House speaker says Senate border security bill ‘dead on arrival’ in lower chamber
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) criticized the Senate’s bipartisan $118 billion border security and foreign aid package after the deal was released Sunday night, saying the proposal “doesn’t meet our expectations.” It is “even worse than what it was” and “will be invalidated.” ‘On arrival’ in the lower room. The bill allocates $20 billion for […]
Earl Cureton, former NBA champion and college star, dead at 66
Earl Cureton, a Detroit high school and college star who went on to play for the Pistons and later served as a community ambassador for the organization, died Sunday at the age of 66. Known as “Earl the Twirl,” Cureton had a stellar career at Detroit Finney High School and then played one season at […]
Cold War-era rocket once capable of carrying nuclear warhead found in dead homeowner’s garage
An inert, rusting rocket that once could have carried a nuclear warhead was discovered in the cluttered garage of a recently deceased Washington homeowner. The local police bomb squad made an emergency visit last Thursday following the discovery of a military rocket. It was soon determined that the missile debris was inert and posed no […]
Speaker Johnson Pledges ‘Worse Than Expected’ Senate Border Bill ‘Dead on Arrival’ in House
“We’ve seen enough,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) declared Sunday night. Just hours after Senate negotiators unveiled a pro-immigration border bill, Prime Minister Johnson vowed the bill would never pass the House of Commons. “This bill is even worse than we expected and far from ending the border disaster the president has wrought,” Johnson wrote […]
Rich Caster, former Jets Pro Bowler, dead at 75
Rich Castor, who played 13 seasons in the NFL, including eight seasons with the Jets after being drafted in the second round of the 1970 draft, died Friday. According to Clarion Ledger. Caster was 75 years old and was battling Parkinson’s disease. The tight end/wide receiver was named to three Pro Bowls in 1972, 1974 […]
At least 99 dead as authorities struggle to contain forest fires in Chile | Chile
Firefighters are responding to a massive forest fire that broke out in central Chile on Friday. Authorities extended curfews in the cities worst hit by the fires, where they said at least 99 people had died. The fires were burning most intensely around the city of Viña del Mar, where the Botanical Garden, founded in […]
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob Dead At 82
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob died on Sunday at the age of 82, the Associated Press reported. Mr Geingob died at Lady Pohamba Hospital where he was being treated for cancer. according to To AP. According to the newspaper, his office previously disclosed his cancer treatment, which included a series of medical procedures in January. Despite […]
At Least 28 Dead in Russian-Occupied Ukraine as Shelling Hits Bakery
(AP) – Authorities in Moscow say Ukrainian military shelling has killed at least 28 people at a bakery in the Russian-occupied city of Liszchansk. Local leader Leonid Pasiechnik said in a statement on Telegram on Saturday that at least one child was among the dead. A further 10 people were rescued from under the rubble […]
UK Lawmaker Calls for Dead People to Be Able to Change Their Gender
A left-wing Labor MP has called for UK law to be changed to allow people to publicly change their gender after death. In a written question submitted to parliament last month, Warrington North MP Charlotte Nicholls called for updates to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004 to “recognize deceased transgender people legally according to the […]
When dead children are just the price of doing business, Zuckerberg’s apology is empty | Carole Cadwalladr
I While he generally disapproves of blood sports, he is willing to make an exception for hunting and luring Silicon Valley executives into Congressional committee rooms. But I like expensive, pointless glasses. And the waterboarding of a tech company CEO in Congress is exactly the kind of situation where fireworks go off, a moment of […]