92-year-old man dead, another seriously injured in car crash in Butler County – WPXI
CLAY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 92-year-old man was killed and a 21-year-old man was seriously injured in a crash in Clay Township. According to Pennsylvania State Police, the crash happened at 11:38 p.m. around 1115 W Sunbury Road (State Route 308) on Friday. Police said a Hyundai Santa Fe was traveling southbound and for unknown reasons crossed left of center and struck a Ford F-150XL T. Both cars came to an “uncontrollable rest.” Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. According to the police report, the two men involved in the crash were trapped in their vehicles….
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Leader of failed 2005 Peruvian uprising released from prison | Political news
Antauro Humala’s release follows surprise reduction of 19-year sentence, and his lawyer hints at a political comeback. A former Peruvian soldier who led a failed 2005 uprising has been released from prison after a surprise announcement that his 19-year sentence had been reduced. A lawyer for Antauro Humala, the leader of Peru’s nationalist ethnocacerista movement, which seeks to bring the country’s disenfranchised indigenous peoples to power, was quick to hint at a return to politics after the release on Saturday. Speaking to supporters who chanted “President Antauro”, he praised the 2005 uprising, in which he and his supporters attacked a…
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Boosting IRS funding becomes a political goal for Republicans
As Congress prepared to vote on President Joe Biden’s $700 billion climate, tax and health care bill earlier this month, the head of the US tax collection agency send one letter to the legislators who ask for their approval. Charles Rettig, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, knew that an $80 billion funding increase for the agency included in the bill was becoming one of the most controversial measures in the package among Republicans and joined his defense. “We are the greatest country in the world, but the agency that touches more Americans than any other continually struggles to receive…
Read More »Pope Francis calls for “peaceful coexistence” and dialogue in Nicaragua
The police forcibly entered the bishop’s residence, where he had been under house arrest for two weeks, during the morning of August 19. Álvarez is an outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega’s regime. As of August 19, Álvarez was under house arrest in a residence of his relatives. Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, was able to visit the arrested bishop on Friday. Álvarez is the bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa, in north-central Nicaragua. Along with eight other people—priests, seminarians and lay people—the bishop had been forcibly confined to the chancellery since August 4, and forbidden to receive food…
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Asante Kotoko appoint former Burkina Faso coach Seydou Zerbo as new head coach – Ghana Latest Football News, Live Scores, Results
Asante Kotoko SC have announced the appointment of former Burkina Faso international Seydou Zerbo as the club’s new head coach. Zerbo arrived in Ghana last night to conclude negotiations and other paperwork as exclusively confirmed by GHANAsoccernet.com. The 59-year-old who is nicknamed ‘Krol’ after Dutch tactician Ruud Krol is a replacement for Dr Prosper Narteh Ogum, who recently resigned from his post. He has signed a one-year contract with the Porcupine Warriors with an option for another year. Dr. Ogum guided the Ghanaian giants to the Ghana Premier League for the first time in eight years. Zerbo’s last job was…
Read More »Politics makes me feel like I don’t belong
These days there seems to be a long supply of political outrage chasing a small supply of perspective. I’m trying to figure out where I fit in. I consider myself reflective. But obviously thinking about options, alternatives and solutions is pointless if I don’t move forward. At this point, I’m more thoughtful than helpful. Like a lot of people, including most of my friends, I’m looking for some inspiration. The middle-class liberal/progressive inclination—let me speak for my brothers—is to write a check and go back to inertia. We have had too many expectations that have come to nothing. We are…
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Florida activists say black voters have seen their political power diminished – NPR
A voter leaves after voting in a special congressional election on January 11 in Miramar, Florida. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption toggle subtitle Rebecca Blackwell/AP A voter leaves after voting in a special congressional election on January 11 in Miramar, Florida. Rebecca Blackwell/AP JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A combination of new election laws and congressional redistricting has made it harder for Florida’s black communities to organize and vote, activists say. Florida, which concludes primary elections on Tuesday, is among several Republican-led states that have passed laws leading up to the 2020 election that impose new restrictions on voters as well as third-party…
Read More »2 vehicles driven into Connecticut River near Rocky Hill – Hartford Courant
Two vehicles were driven into the Connecticut River near Rocky Hill, according to fire and state officials. The boat launch at Rocky Hill Ferry Park was closed Saturday after the two vehicles entered the river Friday night or early Saturday morning, according to the Rocky Hill Fire Department. The vehicles were “sitting at the bottom of the river leaking gas” for a period of time, Rocky Hill Fire Chief Michael P. Garrahy said in a statement Saturday. No one was injured in connection with the overturned cars, Garrahy said in his statement. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s…
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