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Apr 02 2023
News
'Kick Russia out of the UN': Group prepares legal challenge as Russia gets set to take UN Security Council presidency
The Russian Federation will on April 1 take over the presidency of the U.N. Security Council, a shift in power that may seem extraordinary amid the war in Ukraine.
Despite the international condemnation and the allegations of President Vladimir Putin's forces committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine, it will be Russia’s turn next month to step into the leadership position, which
ABC News (Online)
Mar 01 2023
News
Alabama HC Coach Gets Brutally Mocked for His Defense of Player’s Controversial ‘Pat Down’ Introduction
Alabama head coach Nate Oats was blasted for his defense of star Brandon Miller‘s controversial “pat down” before the start of Saturday’s game. In mid-January, 23-year-old Jamea Jonae Harris was killed in a shooting near Alabama’s campus in Tuscaloosa. Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and Michael Lynn Davis were arrested for capital murder in connection with the killing. Last week
Mediaite
Feb 21 2023
News
NYC Mayor Adams hits Florida Gov. DeSantis for lax stance on gun laws
Mayor Adams kept his war of words with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis alive and kicking Tuesday when he slammed the presumptive GOP presidential candidate for not backing up his tough-on-crime talk with a more forceful stance on gun control. Adams latest barbs against DeSantis, who visited Staten Island to speak at a law enforcement confab Monday, were based on what the mayor described as a “
New York Daily News
Mar 01 2023
News
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blames election loss on racism, gender
Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed racism and her gender for losing her re-election bid, as Chicagoans wary of the rising crime of her watch celebrated her landslide defeat. “I’m a black woman in America. Of course,” she replied when asked by a reporter if she had been treated unfairly. But she called being Chicago’s mayor “the honor of a lifetime.” “Regardless of tonight’s outcome
New York Post (News)
Feb 21 2023
News
Funeral Details For Killed Temple Police Officer Set
PHILADELPHIA — Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald was shot and killed Saturday night, and a suburban teenager has been charged with murder and related crimes in connection with his death. Fitzgerald, who joined the Temple University Police Department in October 2021, will be laid to rest Friday at Forest Hills Cemetery, 101 Byberry Road in Huntingdon Valley, after the
Patch.com
Feb 20 2023
Opinion
More and more, trolls and haters attack female journalists
When the tantalizing concept of an “information superhighway” first appeared in 1993, it was held out as rivaling the railroads and airlines in revolutionizing and connecting the world. In many ways, it has, creating previously unimaginable opportunities for journalists to have their work reach a global audience. But a report published Feb. 14 by the International Center for Journalists shows
Washington Post
Feb 21 2023
News
Burlington police say neighbor killed Rita Curran, solving a more than 50-year-old cold case - VTDigger
Burlington police say they have closed out one of the state’s oldest cold cases, a crime that shook the city more than a half-century ago, pinning the death of 24-year-old Rita Curran on a neighbor whose wife had provided an alibi at the time of the killing. At a Tuesday morning press conference, authorities said the use of DNA had helped them determine that William DeRoos was the person who
VT Digger
Feb 28 2023
News
Vallas will advance to runoff in Chicago mayor's race, CNN projects, as incumbent Lightfoot looks to hold on
Paul Vallas, a long-time public schools chief who challenged Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot with a tough-on-crime message, will advance to an April runoff in the mayor’s race, CNN projected Tuesday. Lightfoot is battling for her political survival with Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, and US Rep. Jesús “Chuy” Garcia, for the second spot in that
CNN Digital
Feb 28 2023
News
Mayor Lori Lightfoot fights for second term as eight opponents look to chart new path for city
Candidates for Chicago mayor crisscrossed the city Tuesday in the final day of a municipal election that saw Mayor Lori Lightfoot argue she deserves a second term while eight opponents offered themselves as a better alternative after nearly four tumultuous years marked by a pandemic, spikes in crime citywide and divisive leadership. Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, Cook County
Chicago Tribune
Feb 28 2023
News
Lori Lightfoot could make history on Tuesday — as the first one-term Chicago mayor in decades
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is fighting for re-election Tuesday after a history-making but tumultuous four years in office and a bruising campaign threaten to make her the city’s first one-term mayor in decades. Lightfoot in 2019 became the first Black woman and first openly gay mayor of the third-largest U.S. city, and only the second woman to hold the office. But Lightfoot, a
MarketWatch