A lawsuit seeking monetary damages has been filed against the owners of Ginnie Springs in Gilchrist County on behalf of the estate of the victim of a fatal shooting at the spring over Memorial Day weekend. “This action arises out of Defendant’s negligent security practices at a campground located at 7300 NE Ginnie Springs Rd., […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has arrested 18 people on allegations of pursuing hostile activities or planning sabotage on behalf of Russia and Belarus, including plans to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the interior minister said Monday. Ten of those arrested since December were directly involved in planning various forms of sabotage across Poland, Interior […]
Barron Trump, who has long been shielded from the public eye, will make his political debut, so to speak, under the glaring national spotlight at the Republican National Convention in July. The youngest Trump child was chosen as an at-large delegate by the Florida Republican Party on Wednesday, NBC News first reported. It will be […]
LONDON (AP) — A British man accused of plotting to torch a London business connected to Ukraine has been charged with conducting hostile activity to benefit Russia, prosecutors said Friday. Dylan Earl, 20, is connected to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which the U.K. government has declared a banned terrorist organization, prosecutors said. Earl is accused […]
It looks like we can add Coca-Cola (back) to the ever-changing carousel of quintessentially American companies targeted by Republicans for reprisals. In recent years, right-wingers have raged against the NFL, Major League Baseball, M&Ms candies, Barbie dolls, American Girl dolls, Disney and Bud Light as targets in their culture wars. Now, House Judiciary Committee Chairman […]
Kelli Prather, the community activist and one-time candidate for Cincinnati mayor and U.S. Senate, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for fraud related to COVID-19 relief. But there’s more to Prather’s story, according to family members and others who spoke on her behalf in federal court in Cincinnati. Prosecutors say the fraud happened […]
An 18-year-old student from Idaho was arrested for planning to attack churchgoers in his hometown on behalf of ISIS, according to federal authorities. Alexander Scott Mercurio, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is accused of “attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS” and pledging his allegiance to the terrorist organization, a Justice Department news release […]
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said he is not “going to lie” on behalf of the Republican Party when asked why he decided to not seek reelection. Buck, who announced last November that he will not be running for reelection, said on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” that while his goals for the country have not changed, […]
To the Editor: If you plan to take a Democratic ballot in the Massachusetts presidential primary on March 5, in addition to marking your choice for president, please also take a moment to fill in the bubble for the Group 1 slate of candidates for your Framingham Democratic Committee. Every four years, your local Democratic […]
NEW YORK — In 2021, as the city’s controversial push to privatize insurance coverage for 250,000 municipal retirees burst into public view, one company vying for the lucrative new contract made a series of donations to an eclectic array of nonprofits. EmblemHealth, a nonprofit and one of the city’s long-time insurers, reported making nearly $113,000 […]
The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf on Sunday, reading out a speech she’d written behind bars in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. Her prize was placed on an empty chair Sunday between her 17-year-old twins, Ali and Kiana Rahmani, at the award ceremony in Oslo, Norway. […]