U.S.Washington ExaminerNYPD hunting for man involved in apparent broad daylight sexual assault of woman: Video
The New York City Police Department is hunting for a suspect captured on video groping a woman in broad daylight on a borough sidewalk, authorities said. An unidentified man was captured on surveillance footage running up to a 35-year-old female and tackling her from behind before he "reached into her shorts and forcibly grabbed her buttocks," a spokesperson for the NYPD told the Washington Examiner. The incident occurred around 8 a.m.
WorldReutersU.N. to Myanmar military: Now release Aung San Suu Kyi
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Myanmar's military on Thursday to release Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint now, a U.N. spokesperson said on Thursday, a day after thousands of other detainees were freed. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army took power on Feb. 1 and ousted Suu Kyi's elected government. "We reiterate our call for the immediate release of all of those who are arbitrarily detained, and that includes President Win Myint and State councilor Aung San Suu Kyi," said Eri Kaneko, associate spokesperson for Guterres.
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Baltimore anti-violence outreach worker fatally shot
An outreach worker for a Baltimore anti-violence program was fatally shot Thursday, officials said. It is the second fatal shooting of a program employee this year. Safe Streets Cherry Hill worker Kenyell Wilson, 44, drove himself to a hospital after he was shot and died a short time later, police said.
SportsWashington ExaminerBiden commits error at 'Dodger Day' and butchers Cy Young winner's name
President Joe Biden honored the 2020 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House Friday during a quip-filled ceremony heading into the holiday weekend after a somber trip to Surfside, Florida. During his opening remarks, Biden congratulated the team for its historic run but joked that he doesn't think he "can handle [Los Angeles Mayor Eric] Garcetti if you win twice," prompting laughs from the team and crowd in the East Room. Biden also asked if second gentleman Doug Emhoff, a die-hard Dodgers fan, was in attendance.
WorldArchitectural Digest11 Dreamy Candles to Capture Your Summer Mood
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Malaysia's government to reconvene parliament this month
Malaysia's parliament will reconvene this month, a minister said on Friday, just days after the king repeated his call for parliament to meet to discuss steps taken to deal with the health and economic crises caused by COVID-19. The date will be decided at the next cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Takiyuddin Hassan, the minister in charge of parliament and law, said in a statement. Two days earlier, King Al-Sultan Abdullah had asked the speakers of both houses of parliament to propose to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin that he call for a special sitting.
U.S.Associated PressCalifornia mother charged in killings of her 3 children
An East Los Angeles woman was charged Wednesday with killing her three children, including a baby, earlier this week. Sandra Chico, 28, appeared in court but a judge postponed until next month her arraignment on three counts each of murder and assault on a child causing death. “In an instant, three innocent children were taken from us and we are crestfallen,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement.
WorldReutersIn Beijing, pride and hopes for a stronger China on party centenary
People gathered on Thursday in Beijing to take photographs of celebratory flyovers and sing revolutionary songs as the ruling Communist Party celebrated its 100th birthday, expressing pride in China's development and wishes for a more powerful country. Some congregated by an ancient canal once used to bring grain into the city, but now overshadowed by the skyscrapers of the financial district, to watch helicopters fly over, spelling out "100" across the sky. President Xi Jinping hailed a "new world" created by the Chinese people as the party marked the centenary of its founding with a ceremony in the capital's central Tiananmen Square.
PoliticsFort Worth Star-TelegramFort Worth area Republicans vote no on House Jan. 6 Committee
Fort Worth area members of Congress stuck to party lines Wednesday as the House voted to create a special, Democratic-run committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Republican Reps. Kay Granger, Beth Van Duyne, and Michael Burgess voted no. Republican Rep. Roger Williams did not vote. Rep. Marc Veasey, the Fort Worth area's only Democrat, voted yes.
WorldAssociated PressUN documents prisoners' torture, abuse in Ukrainian conflict
Prisoners taken by the warring parties in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine have endured systematic torture, sexual violence and other abuses, the United Nations human rights agency said in a report released Friday. The report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that prisoners' abuse was particularly rampant in the initial stage of the seven-year conflict, but noted that it continues to this day. “Seven years since the outbreak of the conflict, it is unacceptable that such egregious human rights violation remain largely unaddressed,” said Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
WorldReutersExclusive-New Saudi airline plan takes aim at Emirates, Qatar Airways
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia plans to target international transit passenger traffic with its new national airline, going head-to-head with Gulf giants Emirates and Qatar Airways and opening up a new front in simmering regional competition. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is pushing economic diversification to wean Saudi Arabia off oil revenues and create jobs, announced a transportation and logistics drive on Tuesday aimed at making the kingdom the fifth-biggest air transit hub. Two people familiar with the matter said the new airline would boost international routes and echo existing Gulf carriers by carrying people from one country to another via connections in the kingdom, known in the industry as sixth-freedom traffic.
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76-year-old woman shoved to ground in unprovoked attack in NYC
A 76-year-old woman was seriously injured when she was shoved to the ground by a man walking a dog in Brooklyn, and police took a suspect into custody after surveillance video was released.
CelebrityTODAY‘Fresh Prince' star calls out Phylicia Rashad for Cosby tweet: 'What are you thinking?'
Just hours after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Bill Cosby's conviction for indecent assault and ordered his release from prison, his longtime friend and former television wife, Phylicia Rashad, posted on Twitter to celebrate the news. And not long after that, another familiar face from prime-time past spoke up on social media, too. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Janet Hubert, best known to fans as the original Aunt Viv from the series' first three seasons, called out Rashad over a tweet in which “The Cosby Show” alum claimed that “a terrible wrong is being righted” and referred to Cosby's earlier conviction as a “miscarriage of justice.
U.S.Lexington Herald-LeaderOne year after 6-year-old boy killed on July 4th, California police name new suspect
California police said they have identified another suspect in the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy on July 4th last year. The appeal to the public to help find Deshaune Lumpkin, 18, of San Francisco as a second shooting suspect comes nearly a year after Jace Young was shot and killed on July 4, 2020, San Francisco police said in a news release Thursday. Jace was with his family watching fireworks when he was shot, KTVU reported.
WorldBusiness InsiderAlmost as soon as the US military left its biggest airbase in Afghanistan, looters rolled in
Bagram, the biggest airbase in Afghanistan, was ransacked within hours of the US withdrawal. Afghan officials said the US didn't coordinate the withdrawal with them, though the US military denies this. Looters stole laptops and gas canisters.
U.S.Kansas City StarMissouri patient in his 40s ‘so sorry’ he didn’t get the COVID vaccine. Then he died
The email from a nurse manager about a patient's death from COVID-19 “grabbed me,” CoxHealth system director of public relations said. It told the vivid story of what healthcare workers in the Ozarks are facing as hospital beds are filling again, this time with cases from the delta variant. The numbers are skyrocketing in Branson and rural areas, and the vaccination rate is so low it's made national news.
U.S.Miami HeraldMiami firefighter’s daughter found in collapse rubble. He’s been on site every day
A Miami firefighter kept vigil for eight nights after his 7-year-old daughter's home crumbled in the collapse of Champlain Towers in Surfside. Overnight Thursday, rescue workers confirmed every parent's nightmare as they pulled the firefighter's daughter from the ruins. First confirmed to the Miami Herald by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, the loss of the girl was one of two deaths announced by officials on Friday.
PoliticsUSA TODAY OpinionJoe Biden, Merrick Garland set themselves up for disaster in Georgia voting rights case
With its decision Thursday in the voting rights case of Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the court closed its term with a decision that will resonate not just legally but politically for years to come. The 6-3 decision upheld Arizona's new voting rules in Arizona over claims of racial discrimination. While the court said it would be imprudent to create a sweeping rule for all future such cases, it was equally imprudent for the Biden administration to ignore the forthcoming decision in filing a new challenge to Georgia's new voting rights.
U.S.Kansas City StarDad and 19-year-old son drown while vacationing along Texas Gulf Coast, officials say
A Texas dad and son drowned while vacationing along the Gulf of Mexico, media outlets report. Richard Allen Mireles Jr., 47, and his 19-year-old son Nicholas Austin Mireles died this week while visiting Port Aransas, KRIS reported. Port Aransas Police Chief Scott Burroughs said the father spotted his son struggling in the water shortly before noon Wednesday and swam to save him, the Port Aransas South Jetty reported.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramCensus data help organizations aid Tarrant County communities hit by high poverty rates
Census data concerning people experiencing poverty in Tarrant County highlight the disparities among cities in the area. According to the 2019 American Community Survey 5-year estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 241,703 (11.9%) people out of Tarrant County's population of 2,023,452 estimated to have lived below the poverty line. The national poverty rate was 10.5% and Texas' was 13.6% in 2019.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderDonald Rumsfeld has died at 88
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has died at age 88. Rumsfeld's role in pushing for the Iraq War became a major liability for Bush in later years. Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who served under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush and was widely seen as the architect of the Iraq War, has died at age 88.
LifestyleINSIDERI've worked on cruise ships for years. Here are the 14 common mistakes I see passengers make.
If you don't set your phone to airplane mode, you may rack up overseas roaming charges. After six years working on ships for a major cruise line, I've witnessed tons of travel blunders that prevent guests from having the best possible experience. Passengers usually come on the ship excited for a good time, and for many, this involves a drinks package.
U.S.The IndependentWoman who left phone in cab and accused Black teen of stealing it is charged with hate crimes
A 22-year-old California woman who accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone after she left it in the back of a taxi has been charged with hate crimes. On 26 December last year, at Arlo Hotel in New York City, Miya Ponsetto accused Keyon Harrold Jr - the 14-year-old son of Jazz musician Keyon Harrold - of stealing her phone. A viral video of the incident also appeared to show her attacking him.
PoliticsThe Daily BeastDem Factions Decide Which Biden to Believe on Infrastructure
As the path forward for Democrats' infrastructure ambitions starts to take shape, the two wings of the party on Capitol Hill are each insisting that President Joe Biden is behind their vision of what should happen next—even if they don't agree on what that is. Last week, Biden and a bipartisan group of senators announced they'd struck a deal on a bill that would fund roads, transit, water systems, and other kinds of so-called “hard” infrastructure. Such a bill could pass Congress without the cooperation of Republicans, if Senate Democrats were unified throughout the entirety of the partisan reconciliation process, which allows the party in power to pass certain spending items with a simple majority instead of the usual 60-vote threshold in the Senate.
SportsLA TimesDodgers' Trevor Bauer is placed on leave by MLB after assault allegation
Major League Baseball placed Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on paid administrative leave Friday after a woman accused him of sexual assault and obtained a temporary restraining order against him Tuesday. Bauer traveled with the Dodgers to Washington on Wednesday. On Thursday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the situation was "out of our hands" and he was following MLB's direction.
“Obamacare is getting stronger every time the Republicans try to kill it.”
“It is far from certain the Supreme Court will safeguard the Affordable Care Act the next time the law reaches the court’s chambers.”
“Although ACA cost Obama an enormous amount, it’s become clear that he will have the last laugh.”
“Even the feistiest Republicans have given up talking seriously about repeal.”
“Current and future cases will largely concern the administration and enforcement of the ACA, not its underlying architecture.”