Former President Donald Trump claimed during the presidential debate Thursday that immigrants entering the United States illegally were taking “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs,” a claim with little basis that Democrats immediately seized on as evidence that Trump and Republicans were not serious about cultivating support from voters of color. It also touched off a […]
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She got on a flight to visit her boyfriend. Then she kissed a stranger she met on the plane
Amy Osmun assumed she’d never see Mike Gilberstadt again. They’d met only 10 hours before. Now they were standing in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, facing one another, both putting off the farewells. But time was ticking. They were both set to catch connecting flights – Amy to Scotland, Mike to Greece. “I guess we have to […]
Trump went to Washington Thursday. He met with a bunch of cowards.
Donald Trump — as someone who’s now been convicted of a felony — would technically be banned from entering more than 35 countries that have rules against letting in people with such records. But that didn’t stop Republican representatives and senators from welcoming Trump to Washington Thursday. The presidential candidate was there for the first […]
Man, 85, scammed out of $4K by man he met in Petaluma Trader Joe’s parking lot
(KRON) — A man was arrested for allegedly scamming an elderly man out of $4,000 in Petaluma in May, the Petaluma Police Department said Wednesday. The suspect, 25-year-old Florian Matei out of Sacramento, has been connected to similar behavior in the past, police said. Police began investigating the situation after receiving a missing persons report […]
A woman who met Elon Musk as a SpaceX intern says they had sex: report
The Wall Street Journal reported a former SpaceX intern’s account of having sex with Elon Musk. The woman, who met Musk during her internship, later joined his executive team, the report said. The woman told the outlet she had no “romantic relationship” with Musk during her full-time role. A new report by The Wall Street […]
Netanyahu critics note he met with freed hostages, not other victims
Families in Israel whose loved ones have been either killed by Palestinian Islamist Hamas militia or who remain in captivity in Gaza criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for meeting with freed hostages but not with families of other victims. A leading opposition politician joined in the criticism. “When you are prime minister, you are the […]
Hundreds of far-right AfD protestors met by 3,300 anti-AfD ones
Several hundred people demonstrating on Friday against Islamism at a rally organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Mannheim were met with several thousand counterdemonstrators calling for Nazis to get out of the country. The demonstrations followed a fatal attack on a policeman by an Afghan immigrant on May 31. Police said […]
Passports please! British paratroopers met by French customs after D-Day airdrop
PARIS (Reuters) – British paratroopers recreating an airdrop behind German defences to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day were met by French customs officials at a makeshift border checkpost. Moments after the paratroopers had hit the ground and gathered up their chutes, they formed an orderly queue and handed over their passports for inspection by […]
Orbán will support Rutte for top NATO job only if conditions met
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he could support outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the post of NATO’s secretary general – if certain conditions were met. Rutte must apologize for “insulting remarks” he made against Hungary, Orbán said in an interview with the government-funded Mandiner news portal, which was published on Wednesday night. […]
Shrewsbury Twp. man pleads guilty to statutory sexual assault of 13-year-old he met online
A Shrewsbury Township man pleaded guilty last week to statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with a minor, after picking a 13-year-old girl up from New York and bringing her to his home last May. Dale Robert Kumler, 25, of Shrewsbury Township also faced several charges of indecent assault of a person […]
Vice President Kamala Harris met by protesters outside fundraiser in San Francisco
Vice President Kamala Harris, the former San Francisco district attorney, arrived at her old stomping ground Wednesday to raise money for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign and was greeted by more than a hundred pro-Palestinian protesters. Her appearance in the Bay Area comes a day before former President Trump is scheduled to attend a fundraising dinner […]
Gaza ceasefire ‘a non-starter’ until Israeli conditions met, says Netanyahu
Israel’s prime minister has called a permanent ceasefire in Gaza a “non-starter” until long-standing conditions for ending the war are met, appearing to undermine a proposal that US president Joe Biden had announced as an Israeli one. The statement from prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office came a day after Mr Biden outlined the plan, and […]