Month: June 2023

KEW GARDENS, Queens (WABC) — A Queens man has been charged after he shot and killed another person who was allegedly trying to rob him, police said. Officials say the shooting happened in a driveway on 82nd Avenue in Kew Gardens around 2 a.m. Wednesday. The 32-year-old man was armed with a sharp object and tried to rob a 65-year-old man of money and cigarettes, authorities said. The 65-year-old man, identified as Charles Foehner, pulled out a gun and shot him up to five times. In surveillance video seen by Eyewitness News, the assailant tackles Foehner from 40 feet away….

House Democrats this week rejected allegations that President Biden improperly accepted money from a Ukrainian company during the Obama administration, but defended his administration for charging crimes against his likely 2024 challenger, the ‘former president Donald Trump. “I’ve seen a lot of allegations against President Biden from the MAGA Republicans, but the truth is, they haven’t amounted to anything…I don’t think they have much credibility. But, look, they can knock themselves out.” Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said when asked if there should be an investigation into Biden’s allegations. “All I want them to do is pay America’s bills, fund the…

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (WABC) — The suspect accused of murdering a Sayreville councilwoman appeared in court Wednesday in Virginia ahead of his extradition. Dwumfour was fatally shot inside his car on Feb. 1 after dropping someone off in Sayreville. Four months later, Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth, Virginia, was arrested Tuesday morning just before 11 a.m. Police say Bynum knew Dwumfour from Fire Congress Fellowship (FCF), a church Dwumfour was previously affiliated with, which is also affiliated with Champion Royal Assembly Church in Newark, which was his current church. “This is something that is upsetting to the family…

A large search and rescue operation was launched in the area. Authorities said 104 people have been rescued so far after the overnight incident about 75 kilometers southwest of Greece’s Peloponnese region. A fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and sank off the southern coast of Greece early Wednesday, killing at least 32 people. A large search and rescue operation was launched in the area. Authorities said 104 people have been rescued so far after the overnight incident about 75 kilometers southwest of Greece’s Peloponnese region. Four of the survivors were hospitalized with symptoms of hypothermia. It was unclear…

We are all faced with a silent killer who demands to be chained up and stopped in his tracks. This Silent Killer is known by a familiar name. That name is Breaking News. Breaking News is breaking our hearts, wreaking havoc on our senses, and may be a factor in the alarm being sounded about the pervasiveness of depression, sadness, and feelings of loneliness in America. We have not realized, let alone assessed, the hourly damage that is inflicted on a nation of people through a seemingly benign commodity known as Breaking News. Breaking news is rarely, if ever, good…

Former President Trump appeared somber and calm in a Miami courtroom, hands clasped and leaning back in his chair, at times speaking loudly only to utter the words “not guilty” to 37 federal charges stemming from his handling of classified documents. Shockingly, it was the second time in three months that Trump had been impeached. And that’s not counting the $5 million civil judgment against him for sexual abuse in late April. Two more criminal investigations are still pending, trials are looming, and Trump remains the favorite for the Republican nomination. Elizabeth Williams / AP / AP Former President Donald…

ROME, ITALY – OCTOBER 21: Silvio Berlusconi of the “Forza Italia” party arrives at the Quirinal Palace … [+] for Italian President Sergio Mattarella’s consultations with political party leaders on October 21, 2022 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) Getty Images The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died Monday at the age of 86. Berlusconi, who eventually became a billionaire, was not born into luxury. He grew up in Milan in a middle-class family, the son of a bank clerk and a housewife. He studied law at the University of Milan but made his mark in business…

A banner on Fox News during former President Trump’s speech following his appearance on federal charges in Miami at one point referred to President Biden as a “would-be dictator.” “WANNABE DICTATOR SPEAKS AT WHITE HOUSE AFTER HIS POLITICAL RIVAL ARRESTED,” read the chyron on Fox just before 9 p.m., as the network provided continuous live coverage of Trump’s comments. The network briefly aired a side-by-side view of Trump’s speech from his New Jersey golf club and Biden’s remarks from the White House, but never separated from the audio of Trump’s speech. In a departure from a recent trend, Fox carried…