Authorities are investigating a dine-and-dash attack during which a waitress was allegedly pushed into the Lake of the Ozarks by patrons who abandoned their bill. The female server at Fish & CO restaurant in Camdenton, Missouri, was “pulled into the lake” after a group she was serving left without paying their bar tab on Friday, […]
A former Democratic National Committee vice-chair wrote Sunday that leading Democrats must be pushed to urge President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race or history will judge them harshly. “Our elected officials,” wrote former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on Facebook, “are staying shockingly silent in public, especially considering how many of them […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The trial for a Texas man accused of killing two women in Clovis is being pushed back. Alek Collins is accused of murdering two women, shooting a five-year-old girl, and kidnapping an infant. Police said Collins was found with the infant in Abilene, Texas, a few days after taking her. NMSP: Man […]
Atlanta police have released bodycam footage showing the arrest of Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson after she allegedly struck an officer outside a nightclub on Thursday. The Atlanta police officer was working an approved extra job at the Red Martini Restaurant and Lounge when he heard a commotion around 3:18 a.m. and went to […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth from the International Space Station with its first crew of astronauts has been pushed back to June 26, a NASA official said on Tuesday. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were launched aboard Starliner June 5 and arrived at the ISS following a 24-hour flight in which […]
Six years ago, Charlie Kirk, a right-wing provocateur who founded the conservative activist group Turning Point USA, strongly criticized the evangelical political movement he now helps lead. Kirk, known then primarily for his work mobilizing college-age Republicans, described Jesus as welcoming and tolerant and denounced Christians’ “sanctimonious approach” to homosexuality and other issues. He argued politics […]
A new police report details a white father’s explanation to cops for why he shoved a Black school superintendent off a Wisconsin graduation stage to stop him from shaking his graduating daughter’s hand. The scandal began on May 31, when Matthew Eddy walked onto the stage at Baraboo High School’s graduation as his daughter was […]
North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday approved a proposal requiring more teenagers facing criminal charges to be tried initially as adults. The bill requires 16- and 17-year-olds who commit certain felonies to be tried first as adults in the state’s superior courts. Currently, those juveniles are tried in the state’s juvenile court after a petition is […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Forced displacement has pushed over a million people away from the Gazan city of Rafah, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday. The small city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip had been sheltering around 1 million Palestinians who fled Israeli assaults on other parts of the […]
TEL AVIV (AP) — Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas called for all parties to immediately accept a proposal detailed by U.S. President Joe Biden to end the nearly 8-month-long war and bring their relatives home, but Israel’s government said conditions for a cease-fire still must be met. Biden outlined a three-phase deal Friday […]
Congressional Staff for a Ceasefire Now is a group of more than 150 Capitol Hill staffers. One organizer told BI they’ve protested on Capitol Hill to amplify their constituents’ voices. They also say the organizing has given staff an excuse to stay during an otherwise difficult time. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation […]
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops staged an incursion this month in northern parts of Kharkiv region. “Our soldiers have now managed to take combat control of the border area where the Russian occupiers entered,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. […]