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May 04 2023
News
Iowa State's Ralph accused of violent rape
AMES, Iowa -- An Iowa State football player has been arrested on charges alleging that he raped a woman while she lay immobile after he shoved her so hard into stairs in his home that it fractured her spine. Aidan Ralph, a 20-year-old linebacker and redshirt sophomore from Chicago, was arrested Wednesday on Story County felony sexual assault and misdemeanor domestic violence charges in the
ESPN.com
May 04 2023
News
Look Out, Ted Cruz! Former NFL Player Colin Allred Launches Campaign For Republican Senator's Seat
Football players are looking to tackle more than quarterbacks these days, and Colin Allred is a prime example. The former NFL linebacker and current U.S. House representative for Texas launched his 2024 senatorial campaign via Twitter reminding voters of the horrific Jan. 6 attacks where his opponent Ted Cruz called them “peaceful protesters.” “When I left the NFL, I thought my days of putting
Black Enterprise
May 18 2023
News
Jim Jordan’s FBI whistleblowers testify publicly before Congress as questions about their legitimacy remain
Three self-described FBI whistleblowers, who are key to the Republican narrative that the FBI is weaponized against conservatives, testified at a House hearing Thursday, the latest escalation of Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan’s investigation into allegations of discrimination and bias within the FBI.
The hearing came one day after the FBI said it revoked the security clearances of three
CNN Digital
Jun 03 2023
Analysis
Why Putin will use nuclear weapons
However you try to spin it, the drone strikes that struck Moscow’s wealthiest neighbourhoods on Tuesday night represented a grim turning point in Putin’s flagging campaign against Ukraine. The surprise attacks — which killed eight people, and for which Kyiv has denied all responsibility — were the first against Russian civilians since the war began. They were also the most significant
UnHerd
Apr 28 2023
News
Kansas GOP Overrides Democratic Gov. to Pass Sweeping Anti-Trans Bathroom Law
Back in the U.S., attacks on transgender rights continued Thursday as Republican lawmakers in Kansas overrode a veto by Democratic Governor Laura Kelly, enacting the most sweeping bathroom law in the nation. The legislation bars trans people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity in schools, locker rooms, prisons, domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers. In
Democracy Now!
Apr 06 2023
News
Texas Agrees to Pay $144M to Family and Survivors of Sutherland Springs Massacre
In Texas, the Justice Department has reached a tentative $144 million settlement with relatives and victims of the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, which left 26 people dead. Victims sued the U.S. Air Force after it failed to report the shooter’s history of violence to the FBI, which should have prevented the gunman from obtaining the assault rifle and other
Democracy Now!
Jul 02 2023
Opinion
The Observer view on the riots in France: a grim tale of the growing gulf between haves and have-nots
Right- and leftwing politicians, social scientists, analysts and commentators have rushed to variously condemn, explain, exploit and justify the fury and violence that erupted in many French cities after Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old boy of north African descent. But some of the most revealing and insightful testimony came from Kendra, a resident of the Pablo
The Guardian
May 03 2023
News
School shooting in Serbia kills at least 9 after young boy takes father’s gun
A 14-year-old boy killed at least nine people and wounded seven others in a school shooting in Serbia on Wednesday. The boy, who has not been identified, targeted the Vladislav Ribnikar School in Serbia's capital of Belgrade. Police arrested the boy later Wednesday morning, alleging that he had taken his father's gun to carry out the shooting. Eight students and one security guard were
Fox News Digital
Apr 27 2023
News
BREAKING: Nashville Police to Release Manifesto of Trans Shooter They Recovered from Her Vehicle
Nashville Police told FOX News on Thursday that they will finally release the manifesto of the trans shooter that they recovered from her car following the attack on March 27. 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a transgender former student murdered three 9-year-olds and three adults last month in a mass shooting at the school. The local authorities and FBI refused to release the manifesto to
The Gateway Pundit
Apr 27 2023
News
Tennessee Officials Sued By Biden Hit Back With Promise To Fight Child Sex-Change Push
Tennessee officials responded to the Biden administration’s lawsuit against the state over its law banning transgender hormone treatments and surgeries for minors, promising to fight to uphold the law and stand up for children. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said that the state would “vigorously” fight to keep the law in place. “The federal government has joined the ACLU and an
The Daily Wire