WorldBBCNicaragua opposition figure Chamorro put under house arrest
Police in Nicaragua have placed opposition presidential hopeful Cristiana Chamorro under house arrest. Prosecutors have accused Ms Chamorro of money laundering, which she denies, and demand she be barred from running in November's election. Ms Chamorro is seen by many in the opposition as their best hope of defeating President Daniel Ortega, who is expected to run for a fifth term.
WorldAssociated PressBomb rips through minivan in Afghan capital, at least 4 dead
A bomb ripped through a minivan in a mostly Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least four people, a police spokesman said. The police spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz, said the attack happened in western Kabul. The area is largely populated by the minority Hazara ethnic group who are mostly Shiite Muslims.
PoliticsAxiosPence: "I don't know" if Trump and I will "ever see eye to eye" on Capitol riots
Former Vice President Pence on Thursday called Jan. 6 a "dark day" in U.S. history, his strongest statement yet on the Capitol insurrection. What he's saying: "...President Trump and I have spoken many times since we left office," the former VP said in a public address in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Worth noting: The Jan. 6 Capitol siege saw some rioters who were supporters of former President Trump call for Pence's death.
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Iran's largest warship catches fire, sinks
The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank on Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderEx-Treasury official sentenced to 6 months in prison for leaking banking documents related to the Mueller probe
Former Treasury Department official Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday. The banking files were related to figures tied to Robert Mueller's Russia probe, including Paul Manafort. A former Treasury Department official was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday for leaking tens of thousands of pages of confidential financial documents to Buzzfeed News, the media publication reported.
WorldAssociated PressSatellite photos show hulk of what was biggest Iran warship
Satellite photographs taken Thursday show the burned hulk that remains of Iran's biggest warship after it caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman. The photos from Planet Labs Inc., analyzed by The Associated Press, show the 207-meter (679-foot) Kharg just off the coast of the Iranian port city of Jask, surrounded by a sea of oil-slicked waters. Iranian officials have not acknowledged the pollution left behind by the ship's sinking on Wednesday.
U.S.The StateTrooper invited woman back to his home in exchange for dropping DUI charge, SC cops say
A former state trooper in South Carolina is accused of inviting a woman over instead of booking her at the county jail after he arrested on her on suspicion of a DUI. Donovan Jordan Hadley, 25, was arrested Wednesday and charged with misconduct in office, the South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement said in a news release. SLED agents booked Hadley at the Newberry County Detention Center — the same jail where the alleged misconduct occurred.
PoliticsKansas City StarMO Rep. Vicky Hartzler teases ‘campaign announcement’ ahead of expected Senate run
Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler has scheduled a campaign event next week amid widespread anticipation she will enter the 2022 Republican primary for the chance to replace retiring Sen. Roy Blunt. In an email to supporters Thursday, Hartzler teased a “Special Campaign Announcement” for June 10 in Lee's Summit. The event will take place ahead of the Missouri Republican Party's annual Lincoln Days gathering in Kansas City that weekend.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderDC officer Michael Fanone, who was attacked at the Capitol riot, says he was 'absolutely sickened' by Mitch McConnell's efforts to quash the Jan. 6 commission
Senate Republicans blocked the creation of a commission into the Jan. 6 insurrection last week. Mitch McConnell reportedly asked Republicans to vote against the bill as a "personal favor." Officer Michael Fanone said he was "absolutely sickened" to learn this.
PoliticsThe IndependentMatt Gaetz now being investigated for obstruction of justice in sex trafficking probe
Embattled Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz now faces additional scrutiny into his response to news that he is being investigated as part of a sex trafficking probe. Two sources familiar with the investigation told Politico in an article published Wednesday that Mr Gaetz now faces inquiries into whether he took steps to obstruct a federal investigation as investigators continue looking into his dealings. A rep for Mr Gaetz fiercely denied any insinuation that Gaetz had obstructed justice, and echoed previous rejections of any wrongdoing.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump's 3 Supreme Court appointees joined the 3 liberal justices to limit a landmark federal cybercrime law
The Supreme Court put limits on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in a win for civil liberties groups. An unusual majority of the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act doesn't cover cases in which a person accesses a computer system they are authorized to use. Former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court nominees - Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett - joined liberal Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan to impose limits on the landmark cybercrime law.
WorldArchitectural DigestOur Place Expands Its Internet-Famous Product Line
Best known for its Always Pan, the company launched new prep products today Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
U.S.The IndependentBodycam video reveals children opening fire on police with stolen guns – including AK-47 – in violent standoff
Disturbing video footage shows the moment a pair of children who had escaped a group home fired stolen guns at police in Enterprise, Florida. Deputies shot a 14-year-old girl after she and a 12-year-old boy broke into a home, found several firearms, including an AK47 and a shotgun, and started shooting at police, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. The two foster children repeatedly fired at deputies for around 30 minutes, according to law enforcement officials.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump advisors say the former president is so obsessed with fighting the 2020 election result that telling him he lost is like 'p---ing into the wind'
Trump is increasingly fixated on overturning the election result, advisors told The Washington Post. Former President Donald Trump has become increasingly fixated on overturning the 2020 election result, with one advisor saying that trying to tell him that he lost was like "p---ing into the wind," The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Despite a failure to prove in US courts that election fraud occurred, Trump has become more and more obsessed with efforts to disprove President Joe Biden's victory and won't listen to dissenting advice, The Post reported.
U.S.The IndependentDerek Chauvin can’t afford defence in civil rights case
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, is apparently unable to afford to hire an attorney to defend him against civil rights charges stemming from the incident. Insider reports that a federal judge deemed Chauvin "financially unable" to fund his defense in a ruling on Tuesday. US Magistrate Judge Beck Thorson wrote in a court filing that she would be appointing Eric Nelson, who acted as Chauvin's defence attorney in his state murder trial.
U.S.The Daily BeastCourt Sides With Millionaire in Wild Egg-Donor Custody Case
An Oregon developer and patron of the arts has been declared the sole parent of a boy conceived with his sperm and his ex-girlfriend's donated eggs—stripping her of any rights to the child. A ruling by the state appeals court overturned a lower court decision that both Jordan Schnitzer, 70, and Cory Sause, 42, had parental rights to the 5-year-old. The 2-1 appellate opinion declared that Sause gave up any claim to male embryos when she agreed to donate her eggs to help Schnitzer, who already had two daughters, sire a son.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderThe FBI is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over possible campaign finance violations, report says
The FBI is investigating Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the Washington Post reports. DeJoy was previously an executive at New Breed Logistics before joining the USPS. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as part of an investigation into potential campaign finance violations committed by leaders of his former company, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
WorldBBCCovid: The Australian millennials desperate for vaccines
It's not the latest Yeezy sneakers or an iPhone - it's a Covid vaccine, preferably the much coveted Pfizer. For most millennials it's off-limits right now, a reality many argue is holding them back - and risking their future. Four months into Australia's vaccine programme, most people aged under 40 still aren't eligible to get the jab.
WorldThe IndependentRival gangs, scorpions and one of the ‘World’s Toughest Prisons’: The Belize jail housing Jasmine Hartin
At the start of May, Jasmine Hartin was celebrating the launch of the Alaia – a luxurious development in the millionaire's playground of San Pedro, on the island of Ambergris Caye. Today, the daughter-in-law of British billionaire Lord Michael Ashcroft is housed at Belize Central Prison, the crumbling structure that constitutes the only jail in the country. Ms Hartin, who has two children with Lord Ashcroft's son Andrew, is on remand, charged with the manslaughter of police officer Henry Jemmott after he was found in the water off San Pedro, shot with his own Glock 17 gun.
U.S.The IndependentArizona audit boss accused of anti-trans insult at count
One observer at the Arizona audit of 2020 general election ballots in Maricopa County has said that audit co-chair Randy Pullen told one of the observers that the pink shirt he was required to wear on the floor of the recount “made him look like a transgender”. Witnesses have said that audit organizers have called observers in the pink shirts “pinkies” or “pinkos”, suggesting they were communist sympathizers. Mr Pullen told Insider that the observer's comment was “interesting”.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderTrump's daughter-in-law Lara tells Fox News there are 'no plans' for him to be reinstated as president in August
Lara Trump pushed back on the theory that Donald Trump could be reinstalled as president in August. "There are no plans for Donald Trump to be in the White House in August," she told Fox News. The election-fraud conspiracists Mike Lindell and Sidney Powell have pushed the baseless theory.
WorldINSIDERA bride collapsed and died at her wedding. The groom then married the woman's sister with her dead body lying in the next room.
The families agreed the man would marry the woman's younger sister instead, per multiple reports. A wedding in India took a morbid turn when the bride collapsed and died just before completing her wedding rituals. The incident took place May 27 in the village of Samaspur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, per The Times of India.
U.S.The IndependentFBI investigate police for throwing snow cones at homeless
Two police officers from the Louisville, Kentucky Metro Police Department are being investigated by the FBI for allegedly throwing snow cones at homeless people. Local broadcaster WLKY reported on Thursday that LMPD Chief Erika Shields revealed that the FBI had begun investigating the officers. Ms Shields said she was given very little information from the FBI, but suggested things were not looking good for the police department.
WorldThe IndependentFauci urges US not to be ‘accusatory’ towards China over Wuhan lab as conservatives meltdown over his emails
The nation's top infectious disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci has urged America not to be “accusatory” towards China over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it could get them to “pull back more”. In an interview with MSNBC's on Thursday, Dr Fauci was asked why it was proving “so hard” to “find the source” of the outbreak that began the pandemic. "I mean, it's obviously in China's interest to find out exactly what it is, and the 'is' of the natural theory would be to find that link, so you have to keep looking for it," Dr Fauci said.
U.S.The IndependentTrump administration revealed to have secretly seized phone records of four New York Times reporters
The US Justice Department had secretly seized the phone records of four New York Times (NYT) reporters in 2017 under the Donald Trump administration, according to a report. It is the latest and third in the series of revelation by federal law enforcement in recent weeks, disclosing the tactics used by former president Donald Trump's administration as part of a leak investigation and attempt to uncover reporters' sources. The department also told the paper that it secured a court order to get the logs of reporters but not the content of their emails.
“It may seem desperate at this point, but I can’t be mad at any and all efforts to get people vaccinated.”
“I won’t get rich, but I will get to live my life. That seems like reward enough.”
“Offering incentives may encourage people who are not actively opposed to vaccination but may have put it off.”
“At some point, the government is simply rewarding irresponsible behavior.”
“Sure, people should do it without needing an incentive. But what’s the alternative? Not enough people get vaccinated.”