● From House Arrest to the Oscars Circuit Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 During their time in Los Angeles, Wine and Kyagulanyi kept up a hectic schedule of press interviews and the meet-and-greet parties that are standard Oscar campaign events, in addition to the luncheon, where Kyagulanyi was seated next to Cillian Murphy and took a selfie with Emma Stone. Wine, who was… Continue Reading
Federal appeals court revokes Obama-era ban on coal leasing Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 Enlarge this image FILE – A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck that can carry up to 250 tons of coal at the Spring Creek coal mine, April 4, 2013, near Decker, Mont. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a U.S. appeals court struck down a judge’s 2022 order that imposed… Continue Reading
The push to license more Muslim families for foster care in Michigan Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 In Michigan, a state with a sizable Muslim population, there’s a push to increase the number of licensed Muslim foster care families. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Child welfare agencies often try to place kids with families of the same race or with similar cultural or religious backgrounds. In some communities, that… Continue Reading
A girl dies after a sand hole on a Florida beach collapses Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 Enlarge this image Investigators on the beach in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., take photos of the scene of a sand collapse on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Investigators on the beach in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., take photos of the scene of a sand collapse on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Mike Stocker/AP FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla…. Continue Reading
● Matt Gaetz’s Chaos Agenda Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 They exchanged photos, and Priscilla proclaimed Greenberg “very handsome.” When she asked for a picture of his friend, a photo of Matt Gaetz appeared onscreen. Priscilla: Oooh my friend thinks he’s really cute! Greenberg: Well he’s down here only for the day, we work hard and play hard. Have you… Continue Reading
White House could use federal law to control US-Mexico border crossings Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law repeatedly tapped by Donald Trump to unilaterally enact a sweeping crackdown at the southern border, according to three people familiar with the deliberations. The administration, stymied by Republican lawmakers who rejected a negotiated border bill earlier this month, has… Continue Reading
Girl dies after sand hole at Florida beach collapses on her Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 The collapse of sand holes, like the one that killed a five-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach, is an under-recognized danger that kills and injures several children a year around the country. Sloan Mattingly died Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea’s beach when a 4-5ft-deep… Continue Reading
Biden calls Putin ‘a crazy SOB’ and ridicules Trump at San Francisco fundraiser Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 Biden then scoffed at Trump for comparing his legal troubles to the political persecution of Navalny, an outspoken Putin critic who died in a Russian prison last week. During a Fox News town hall Tuesday, Trump described the $350 million business fraud judgment he faces as “a form of Navalny.”… Continue Reading
Putin is Stronger Than Ever—Why? Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 Vladimir Putin has faced setbacks during his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Now, two years into the war, circumstances appear to be turning in his favor, and his grip on power shows no sign of waning. Ukrainian resistance at the war’s start saw Russian forces pushed back from Kyiv and, later… Continue Reading
Britain’s ‘deep state’ thwarted my plans, Liz Truss tells US far-right summit Lela T. Frisby, 2024-04-092024-04-10 Liz Truss, the former British prime minister, spoke at a far-right conference in America on Wednesday, styling herself as a populist who took on America’s equivalent of the “deep state” in her own country. Truss was among the headline speakers at this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference at the National… Continue Reading