Cuba Sentences Mom to 15 Years in Prison for Filming Protest
Cuba’s communist regime this week sentenced 22-year-old Mayelin Rodríguez Prado to 15 years in prison for filming a peaceful protest in Nuvitas City in August 2022. Rodriguez Prado declared Along with a group of more than a dozen Cubans who also took part in the Nuevitas protests, they received a combined 15-year prison term, the […]
Biden Admin Unveils $3 Billion For Push To Replace All Lead Pipes In 10 Years
The Biden administration announced $3 billion in funding for its initiative to get rid of every lead pipe in the U.S. over the next ten years on Thursday. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the funding, which comes from the bipartisan infrastructure package of 2021 and is part of a larger $15 billion push to […]
Killer nurse sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for deaths of 17 patients
A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients was sentenced Thursday to life in prison after pleading guilty to three charges, including murder. Heather Presdy, 41, was sentenced at a hearing in Butler, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh, to three consecutive life sentences and additional […]
Four years after COVID, we are still lacking an international prevention plan
It’s been four years since the coronavirus pandemic struck, causing death and suffering for millions of people and extraordinary economic destruction around the world. In December 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its 194 member countries (all national governments) resolved Drafting and negotiating “treaties, agreements, or other international instruments to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, […]
Scuba boat Captain Jerry Boylan sentenced to four years in prison
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced the captain of a scuba diving boat to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for criminal negligence after a fire on board killed 34 people. The September 2, 2019, fire was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, sparking changes in […]
Olympian Stripped Of Honors 50 Years Later After Abuse Allegations Found Credible: REPORT
Ted Nash, a two-time Olympic medalist and long time Olympic coach, had his honors rescinded by USRowing after an investigation found allegations that he sexually abused a teenager in 1973 credible Tuesday. USRowing, a national rowing federation, began the investigation after Jennifer Fox, the alleged victim, contacted them in late 2022, the press release says. […]
Gag Order ‘Biggest Assault’ on First Amendment in 50 Years
The gag order against former President Donald Trump is the “greatest attack” on the First Amendment in at least the past 50 years, Trump’s lawyer Jesse Vinal said in an interview. Breitbart News Daily. New York County Judge Juan Marchan caused a stir when he ruled that Trump violated a gag order during his trial, […]
Delta Boeing 767 jet that dropped emergency slide is 33 years old — well past normal age for active airliner: experts
The Boeing plane that went on an emergency slide after taking off from JFK Airport on Friday is 33 years old, far beyond the typical retirement age for commercial jetliners, aviation experts say. The chute from Delta Air Lines Flight 520 came off the panel above the right wing shortly after the Los Angeles-bound plane […]
Americans widely opposed to Roe ruling nearly 2 years after it was overturned: Poll
Americans remain broadly opposed to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ruling that women have no federal right to abortion, according to a new poll released Wednesday. At CNN pollThe survey, conducted from April 18 to 23, found that nearly two-thirds (65%) of respondents said they did not support the Supreme Court’s […]
Stephane Matteau talks legendary 1994 Rangers goal 30 years later
That moment really happened in an instant. It unfolded within seconds. But it had many life-changing consequences and a memory forever seared into the soul of New York sports. There was so much involved in just a few seconds that it became one of the most iconic events in New York sports history. At the […]