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CARACAS, Venezuela — (AP) — Venezuela's Supreme Court, loyal to President Nicolás Maduro, on Tuesday ordered the takeover of two influential political parties opposed to the socialist government ahead of parliamentary elections expected this year. The court suspended and replaced the board of directors for the Justice First party a day after the same move against the Democratic Action, one of the nation's oldest and largest parties. It was part of a “necessary restructuring process,” the court said in rulings posted on Facebook. No legal action was taken, however, against Popular Will, the party of opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who...

On Monday, Pima County Superior Court Judge Gus Aragon sentenced RT America’s Boom Bust host, Daniel Brito, to 12 days in the Pima County jail and three years probation for assaulting a Trump supporter, Jonathan Sparks. Brito attacked Sparks for wearing a “MAGA” hat on November 3, 2018. On October 7, 2019, Brito entered a plea of guilty to the crimes of Theft By Control, a Class Six Undesignated Offense, and Aggravated Assault On An Incapacitated Victim. Daniel Brito is the co-host of Boom Bust, a global, daily, live report covering the world of business and finance, produced by RT...

A 23-year-old Westminster woman who died after being beaten outside a Santa Ana nightclub earlier this year has saved the lives of countless others because of her desire to be an organ donor. Kim Pham was violently attacked outside The Crosby on Jan. 18. Days later, she died of complications from blunt force trauma to the head. “After two doctors announced that she was dead, we didn’t want to let go,” Pham’s sister, Katie Nguyen, said. When tests confirmed there was no brain activity, however, the Pham family began preparing. Not for a funeral, but to ensure that Pham’s last...

Many of us grew up in theological backgrounds where the psalms were known, but not sung. These theological backgrounds are anomalies throughout the history of the Church. E.F. Harrison observed that "Psalmody was a part of the synagogue service that naturally passed over into the life of the church." Calvin Stapert speaks of the fathers' "enthusiastic promotion of psalm-singing" which he says, "reached an unprecedented peak in the fourth century." James McKinnon speaks of "an unprecedented wave of enthusiasm" for the psalms in the second half of the fourth century. Hughes Oliphint Old argued that Calvin appealed to the church...

A Brooklyn teacher caught naked in a lesbian sex romp was given the heave-ho this week -- after ridiculously claiming that she ended up naked and sweaty with a colleague on a classroom floor because she was being treated for low blood sugar. Spanish teacher Alini Brito, 30, said colleague Cindy Mauro led her into a darkened classroom at James Madison HS for an insulin shot and candy when a dizzy spell forced her to the ground. "[I] started getting those -- my heart beating fast, a little dizzy, and I knew that I wasn't feeling well," she told school...

Franklin Brito, agricultural producer of 49 years of age, that maintained successive hunger strikes in protest against the Venezuelan Government, passed away at night of this Monday, according to local means of press that mention familiar sources. The newspaper the Universal one informed in its digital edition of which the wife of Franklin Brito, Elena, declared to the metropolitan newspaper that his husband died around the 21,00 local time of Monday (01,30 GMT of Tuesday).

Briton key suspect in nuclear ring Man accused of smuggling parts tells Guardian: 'I was framed' Owen Bowcott, Ian Traynor in Zagreb, John Aglionby in Jakarta and Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington Thursday February 12, 2004 The Guardian (UK) A Middle East-based British businessman has emerged as a key suspect in a secret network supplying Libya, Iran and North Korea with equipment to build nuclear bombs. Speaking for the first time yesterday, Paul Griffin denied that his company played any part in shipping prohibited material from the Far East. He told the Guardian: "We have been framed." His comments came as...

Briton surfing bomb websites arrested in Florida library Florida police have evacuated a public library and arrested a Briton who was using a computer to look at bomb-making websites. Officials say they found suspicious liquids in his backpack. Nigel Gates, 45, from London, has been charged with obstructing justice. He is being held at Charlotte County Jail on immigration violations. Gates's visa expired 11 years ago and he gave a false name during questioning, according to police records. Lieutenant Jason Ciaschini, police spokesman in Punta Gorda, where Gates was held, says he told officers the liquids were paint thinner and...