs – including fentanyl-laced cocaine − from her restaurant with her knowledge. “(Five confidential informants) all state that Ms. Word […]
Atomic clocks, combined with precise astronomical measurements, have revealed that the length of a day is suddenly getting longer, and scientists don’t know why. This has critical impacts not just on our timekeeping, but also things like GPS and other technologies that govern our modern life. Over the past few decades, Earth’s rotation around its […]
