U.S.NBC NewsTwo arrested in deadly road rage shooting of boy on California freeway
Two people were arrested in the fatal shooting of a six-year-old boy after a road rage incident on a Southern California freeway, the California Highway Patrol announced Sunday. The suspects, identified as Eriz Marcus Anthony, 24, and Lee Wynne, 23, were arrested at their home in Costa Mesa, California, the CHP said in a news release. Details about what led to the arrests were not disclosed, but they came after a reward for information climbed to $500,000.
WorldAssociated PressIran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies
Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died Monday of the coronavirus. He was 74. A close ally of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohtashamipour in the 1970s formed alliances with Muslim militant groups across the Mideast.
WorldAxiosCrocodiles, snakes and bodies: Panama struggles to contain migrants’ dangerous exodus
Panama is struggling to handle a surge of migrants crossing the deadly jungles of the Darién Gap separating the country from Colombia — many bound for the U.S., government officials, migration experts and members of Congress tell Axios. Why it matters: Vice President Kamala Harris departed Sunday on her first trip to Central America after being tasked with the migration crisis. Most migrants reaching the U.S. border still hail from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador.
WorldReutersSevered head, body parts and kidnappings on Mexico midterm election day
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A man lobbed a severed human head at a voting station in the border city of Tijuana on Sunday and plastic bags filled with body parts were found nearby, local authorities said, as Mexicans voted across the country in midterm elections. Authorities said the man ran away, but they did not specify whether he was captured. The campaign for lawmakers and state authorities has been one of the bloodiest in Mexico's recent history.
U.S.Kansas City StarOn police budget and more, Kansas City is not the Northland versus south of the river
As a lifelong Clay County resident and state senator representing most Kansas Citians north of the Missouri River, I was disappointed by The Star Editorial Board's May 27 editorial, “Growing north-south divide in KC is a lot like the old North-South divide in the US.” It relied on lazy stereotypes and unfounded assumptions while disregarding the racial, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic and political differences in the Northland. It is neither productive, nor factual, to assert “Kansas City, north, is white and red, Kansas City, south, is Black and blue.”
PoliticsAssociated Press'Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era
He's been criticized by lawmakers from both parties for changes to the agency that have resulted in service slowdowns. Democrats are particularly worried that he's purposefully undermining the post office, which is critical to the conduct of elections and is one of the few federal agencies a vast majority of Americans like. The scrutiny of DeJoy, 63, has intensified as the Justice Department investigates him over political fundraising at the North Carolina-based company he ran prior to his work at the post office.
U.S.INSIDERThe mom of a teen accused of murder was caught on video scrubbing blood off her son's jeans, prosecutors say
A 14-year-old in Florida is accused in the brutal murder of seventh-grader Tristyn Bailey. The teen's mom was also arrested after trying to wash blood off her son's jeans, prosecutors said. The mother of a 14-year-old boy charged with first degree murder in Florida has also been arrested for tampering with evidence, according to St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
U.S.CBS NewsTexas bakery sells out of inventory after facing Pride backlash
Confections in Lufkin, Texas announced on Thursday that it would be selling rainbow cookies for Pride Month. Confections took to Facebook to reveal that many of its customers had sent hateful messages and canceled orders and claimed its "likes" were also plummeting.
BusinessIdaho StatesmanSeeking ‘rent we can afford,’ California BBQ chef moves here to open Boise restaurant
A freshly transplanted barbecue pitmaster is on the verge of opening a new Boise restaurant. Neighbor Tim's BBQ is preparing to launch in a small space at 7802 W. Goddard Road, across from Capital High School. Hungry Idahoans can watch the business' Facebook page for updates on the opening date: “Very, very soon,” Neighbor Tim's proclaimed in a June 3 post seeking additional employees, before promising an “announcement coming soon” on June 6.
U.S.INSIDERA Texas woman was arrested after posing as her 13-year-old daughter for a day of a middle school
Casey Garcia, 30, posed as her 13-year-old daughter for what she described as a social experiment. Garcia said she made it through nearly an entire school day before getting caught. Casey Garcia was arrested on Friday in El Paso, Texas after she was identified posing as her 13-year-old daughter and for almost an entire school day.
U.S.Business InsiderAn Amazon delivery driver was caught on camera repeatedly punching an elderly woman during an argument in California
An Amazon driver was caught on film punching a customer. Video footage shows the worker beating the woman around her head, KTVU reported. Amazon told Insider she is no longer delivering packages for the company.
PoliticsLA TimesA conservative talk radio host once backed the Arizona GOP election recount. Now he's warning Republicans against it
Mike Broomhead talks for a living, but for a moment last week, all he could do was sigh. With that flash of wordless exasperation behind him, he continued with his work: delivering the latest update on the Maricopa County election recount to listeners of his eponymous morning talk radio show. This is the type of criticism one might expect from Democrats, who opposed the recount effort from the beginning, or from one of the many election experts who raised alarms at the stark departure from established audit practices, or from a Never-Trump Republican trying to wrest the party from the former president's grip.
U.S.Associated PressFormer NBA star works to end solitary confinement in prisons
Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life — the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary confinement cell inside a juvenile prison. The former UConn and NBA star planned to be at Connecticut's state Capitol on Monday to ask Gov. Ned Lamont to sign legislation that would strictly limit the use of solitary confinement and other forms of inmate isolation in prisons. The bill, which requires almost all inmates be allowed at least 6 1/2 hours out of their cells and also limits the use of certain restraints, received final legislative approval Sunday morning.
WorldThe IndependentThree US senators to visit Taiwan in trip expected to anger China
A bipartisan group of US senators are set to meet with top Taiwanese officials during a visit to the disputed island next Sunday that is likely to further inflame tensions between Washington and Beijing. The delegation of three includes Democratic Senators Chris Coons and Tammy Duckworth, as well as Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. Mr Coons is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, while Ms Duckworth and Mr Sullivan are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, according to the Associated Press.
WorldBusiness InsiderThousands of police officers, sniffer dogs and drones descend on an English seaside town, at a cost of $100 million, for President Biden's first big moment on the world stage
Thousands of police officers are descending on a tiny English seaside town for President Biden's meeting with world leaders at the G7 summit this week. The global summit is taking place in Carbis Bay in the coastal county of Cornwall from Friday. More than 5,000 police from all over England will be on hand for the event.
U.S.The IndependentThree killed and several wounded in shooting after graduation party in Florida
At least three people have been killed and multiple individuals have been injured after a shooting following a graduation party in Florida. The shooting occurred at around 2am on Sunday morning in a hookah lounge in a strip mall in Kendall in Miami-Dade County, southwest of Miami. It's the second mass shooting to take place in the area on consecutive weekends, police said.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderFox News anchor Chris Wallace grilled Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin for 'being naive' about bipartisanship in his filibuster stance
Sen. Joe Manchin reiterated his opposition to killing the filibuster in an op-ed Saturday. On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace pressed Manchin on his hopes for bipartisan cooperation. "Haven't you empowered Republicans to be obstructionists?" Wallace asked.
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Violent, deadly weekend in Chicago
Eight people were injured during a mass shooting on the South Side, were among at least 47 other shot in Chicago weekend violence.
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Lawsuit alleges LGBTQ discrimination at Christian colleges: ‘I felt so unwelcome, and it hurt so much to be there’
Steffen, 24, of Chicago is one of 33 plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education calling for enforcement of Title IX anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ students at religious institutions. The lawsuit complains of “abuses and unsafe conditions” at hundreds of religious colleges and universities that receive federal funding but don't have to adhere to Title IX in the case of LGBTQ students, due to a religious exemption. Plaintiffs allege they have been denied admission, expelled, subjected to anti-gay slurs, pressured into conversion therapy and otherwise treated unequally.
WorldThe IndependentMan throws severed head at voting station in Mexico amidst bloodiest election campaigns in recent history
A severed head placed in a box was tossed at a voting station and a plastic bag full of human remains was found at a nearby polling booth in the border city Tijuana, during what is being termed as Mexico's bloodiest mid-term elections in recent years. As people queued up to vote in Terrazas del Valle area of Tijuana on election day, a man threw a box containing a human head in the morning hours of Sunday. Authorities said the man tried to run away but did not confirm whether he was captured.
U.S.Business InsiderRand Paul says he and his family have received death threats amid 'outspoken' clashes with Fauci over origins of COVID-19
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said he'd received death threats for his criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Paul has recently accused Fauci of misleading the public on the possible origins of the coronavirus. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told Fox News on Friday that he's been receiving death threats for his public criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious diseases expert.
WorldCBS NewsGuatemala's president says Kamala Harris "doesn't hold back"
The world leader who has spoken with Vice President Kamala Harris most frequently about U.S. immigration policy describes her as a straight-talking, detail-oriented leader paying careful attention to the long-standing reasons that people leave his country. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, who is set to host Harris on Monday here during her first international trip as vice president, also says that the change of administrations in Washington was exploited by human traffickers, known as "coyotes," who ferried thousands of children to the U.S.-Mexico border within days of President Biden formally rescinding the Trump-era family separation policy. Giammattei wants American lawmakers to toughen federal laws against traffickers and is ready to extradite them to face charges.
U.S.Business InsiderRural Southern California was rocked by swarm of earthquakes including one that was 5.3-magnitude
A rural area of Southern California was hit by a swarm of earthquakes Saturday morning. The largest was a 5.3-magnitude quake, according to the US Geological Survey. A seismologist on Twitter said Imperial Valley is known to have earthquake swarms.
WorldThe IndependentPope Francis voices ‘pain’ but no apology over deaths of 215 children at church-run boarding school
In his Sunday remarks to worshippers gathered in St Peter's Square, Pope Francis expressed pain over the discovery of the remains of 215 indigenous children that were found at a church-run boarding school in Canada last month. “I am following with pain the news that arrives from Canada about the upsetting discovery of the remains of 215 children,” the pontiff said on Sunday. Ground-penetrating radar was used to confirm the presence of the children's remains at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia, in May.
CelebrityBusiness InsiderCaitlyn Jenner says tents in Beverly Hills are the latest sign of the homelessness crisis because they used to only be downtown
Caitlyn Jenner said tents in Beverly Hills are the latest sign of California's homelessness crisis. Jenner is running to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in a special recall election. California GOP gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner said the presence of tents in Beverly Hills is the latest sign of the state's homelessness crisis.
“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.”