Month: June 2023

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) saw a boost to his political brand Tuesday night after his slate of endorsed candidates in state legislative races won their primaries. Youngkin participated in the GOP contests last month, endorsing 10 candidates, all of whom won against their primary rivals. The results are a boon for the incumbent governor ahead of what is expected to be a hotly contested cycle in November. They also bolster his image as a rising star within the ranks of the GOP. In a memo released Wednesday, Youngkin’s Spirit of Virginia PAC Chairman Dave Rexrode argued that Youngkin has…

CNN — Welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House this week for a state visit, the highest form of American diplomacy, will require President Joe Biden to make some compromises. Modi, hugely popular in India, has shown a drift towards authoritarianism that has worried the West. He has cracked down on dissent, targeted journalists and introduced policies that rights groups say discriminate against Muslims. However, Modi and India, the world’s largest democracy, also represent a linchpin of Biden’s strategy in Asia. The country recently surpassed China to become the most populous country on Earth. In Biden’s view,…

Imran Khan is fighting for his political survival after Pakistani authorities launched a crackdown on his party, with the popular former prime minister acknowledging his path back to power is narrowing. Since being ousted in a no-confidence vote last year, Khan has waged a relentless campaign to force an election, mobilizing supporters across the country and defying Pakistan’s powerful military, which he accuses of orchestrating his ouster. a way that few others have dared. This high-stakes campaign now appears to have failed. In recent weeks, authorities have detained thousands of his supporters and dozens of senior leaders have left his…

London – Much has been said about how to find the Titan, the tourist submersible that disappeared Sunday while carrying five people to the remains of the Titanic, and how difficult it will be to locate the little ship in the vast North Atlantic. But even if the monumental effort by US and Canadian authorities to find the diver succeeds, this is only the first challenge. Rescuing the five people from the diver would be another challenge. With no sightings on the surface, the only lead rescuers had to follow by Wednesday afternoon was the sound of described as banging…

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Yusef Salaam has announced his candidacy for a seat on the New York City Council in a Harlem district.Salaam is among the wrongly convicted “Central Park Five,” a group of black and brown teenagers who were suspected of beating and raping a white woman in 1989.Salaam will face New York Assembly members Al Taylor and Inez Dickens in a hotly contested Democratic primary. The district’s political leanings make its Democratic candidates almost certain winners in the general election. Outside a Harlem subway station, Yusef Salaam, a candidate for New York City Hall, hastily waved to voters exiting Malcolm X Boulevard….

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Police confirmed to 6 News that two people were found dead Wednesday in a vehicle in the parking lot of an Omaha funeral home. Officers responded to a call at 3:32 p.m. Wednesday at Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in south Omaha and found a man and woman dead in a dark SUV in the parking lot with apparent injuries bullet According to OPD Lt. Neal Bonacci, two handguns were found in the vehicle. It has not yet been confirmed if weapons were used in the shootings. Funeral home employees had called 911 after hearing gunshots outside…