Month: June 2023

DUPAGE COUNTY, Illinois (WLS) — The man killed in a shooting that left 22 others injured early Sunday morning near Willowbrook in the southwest suburbs has been identified. Reginald Meadows, 31, of Willowbrook, died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen, the DuPage County Coroner’s Office said Monday morning. Robert Fakhouri, a lawyer for the victim’s family, said they are now taking legal action against the property owner for wrongful death, claiming they failed to take any safety precautions to ensure the safety of the crowd. “He is a resident of this neighborhood. He was there gathered with his friends…

NEW YORK – Trust in the scientific community declined among American adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a partisan divide in views of both science and medicine that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19. A technician prepares samples from patients with the COVID-19 coronavirus for testing in a laboratory on March 11, 2020 in Long Island, New York. John Minchillo, Associated Press Overall, 39 percent of American adults said they had “a lot of trust” in the scientific community, down from 48 percent in 2018 and 2021. That’s according to the General Social Survey, a long-running survey…

CNN — The FBI, conscious of not wanting to appear partisan, had to go months without launching a formal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s role in efforts to subvert the 2020 election. The Washington Post reported Monday, though the episode does not appear to have significantly hampered prosecutors’ ability to look at Trump for federal crimes over the past two years. Shortly after the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, senior Justice Department and FBI officials dismissed as premature a plan to investigate Trump allies as part of their investigation and , initially avoided naming him as…

Suspect arrested in deadly crash in Minneapolis Minneapolis police confirm Derrick John Thompson, son of former state Rep. John Thompson, has been arrested in connection with a high-speed crash Friday night that killed five young women. Thompson, 27, was arrested Monday afternoon for probable cause murder. Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty says she is reviewing the case for a charging decision. According to state records, a man with the same name and date of birth as Thompson had just gotten his license back on June 7 after it had been revoked. Court records show Thompson has a prior felony…

On June 15, the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act in a 7-2 decision. The ruling preserves a 35-year-old law intended to address the harm caused by the federal government’s boarding school program by prioritizing the placement of Alaska Native and American Indian children in tribal homes. Alaska Native leaders and the state of Alaska praised the verdict, with praise pouring in from all corners of the state. “Like most Alaska Native and American Indian tribes across the country, we have been anxiously awaiting this decision,” Julie Kitka, president of the Alaska Federation of…

The pushback against proposed wind turbine projects on New Jersey’s South Atlantic coast has begun to have a significant impact.Three resident groups have sued the state over its proposed offshore wind farm, and Congress has agreed to investigate the environmental impact of the turbines.An attorney for the plaintiffs, Bruce Afran, says the state “has recognized that wind turbines will destroy marine habitat, compress the seafloor, severely damage marine communities … and harm the beach economy.” Opponents of offshore wind projects in New Jersey are gaining legal and political traction as they seek to shut down the nascent industry. Over the…

NEW YORK – Trust in the scientific community declined among American adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a partisan divide in views of both science and medicine that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. 19. A technician prepares samples from patients with the COVID-19 coronavirus for testing in a laboratory on March 11, 2020 in Long Island, New York. John Minchillo, Associated Press Overall, 39 percent of American adults said they had “a lot of trust” in the scientific community, down from 48 percent in 2018 and 2021. That’s according to the General Social Survey, a long-running survey…

Abdoulaye Bathilyreported the Security Council and recognized the recent efforts of the so-called “6+6” Commission working towards new elections, as an important step forward, although insufficient to resolve the most controversial problems. He said that the lack of agreement on the eligibility criteria for the presidential poll, the link between it and the parliamentary elections and the question of forming a new unified government, were “highly controversial“and they depend on reaching a political agreement”across the political spectrum“. Without the internationally recognized government and other rival centers of political power such as the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA)…