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Mar 10 2023
News
Man blames the devil after crashing his car into North Carolina airport terminal
A man has been arrested after he crashed his car inside the terminal at North Carolina's Wilmington International Airport, reported. Driver Tray Anthony Dvorak, 37, told police, "The Devil made me do it." Police responded to reports that a car breached the airport's fence and drove onto the tarmac. When confronted by police, the driver crashed through the doors and windows of a terminal and
Raw Story
Mar 13 2023
News
Mexican president claims country 'safer' than US following death and kidnappings of Americans
The president of Mexico on Monday claimed that his country was safer than the U.S. in response to the criticism he has received over the nation’s security, particularly for tourists. "Mexico is safer than the United States. There's no problem with traveling safely around Mexico," Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said during a news conference. Obrador’s comments came just one week
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 16 2023
News
GOP Oversight Committee chair says Biden family collected over $1 million after China paid family business associate
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a memo Thursday stating relatives of President Joe Biden secured over $1.3 million from a family business associate shortly after the associate received money from China. The House GOP subpoenaed the records as part of its investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings. Bank accounts connected to James Biden Sr., the president’s
Deseret News
Mar 13 2023
News
Americans urged to avoid spring break travel to Mexico
The U.S. is recommending Americans avoid any vacation travel to Mexico for spring break or beyond amid ongoing violence and security issues down there. In 2022, more than 20 million tourists flew to visit Mexico's beaches, historical cities, or to obtain health care. But a recent kidnapping of four Americans which later found two of them killed, disputes between local taxi unions and Uber
Laredo Morning Times
Mar 13 2023
News
China ‘two sessions’ 2023: Xi Jinping vows ‘peaceful’ Taiwan ties as caution marks cross-strait tone from Beijing
Beijing has shown a cautious stance on Taiwan policy throughout its annual parliamentary sessions, trying to play down speculation that the island would become the next Ukraine as cross-strait tensions rise.
China will actively promote the “peaceful development” of cross-strait relations, President Xi Jinping told the nation’s top legislature on Monday, days after securing an
South China Morning Post
Mar 16 2023
Analysis
Could election denialism in a feuding Arizona county upend US democracy?
The 2022 election ended months ago, at least in most of the country.
In a rural county on the US-Mexico border in Arizona, though, the election and its fallout linger, causing heated divisions and offering a view into how conspiracy theories could upend elections across the country.
While statewide candidates in Arizona who embraced election lies lost their races in November, the
The Guardian
Mar 13 2023
News
Wayne State launches free tuition program to lower-income students
On Monday, Wayne State formally announced the program, which is possible because of a newly-created state scholarship program that offers up to $5,500 a year to students attending a public four-year university in Michigan. • Michigan voters are skeptical of EVs and the value of college in new poll • New Michigan scholarship seeks to fill jobs at state’s EV companies • As Michigan boosts school
Bridgemi.com
Jan 08 2023
News
Kentucky Republican doesn’t rule out motion to vacate McCarthy Speakership during this Congress
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Sunday didn’t rule out the possibility of a motion to vacate the Speakership being put forward during this Congress after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) secured the top House leadership slot. As he worked to flip holdouts within his party and secure the votes he needed to take the Speakership, McCarthy agreed to lower the threshold for forcing a vote to oust the
The Hill
Mar 16 2023
News
Black man smothered to death by deputies at Virginia mental hospital, prosecutor says
DINWIDDIE, Va. — Security camera footage from a state mental hospital shows a Black Virginia man who was handcuffed and shackled being pinned to the ground by seven deputies who are now facing second-degree murder charges in his death, officials said Thursday. Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill said during the seven deputies’ first court hearing Wednesday that Irvo
Anchorage Daily News
Apr 10 2023
News
Leaked secret Pentagon documents lift the lid on U.S. spying on Russia’s war in Ukraine
Dozens of leaked Defense Department classified documents posted online reveal details of U.S. spying on Russia’s war machine in Ukraine and secret assessments of Ukraine’s combat power, as well as intelligence gathering on America’s allies, including South Korea and Israel.
NBC News obtained more than 50 of the leaked documents, many of them labeled “Top Secret,” the highest level of
NBC News (Online)