WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have sparked new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews. Biden’s remarks at […]
Conservative pundits have condemned the South Dakota governor and possible Trump running mate Kristi Noem, amid widespread horror over her admission in a new book that she killed both an “untrainable” dog and an unruly goat during a single day in hunting season. Related: Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and […]
Attorneys representing Le’Keian Woods, the 24-year-old man subjected to a violent encounter with officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO), issued a scathing statement following Woods’ plea to a misdemeanor charge of Resisting an Officer Without Violence earlier today. READ: Le’Keian Woods: Man whose arrest sparked use of force concerns pleads guilty to resisting an […]
COCOA, Fla. – The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is cracking down on crime hubs in the county. The sheriff’s office raided 1431 Peachtree Street in Cocoa this week and arrested 22 people living on the property. It’s part of Sheriff Wayne Ivey’s “High Intensity Target” list, and deputies will go after any homes causing issues […]
Western European leaders condemned Iran’s direct overnight attack on Israel in sharp terms on Sunday, while issuing warnings of an escalation in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. French President Emmanuel Macron said the attack threatened to destabilize the region. “France is working along with its partners for de-escalation and calls for restraint,” he […]
International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country’s capital broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum. The raid late on Friday prompted Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to break off diplomatic relations with Ecuador, while his government’s foreign relations secretary said the […]
The presidents of the European Commission and the European Council on Tuesday condemned the killing of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) employees in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Gaza. “I pay homage to the [WCK] aid workers who lost their lives in Gaza,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on X, the social […]
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Thursday condemned an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters in Paris as a “bloody and murderous repression,” marking another step in the country’s recognition of the massacre that authorities sought to cover up for decades. The National Assembly, parliament’s lower house, voted 67-11 in favor of a nonbinding […]
MANILA (Reuters) – Foreign correspondents in Manila rejected on Wednesday a claim made by China that the Philippines had journalists manipulate videos taken during resupply missions in the South China Sea to make it look like a “victim”. The Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) “takes deep offence at the insinuation that the press […]
It’s been five months since the Erie County Redevelopment Authority and the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority joined forces to acquire the former Erie Coke Corp. property. At a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, the Port Authority is poised to take the next step. Authority members will vote to begin the process of legally condemning the 182-acre […]
The anti-abortion movement is turning on Republican lawmakers who support bills to protect in vitro fertilization, accusing them of sanctioning murder. As many politicians raced in recent weeks to get to the right side of public opinion on IVF, some of the country’s biggest and most influential anti-abortion groups are pushing back. Several have attacked […]
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is facing criticism from Republican and Democratic rivals over comments he made at a candidate forum this weekend calling into question the fairness of special benefits for veterans. During a panel for gubernatorial candidates at the annual Missouri Republican Party Lincoln Days in Kansas City over the weekend, Ashcroft was […]