José Alfaro is making history as the first Latino to lead a national gun violence prevention organization in the U.S. at a time when firearms are increasingly killing Americans. Gun violence has risen to such dire levels that U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, issued a first-of-its-kind advisory last week — […]
Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue made history last week. Donahue was sworn in as the president of the National Sheriffs’ Association on Thursday in Oklahoma City, with the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office making an official announcement on social media. After first being elected to a vice president position in the organization in 2021, Donahue was […]
NICE, France (AP) — At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political force in France. And now he could become the country’s youngest prime minister. After voters propelled Marine Le Pen’s National Rally to a strong lead in Sunday’s first round of snap legislative elections, Bardella […]
Insights from The Irish Times, Politico, and Euronews The News French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “broad” democratic alliance against the far-right after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally clinched a historic victory in the first round of parliamentary elections. Macron’s centrists are now in a precarious position after they came third, behind a left-wing […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The gun violence plaguing major metropolitan cities and small towns in the United States has officially been declared a national public health crisis by the U.S. Surgeon General. A 40-page advisory outlined the statistics around deaths related to firearms as well as proposals for lawmakers on how to reduce gun-related injuries […]
DIAMOND, Mo. — The George Washington Carver National Park offered an in-depth look at school life in the 1870s. It was a weekend program that focused on the first African American school that opened on Young Street in Neosho in 1872. George Washington Carver was one of those students who attended the school in 1876 […]
France’s right-wing National Rally party on Sunday made considerable gains in the country’s first round of elections, putting the centrist President Emmanuel Macron and his supporters on edge. Early projections suggest that the National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, stands a good chance of winning a majority in the lower house of parliament for […]
National Rally is leading in the first round of voting in a high-stakes election that puts France on course for a far-right government for the first time since World War II. Projections by polling agencies suggest that National Rally secured a third of the vote during Sunday’s first round of parliamentary elections. On the opposite […]
Insights from La Dépêche du Midi, Le Figaro, and Bloomberg The News France’s far-right National Rally party dominated in the first round of legislative elections, receiving about 34% of the vote compared to about 20% for President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance, according to exit polls by Ipsos-Talan for France Télévisions and Radio France. Runoff elections […]
The first round of voting in elections to France’s National Assembly was under way on Sunday, with the far-right National Rally (RN) challenging President Emmanuel Macron‘s centrist forces for control of the lower house. Turnout for the snap elections was higher than generally expected, with 59.39% of eligible voters having cast ballots by 5 pm […]
Rhasidat Adeleke won the women’s 100 metres at the National Senior Track and Field Championships in Santry. In doing so, she smashed the Irish record in a time of 11.13 seconds. Sarah Lavin finished second, who last summer had taken that Irish 100 metres record down to 11.27 seconds. Adeleke has repeatedly claimed senior records […]
French voters have propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections and plunged the country into political uncertainty. That is according to polling projections. French President Emmanuel Macron, who called the surprise elections just three weeks ago, urged voters to rally against the far right. Projections by polling agencies suggest […]