Month: January 2022

The entire US federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured during a gang altercation at a federal penitentiary in Texas. The incident happened at around 11.30am on Monday at USP Beaumont, a federal prison in Beaumont, Texas, located about 90 miles east […]

Two people are lucky to be alive after their plane crash-landed on an interstate highway in Florida. Photos of the scene showed the blue-and-white plane, upside-down and in pieces, in some brush next to I-95 in Flagler County. Miraculously, authorities say no one was seriously hurt. “The #FCSO is assisting at the scene of a […]

Ottawa mayor condemns desecration of National War Memorial, Terry Fox statue As the truckers’ convoy that descended on Ottawa a few days ago shows no sign of departing, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he has tested positive for Covid-19. “This morning, I tested positive for Covid-19,” he tweeted. “I’m feeling fine – and […]

Lawyers for Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue and Gov. Brian Kemp sparred in court Monday over a new state law that allows certain top elected officials to create “leadership committees” that can raise campaign funds without limits, even when the legislature is in session. A lawyer for Perdue argued that the law gives Kemp a […]

California s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the state Assembly on Monday. Workers would be included alongside employers and state agencies on a new Fast-Food Sector Council to set statewide minimum standards on wages, working hours, training and working conditions including procedures […]

Rachel Maddow MSNBC s most popular personality, plans to tell her viewers Monday that she will take a hiatus of several weeks from her prime time show. Maddow plans to use the time to work on a new podcast for NBC Universal, according to a person with knowledge of the plans who spoke on condition […]

Prosecutors announced Monday that beginning this week they intend to start trials of the 46 political figures arrested in the run-up to Nicaragua’s Nov. 7 presidential election. Many of the prisoners, including seven people who had been considered potential candidates to challenge President Daniel Ortega in the election, have been held since May or June. […]

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who died on Sunday after falling from a New York City high-rise, “never showed any level of weakness in any situation,” her former pageant coach has told The Independent. Bill Alverson – who helped coach the former college athlete and lawyer to her 2019 Miss USA win – was grieving […]

This weekend’s protests in Ottawa against vaccine mandates saw thousands of people and a convoy of trucks and other vehicles descend on the centre of the Canadian capital. Amid cries of “freedom”, demands for a removal of all Covid-19 restrictions, and attacks against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government, there were also swastikas and […]