Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Facebook after his posts about the Capitol riots created ‘an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible’. The ruling was announced by the Facebook content Oversight Board today, Wednesday, who have decided that the then-president’s posts about the Capitol riots supported people ‘engaging in violence’. The […]
It was around 2.30am on 29 March when 13-year-old Adam Toledo was shot by a police officer while unarmed and holding both hands in the air. Two weeks later, police bodycam footage of the shooting was released, triggering protests around Chicago. But does the footage show a human error in the heat of the moment […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – America’s birthrate declined for the sixth straight year in 2020, the federal government reported on Wednesday (May 5), early evidence that the coronavirus pandemic accelerated a trend among American women of delaying pregnancy. Early in the pandemic, there was speculation that the major changes in the life of American families could […]
A man allegedly drove a pickup truck into a group of people having a birthday party picnic after cursing about ‘Asians’ and ‘yuppies with dogs’. Timothy Nielsen, 57, reportedly cleared a curb and hit a 42-year-old woman that was part of the running club gathering. About 10 to 15 people were having the cookout at […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The impartiality of a juror who convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd has come into question after a photo surfaced of him at an anti-racism rally. Legal experts said Chauvin’s defence attorney could potentially use the photo of juror Brandon Mitchell as grounds to appeal […]
Five people who had been living in the United States illegally are facing human-smuggling charges after the police in Houston, investigating a kidnapping tip, found nearly 100 men and women locked in a house, the authorities said. A criminal complaint filed on Saturday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas said […]
The Biden administration is stepping up pressure on the nation’s biggest residential landlords following reports that apartment building owners were seeking to evict tens of thousands of renters despite federal freezes on evictions implemented during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, officials with the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Board sent out a […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Working from home does not work for everyone, especially those who want “to hustle”, JPMorgan Chase & Co’s chief executive said on Tuesday (May 4) at a conference in New York. The largest American bank recently told it workers that it expects all US-based employees back in offices on a rotational […]
Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan army base just two days after US forces handed control back over to the nation’s soldiers. The offensive – which targeted the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) in Helmand province – came less than a week after America began with a complete withdrawal of troops from combat areas in the war-torn […]
Forecasters expect severe weather, including flash flooding and the possibility of tornadoes, to continue threatening much of the southern United States on Tuesday, after two days of storms caused widespread damage and killed at least two people. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said there was an “enhanced risk” of severe thunderstorms for large […]