The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on the regional strongman leader of Russia’s republic of Chechnya over human rights violations including torture and extrajudicial killings. Ramzan Kadyrov, 43, has run Chechnya like his personal fiefdom, relying on his security forces to quash dissent. International human rights groups have accused… Read More
Hollywood domestic violence mega-trial begins
Amber Heard has accused ex-husband Johnny Depp of abusing her both physically and verbally while he was allegedly bingeing on alcohol and drugs, claiming that at various times during their tempestuous relationship she feared for her life. On the first day of her testimony Monday at Britain’s High Court in… Read More
Police reform? Start with unions
A stipulation in a Kentucky police union contract prohibited officials from initially firing the officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death in Louisville. The disciplinary history of a Chicago police officer who fatally shot Laquan McDonald had been deleted under the department’s union contract, so officials didn’t know about the officer’s… Read More
Good news in fight against COVID-19
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of whom got the experimental vaccine…. Read More
Judge in Epstein case survives assassination attempt?
Dressed as a FedEx delivery driver in what appears to be an assassination attempt, a gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a U.S. District Judge Esther Salas as he answered the door of the family home Sunday in New Jersey. According to reports, the gunman opened fire as… Read More
“Trump Checks” round 2 — GOP leaders meet
Top Republicans in Congress are expected to meet Monday with President Donald Trump at the White House on the next COVID-19 aid package as the crisis has worsened, just as emergency relief is expiring. New divisions between the Senate GOP majority and the White House posed fresh challenges. Senate Majority… Read More
Trump “saddened” by death of John Lewis, civil rights hero
Over the weekend, Rep. John Lewis, D-G.A., passed away. President Donald Trump and scores of lawmakers put politics aside to express remorse over the passing of the civil rights era icon. “Saddened to hear the news of civil rights hero John Lewis passing. Melania and I send our prayers to… Read More
Lucky man wins $2 million lotto “by mistake”
A man in suburban Detroit was given the wrong lottery ticket. But there was no mistake about the result: a $2 million winner. The Michigan Lottery said the man stopped at a gas station in Eastpointe, Michigan, to put air in a tire. He needed change for the air machine… Read More
Flexible schools adapt to new coronavirus reality
Administrators in the Parkway school district in suburban St. Louis spent the summer break crafting a flexible reopening plan, with options that include full-time classroom learning, full-time online instruction and a hybrid system. It’s a good thing because the dangers of the coronavirus are so uncertain that district officials are… Read More
Twitter: We were embarrassed by major hack
Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers were able to reset the passwords of 45 of those accounts. The San Francisco=based company said in a blog post Saturday that for up to eight of these accounts the… Read More
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