Anti-Israel agitators destroy floats at New York Pride parade, block parade route
On the final day of Pride Month, anti-Israel agitators disrupted New York’s Pride Parade by blocking the route and vandalizing floats. Videos posted on social media showed a group of anti-Israel activists sitting in the street holding posters and chanting “Free Palestine” and “From the sea to the river, Palestine will be free.” “We’ve certainly […]
Ukraine war briefing: multiple casualties in Russian attack on Dnipro apartment block | Ukraine
A Russian missile attack struck a nine-story residential building in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, killing at least one person and wounding six.Authorities say the death toll is fewer than 100. Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said the death toll was likely to rise as more people remain trapped inside after a four-story […]
Dawn Staley ticked off after an emphatic block on Kamilla Cardoso
The battle has begun. University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley was none too pleased to see former player and current Chicago Sky star Camila Cardozo get thwarted at the rim by Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson, one of the stars Staley coached at South Carolina. “Oh don’t do that to Camila! Don’t […]
Fatal shooting on NYC block lined with luxury stores could have been botched robbery: sources
A 31-year-old man was shot and killed in the upscale SoHo district early Tuesday morning in what appears to be an attempted robbery, police and officials said. Police said the man was shot in the right thigh around 5:15 a.m. on Greene Street near Broome Street, just outside Stone Island, a high-end men’s fashion store. […]
US judges block parts of key Biden student debt plan
President Biden’s latest student loan relief package was blocked by federal courts in Kansas and Missouri on Monday following lawsuits from several Republican-led states. A nationwide preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Kansas and U.S. District Judge John Ross in Missouri, both appointees by former President Barack Obama, prevents the Biden […]
Courts block parts of Biden student loan repayment plan
Two federal judges in Missouri and Kansas have blocked parts of the Biden administration’s efforts aimed at reducing student loan payments, raising doubts for millions of Americans affected by the program. In Kansas, Judge Michael Crabtree ruled that the Department of Education could not implement the full scope of the Savings for a Valuable Education […]
Judges partially block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan over constitutional challenge from 11 states
Two judges Opposed President Joe Biden on Monday pushed ahead with his student loan forgiveness plan over challenges from Republican-led states. During the 2016 campaign, Biden promised to shift student loan debt from borrowers to all taxpayers, but 11 states sued him, accusing him of usurping congressional power. “Today’s victory for Kansas is a victory […]
LA mayor criticizes ‘abhorrent’ violence after anti-Israel protesters block synagogue
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (Democrat) called the violent clashes, which took place on social media late Sunday night between anti-Israel activists and Israel supporters, “abhorrent.” The violence began just before noon on Sunday. Adastra Synagogue in the 9000 block of Pico Boulevard. “The violence that occurred today in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood is abhorrent and […]
Bay Ridge parents, pols push to block legal pot shop near schools, churches
Bay Ridge parents, politicians and civic leaders are pleading with state regulators to reject plans to open marijuana stores near the Brooklyn neighborhood’s numerous schools and places of worship. “We are writing to express our firm opposition to the proposed opening of this cannabis dispensary,” Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and state Assemblymen Michael Tanoussis and Alec […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskiy calls for more military aid after strike on Kharkiv apartment block | Ukraine
A Russian guided bomb destroyed an apartment building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, on Saturday, killing three people and wounding 52. Officials said the injured included three children. Photos posted online showed part of a five-story apartment building in ruins, with shattered windows, destroyed balconies and rubble scattered around a crater in the ground. Regional […]