Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most prominent left-wing leaders in the country, endorsed Maya D. Wiley in the race for New York City mayor on Saturday, urging voters to “come together as a movement.” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement represents the most significant development yet in left-wing efforts to shape the June 22 Democratic primary that […]
A hero police officer drowned while trying to rescue a boy, 14, who later died in a Massachusetts hospital. Enmanuel ‘Manny’ Familia, 38, and four other officers threw themselves into a pond in Green Hill Park in Worcester to save Troy Love. Tragedy struck when the officers realised one of their group had gone missing on […]
A federal judge in California on Friday overturned the state’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, which he called a “failed experiment,” prompting a sharp retort from the state’s governor. California prohibited the sale of assault weapons in 1989. The law was challenged in a suit filed in 2019 against the state’s attorney general by plaintiffs […]
It’s been impossible to avoid the sadness and shock descended on Canada following the horrific discovery of remains by the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. For a lot of people, the discovery at Kamloops of the remains of 215 Indigenous children will be top of mind for a long […]
“Supermom is just another way of saying, ‘Women do it all. Men don’t do very much.’” — Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a founding editor of Ms. magazine [In Her Words is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox.] In 1979, Charles of the Ritz, a beauty brand, released a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Facebook on Friday (June 4) banned former US president Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating its rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol. “Given the gravity of the circumstances that led to Mr Trump’s suspension, we believe his actions […]
MONTREAL — Forty-eight people from the same small Canadian province struck with a baffling mix of symptoms including insomnia, impaired motor function and hallucinations such as nightmarish visions of the dead. A quixotic neurologist working 12-hour days to decipher the clues. Swirling conspiracy theories blaming the illness on cellphone towers, fracking or even Covid-19 vaccines. […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – American intelligence officials have found no evidence that aerial phenomena witnessed by Navy pilots in recent years are alien spacecraft, but they still cannot explain the unusual movements that have mystified scientists and the military, according to senior administration officials briefed on the findings of a highly anticipated government report. The report […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Thursday (June 3) it will send researcher Kellie Gerardi, a well-known figure on TikTok, into space to conduct experiments for several minutes while weightless. The move presents an ideal opportunity for the company to flaunt its ambitions not only to send wealthy tourists on pleasure rides […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Facebook Inc is planning to end its policy that shields politicians from some content moderation rules, The Verge reported on Thursday (June 3), in what would be a major policy reversal for the world’s largest social media network. The reported change comes as Facebook is expected to announce its response to recommendations […]