Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer were united in condemnation of Just Stop Oil after activists targeted Stonehenge with orange powder paint. The UK prime minister described it as a “disgraceful act of vandalism” while the Labour leader branded the group “pathetic”. Members tried to intervene, struggling with the campaigners – named by the group […]
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Condemned California house ‘unfit for human occupancy’ gets 7 offers in sign of a cutthroat market
san jose fixer upper bidding war This ramshackle property may appear to be down on its luck, but it inspired a bidding war. In Silicon Valley, home of some notoriously high housing prices, a dilapidated fixer-upper has become a sign of the times after inspiring tons of interest and selling for significantly over its ask […]
Racially motivated attack on young girls in Germany condemned
There has been condemnation of an attack in northern Germany that resulted in a Ghanaian girl and her father being injured. According to initial police findings, an 8-year-old Ghanaian girl and her 10-year-old sister were attacked by a group of around 20 teenagers and young adults. The attack took place on Friday evening in the […]
Argentina condemned 30 years after attack on Jewish community
Three decades after hundreds of people were killed and injured in the bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, an international court on Friday condemned the Argentinian state for its actions before and after the attack. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the authorities had neither taken measures to prevent the […]
Condemned Missouri inmate is ‘accepting is fate,’ his spiritual adviser says
ST. LOUIS (AP) — With his execution drawing near, Missouri inmate David Hosier is “accepting his fate,” his spiritual adviser said Tuesday. Hosier, 69, is scheduled to be put to death at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for the 2009 deaths of Angela Gilpin, a woman he had an affair […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s George Floyd rant condemned by Congressional Black Caucus
The Congressional Black Caucus has condemned Marjorie Taylor Greene after she accused Democrats of worshiping George Floyd, the 46-year old Black man who was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer in 2020. On Monday, Greene, a Republican representative of Georgia, went on an expletive-filled rant in which she accused Democrats including Jamie Raskin of […]
Banksville neighbors want answers after formerly condemned hotel reopens as apartment building
Neighbors in Banksville are demanding answers after a formerly condemned hotel reopened as an apartment building. The old Motel 6 is currently housing four parolees. More than a hundred gathered to hear from elected officials and law enforcement. Many were concerned about what this means for the neighborhood. It’s situated not far from a daycare […]
House speaker condemned for remarks on pro-Palestine student protests
Progressive activists have condemned Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, for “willfully spreading misinformation” and “inciting violence” in a TV interview about student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza. Johnson, who was booed and heckled during a press conference at Columbia University on Wednesday, when he said Hamas “backed” the protests in […]
2 brothers condemned to die for the ‘Wichita massacre’ want a new sentencing hearing
Attorneys for two brothers who were sentenced to die in a quadruple killing known as the “Wichita massacre” will argue Monday for a formal resentencing hearing, the latest in a long series of appeals. How the sentencing was handled has long been a point of contention because the two brothers — Jonathan and Reginald Carr […]
Condemned inmate could face ‘surgery without anesthesia’ if good vein is elusive, lawyers say
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn’t work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at sparing his life. Brian Dorsey, 52, is scheduled for execution Tuesday for killing his cousin […]
NBC condemned by top US historian over role for Ronna McDaniel
The Republican National Committee chair turned NBC politics analyst Ronna McDaniel “tried to disassemble our democracy” by supporting Donald Trump’s electoral fraud lies and should not be given such a media role, a leading historian said amid uproar over the appointment. “What NBC has done is they’ve invited into what should be a normal framework […]
Popular Kettering Chinese restaurant condemned by city, will close permanently
A popular Chinese restaurant in Kettering told health inspectors they’re closing. City and county inspections have been focused on Young Chow, located at 20 W. Stroop Road, for weeks. The city told News Center 7 that the violations are so serious they shut the business down until they can make some changes. > Suspect identified […]