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A federal grand jury returned a criminal indictment Friday against New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, accusing the mayor of pursuing an illicit affair with her police bodyguard on taxpayers’ dime, then lying to federal officials and deleting evidence to hide the relationship. The indictment returned at New Orleans’ federal courthouse accuses Cantrell of 11 counts including wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to a federal grand jury — all part of the alleged yearslong scheme to hide her relationship with Jeffrey Vappie, the former New Orleans Police officer assigned to protect her. The two face 18 counts...

EXCLUSIVE: Despite the US saying we are not accepting Palestinian “refugees” into the United States under the Trump administration, I have obtained video footage of Palestinians who claim to be refugees from Gaza coming into the United States via San Francisco and Houston, Texas this month. The Palestinians traveled from Gaza to the US with the help of a group called “Heal Palestine”.

Two Catholic nuns arrested in India, sparking major political scandalNot only have the Catholic bishops of India defended the religious sisters, but high-ranking opposition politicians condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The arrest of the two Catholic nuns in India caused a national political scandal that opposition leaders are calling a political persecution of a religious minority fostered by the government.On July 25, two nuns traveled from the city of Agra to Durg railway station in the state of Chhattisgarh. Sr. Preeti Mary and Sr. Vandana Francis of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate were meeting three young adult women who were...

European Girl First Time Reacting to the Power of the US Military

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday confirmed what President Trump has been saying for years now: The war between Russia and Ukraine would have never even started if it weren’t for Biden. “Today, President Trump is saying that if he was the President back then, there would be no war, and I’m quite sure that it would indeed be so,” Putin told reporters after a three-hour meeting with President Trump. “I can confirm that.” “In 2022, during the last contact with the previous administration, I tried to convince my previous American colleague that the situation should not be brought to...

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California state prison inmate and four-time convicted murderer has been formally charged with the strangulation murder of his wife during a conjugal visit, the Amador County District Attorney's Office told KCRA 3 on Friday. David Brinson, 54, is serving four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for four counts of murder with enhancements for the use of a firearm, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He has been in CDCR custody since February 1994, after his 1993 conviction of four murders in Los Angeles County.

-A Kano woman, Fauziya Abubakar, was sent to prison after allegedly using witchcraft to make young girls fall mysteriously ill -The girls developed symptoms like body cuts, unravelling braids, and even barking like a dog -The magistrate denied bail due to the severity of the case, adjourning proceedings until September 15 for further investigation A Magistrate Court number 7, in Nomansland, Kano, presided over by Justice Halima Wali, has remanded a woman, Fauziya Abubakar, in prison over allegations of witchcraft affecting young girls in the state. The incident reportedly occurred when Fauziya entered a residence on Lamido Crescent to use...

The wild upgrades to the F-35 pitched by the designer of the YF-23

Americans would be better served if the Trump administration’s review forced the institution to have a fair and truthful depiction of their country, science, culture, history, and art. Courtesy of Tourists and Visitors of the Smithsonian museumsThe Smithsonian Institution is one of America’s greatest assets. When Americans visit the nation’s capital in Washington, D.C., they are able to witness their country’s vast array of art, culture, history, and research acumen all in one place, and for free, because of the museums and zoo the institution operates there. Like the national parks, the Smithsonian is part of America’s cultural inheritance. But...

Her sacrifice paved the way for future human spaceflight, leaving her a lasting legacy as one of the early pioneers of space exploration.Who was Laika? The stray dog who sacrificed her life for space mission The Soviet Union made history by sending the first living creature into space, a stray dog named Laika, on November 3, 1957. The mission was intended to find out if space travel would be safe for humans. Unfortunately, it was a one-way trip, as there was no technology to bring her back to Earth. Found wandering the streets of Moscow a few days before...

California Democrats on Friday finalized their plan to snatch five GOP House seats next year by redrawing the state’s congressional lines, according to a copy of the new House map and other documents submitted to the Legislature on behalf of the DCCC. The new lines, which voters would need to approve in a Nov. 4 special election, adds registered Democratic voters to districts held by Republicans and frontline Democrats, while making some safe blue districts slightly more competitive. State legislators are expected next week to place the new district lines on the statewide ballot, sparking a furious campaign to override...

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops are racing to claw back a key stretch of land on the eastern front after a surprise Russian advance bolstered Moscow’s position as President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska. Ukraine rushed elite troops to try to seal the disastrous breach after small groups of Russian foot soldiers exploited weak points on Ukraine’s flanks and pushed more than nine miles toward the eastern city of Dobropillya in rapid gains that threaten the security of the entire contested region. If Russia cements its hold on the territory, it will damage Ukrainian...

Summary Trump, Putin cite progress but offer no details First summit between the two presidents since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 Trump greets Putin on red carpet at US air base in Alaska Zelenskiy, not invited, says Ukraine is 'counting on America' ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said that nearly three hours of direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday did not yield an agreement to pause Moscow's war in Ukraine, though he characterized the meeting as "very productive." During brief remarks to reporters, the two leaders said they had made progress on...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A parent of a Linda Vista Elementary School student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday afternoon, the San Diego Unified School District confirmed. According to the district, the incident happened after 3 p.m. near the school while the parent was waiting to pick up their child. SDUSD says several families witnessed the detainment, but students did not see it. ...

Video obtained by Local 4 shows what appears to be a current Hamtramck councilmember dropping off stacks of absentee ballots at a city drop box days before the August primary election. Michigan State Police confirmed the video is part of an ongoing investigation into the residency of two city council members. The video captures two men in a black vehicle approaching the city’s official ballot drop box. The passenger, identified by sources as current City Council Member Abu Musa, hands several large bundles of what appear to be absentee ballots to the driver, who then deposits them into the box....

Donald Trump's White House will purge around 300,000 federal workers this year as part of his ambitious bid to streamline the civil service. The massive cull represents a 12.5 percent cut to the workforce, which Trump has complained is bloated and inefficient. Office of Personnel Management director Scott Kupor said 80 percent of those workers would leave voluntarily and only 20 percent would be fired. The figure is almost double the amount of workers reported to have taken buyouts last month. Upon taking office in January, President Donald Trump launched a massive campaign to downsize the 2.4-million strong federal civilian...

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit on ending the war in Ukraine, but the talks failed to produce the ceasefire that Mr. Trump had sought. The two leaders, along with a pair of top aides each, met for nearly three hours at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage after a carefully choreographed welcome that included a red carpet and military flyover. In brief remarks afterward, Putin alluded to unspecified "agreements," while Mr. Trump called the meeting "extremely productive." Neither leader, however, mentioned a halt to the fighting in Ukraine. The talks...

From Stylophones to pool balls, the world of music is full of weird and strange instruments. Here are just a few.Weird instruments? Why bother? Indeed, Lou Reed once wrote “you can’t beat two guitars, bass, and drums,” in the liner notes of his 1989 album, New York. Sorry, Lou, but that’s not always the case. Sometimes it takes a weird instrument to push a record into greatness – and Reed ought to know, since The Velvet Underground was probably the first rock band with a viola player. Obviously “strange” or “weird” is a relative term. The viola, by itself,...

John Fogerty, whose classic track “Fortunate Son” criticized Richard Nixon’s administration in the 1970s, compared the former president with current incumbent Donald Trump. The 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival song, released during the Vietnam War, explored the subject of rich people profiting from war while poorer people died in conflict, while the sons of those rich people avoided the draft and didn’t have to fight. The track’s relevance has been re-evaluated in recent years, with Nixon’s controversial presidency compared to that of Trump’s. In a new interview with the Guardian, Fogerty said he could handle having MAGA believers as fans of...