Month: June 2023

WASHINGTON (TND) — Is there strong evidence against former President Donald Trump or is it the latest classified document fiasco increasing his chances for a second term in the White House? Many Republicans, including Trump’s opponents in the 2024 presidential election, have suggested that indicting Trump for allegedly hoarding classified documents is an example of political persecution. Former Vice President Mike Pence, along with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, are running against Trump to win the Republican nomination. Even so, they have apparently defended their rival during the last few campaign stops. Pence, who served as vice president under Trump, has…

LONDON (AP) – Two very different British politicians who often clashed, Boris Johnson i Nicola Sturgeon both took their matches to great heights, and both have suffered sudden and dramatic falls. Former UK Prime Minister Johnson resigned as a lawmaker rather than be impeached for lying to Parliament. Sturgeon, the former leader of Scotland, was arrested and interrogated by the police investigating his party’s finances. Here’s what you need to know about the dramatic evolution of UK politics: WHO IS INVOLVED? Johnson and Sturgeon are big political figures, widely known only by their first names: Boris and Nicola. Johnson, 58,…

Professor Jill Locke has taught at Gustavus since 2000. Political science professor Jill Locke has been named the James McPherson Endowed Chair in American History. His three-year appointment to the position began on June 1. The chair he was gifted by Dr. James M. McPherson ’58, professor emeritus at Princeton University and renowned historian who won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for his book, Battle cry of freedom: the era of civil war. McPherson gave $1 million to Gustavus in 2019 to fund the chair. Locke is the second Gustavus faculty member appointed to the position. The first was Professor of…

The thick smoke and haze that turned the New York City skyline orange and brought some of the worst air quality levels the Northeast has seen in decades was generated by a series of wildfires forests burning in Canada. The fires, which began in early June and have affected Ontario and Quebec, have affected both Canadians and Americans. Canadian media reported that 14,000 people in Quebec were evacuated in early June. In Canada, the fires caused thick smoke that prompted air quality warnings. In the Northeast, there was a similar effect: cities like New York and Philadelphia were covered in…

Monday, June 12, 2023 at 09:19 For: News 9 OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City police have identified the person killed in a fatal shooting early Monday morning in east Oklahoma City. OCPD said they responded to the scene near South Bryant Avenue and Southeast 29th Street, where officers found 31-year-old Justin Smith with a gunshot wound to the chest. Officers said Smith and 21-year-old Johnathon Thomas were arguing when Thomas shot Smith. Smith was later pronounced dead at the scene, while Thomas remained at the scene and was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder. [ad_2] Source link

>>WATCH LIVE Carlos Asencio’s murder trial WORCESTER, Mass. — The murder trial of a man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend inside a crowded Worcester restaurant in 2019 began Monday with opening statements. Carlos Asencio, of Derry, New Hampshire, is charged with murder in the July 3, 2019, death of Amanda Dabrowski at O’Connor’s Restaurant on West Boylston Street. Prosecutors say Asencio repeatedly stabbed Dabrowski, who was 31 at the time, in front of restaurant patrons before several good Samaritans jumped in to subdue him. Asencio and Dabrowski were co-workers and the two dated for a short period of time. The…

Breaking News Update 8:25 am 12/6/23: Authorities say a homicide investigation is underway after a woman was found dead inside a car at a Bixby park. According to police, shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, officers were called to conduct a welfare check on a woman whose children were worried about her. Related story: Pryor police arrest man in connection with late-night homicide Police say they located the car the caller had detailed to Washington Irving Memorial Park near East 136th Street South and South Memorial Drive and found a woman dead inside. Authorities say they were able to locate a…

>>WATCH LIVE Carlos Asencio’s murder trial WORCESTER, Mass. — The murder trial of a man accused of stabbing his girlfriend inside a crowded Worcester restaurant in 2019 began Monday with opening statements. Carlos Asencio, of Derry, New Hampshire, is charged with murder in the July 3, 2019, death of Amanda Dabrowski at O’Connor’s Restaurant on West Boylston Street. Prosecutors say Asencio repeatedly stabbed Dabrowski, who was 31 at the time, in front of restaurant patrons before several good Samaritans jumped in to subdue him. Asencio and Dabrowski were co-workers and the two dated for a short period of time. The…