Section: US & Canada
Photos of the Week: Turkey Pardon, Deer Hoof, Seattle Owl
A foggy sunrise in Germany, a fiery protest in Guatemala, a resort in the Andaman Sea, a strongman contest in Crimea, the ongoing pandemic worldwide, mourning in Argentina for Diego Maradona, figure skating in Russia, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, and much more. …read more Source:: The...
If Voters Had Known About 8 Stories Media Ignored, Trump Would Have Won, Says Media Watchdog
The head of a media watchdog organization says the media’s failure to cover eight stories may be the reason President Donald Trump lost the election. “The media can talk all day long about Donald Trump and all day long about things that he’s doing wrong,” Brent Bozell, founder and president of the Media Research Center, said on a call...
Rights Groups: Kazakh Authorities Use Coronavirus to Smother Political Dissent
The government of Kazakhstan, which has been widely criticized in the past for using an “extremism” label to target political dissent, is now increasing pressure on peaceful assembly under the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, say rights groups and observers of the Central Asian country.Kazakhstan has registered 127,580 infections and 1,945 deaths...
Will Rudy Giuliani be disbarred? Probably not for Trump’s election lawsuits, experts say.
Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Rudy Giuliani has been criticized for frivolous, dishonest litigation and is on the receiving end of calls to take away his...
Push to end domestic violence — worsened by coronavirus — draws rallies around the world
Protests from France to Ukraine were held on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to draw attention to domestic violence in what is an uphill struggle to protect millions of women killed or abused every year by their partners and close relatives. …read more Source:: Global...
The Democrats’ Maddening Cowardice Is Carrying Over into the Biden Era
The debate over how to characterize what the country’s been put through over the past three weeks will carry on for the rest of our lives. And Donald Trump’s waddle through the stages of grief is sure to last through January. But his election gambit is functionally over. Results have been certified in Georgia, Michigan, and...
Dutch Court Rejects Request To Investigate Alternative MH17 Crash Scenarios
A court in the Netherlands hearing the case against four defendants in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine has rejected a defense request for more time to investigate alternative explanations for the crash that killed 298 people aboard. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Computer repairman at center of ‘Biden laptop’ scandal closes shop, disappears amid purported death threats
John Paul Mac Isaac, the computer repairman at the center of a reported Biden family scandal, has closed his Wilmington, Delaware, computer repair shop amid purported death threats. Mac Isaac previously claimed he had a laptop computer and hard drive containing information about former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and his...
Global push to end domestic violence, worse amid COVID-19
PARIS (AP) — With domestic violence on the rise amid the coronavirus pandemic, activists are holding protests Wednesday from France to Turkey and world dignitaries are trying to find ways to protect millions of women killed or abused every year by their partners. The pope called for global action to mark the International Day for the Elimination...
A brief, bloody war in a corner of Asia is a warning about why the tank’s days of dominance may be over
A destroyed Armenian tank in November 2020. Gavriil GrigorovTASS via Getty Images Footage of Azerbaijani drones attacking Armenia forces during earlier this year showed the small, relatively cheap munitions wreaking havoc on tanks and armored vehicles. The brief but destructive conflict has reinvigorated debate about whether tanks, which have...
