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Iran president dead in helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of the country.
Rescuers on Monday found the helicopter that had been carrying the president and other officials including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, who also died, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. It crashed on Sunday near ...Read more
Iran crash: President Raisi’s fate raises concerns in Tehran over potential loss of loyalist
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who remains missing after the helicopter he was in crashed on May 19, 2024, is a consummate loyalist whose death would be a blow to the country’s conservative leadership.
While search and rescue teams – hampered by rain, fog, forests and mountains – searched for wreckage, Iran’s Supreme Leader ...Read more
China hits Boeing Defense, two others with symbolic sanctions
China sanctioned three U.S. defense contractors in a mostly symbolic move that signals its unhappiness with U.S. arms sales to Taiwan the same day the island installs a new leader.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. were added to an “unreliable entity” list for ...Read more
Mumbai heads to polls as India's opposition gets renewed boost
India’s financial capital Mumbai — home to billionaires, film stars and millions of slum dwellers — goes to the polls on Monday, with the opposition alliance making a renewed push to break Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hold on power.
Voting will take place in six constituencies in Mumbai as well as 43 others across the country in ...Read more
In Chicago pro-Palestinian rally, coalition calls for mobilization ahead of DNC in August
Outside the 18th District Chicago police station, a group gathered Sunday afternoon waving Palestinian flags and wearing kaffiyehs in the first of many actions ahead of the Democratic National Convention being held in the city in August. In a contentious election year, the rally encapsulated a growing feeling of discontent with the political ...Read more
Harvard suspends, sanctions 35 pro-Palestine protesters, students say disciplinary measures 'violated' agreement to end encampment
Harvard handed out notice of academic sanctions to 35 pro-Palestine student protesters over the weekend, students said — a move that galvanized renewed pushback from groups Sunday and that some organizers say breaks the agreement between the university and students to end their encampment.
“Harvard has violated its agreement with student ...Read more
'Gun Owners for Trump' coalition announced in response to 'migrant crime wave'
Ahead of his address to and endorsement by the National Rifle Association over the weekend, former President Donald Trump’s campaign announced they would join with the Republican National Committee in forming a new coalition called “Gun Owners for Trump,”
According to the 45th President’s Make America Great Again campaign, the group ...Read more
U.S. college campuses 'ransacked' by antisemitism, Bay State congressman says
College campuses are awash in antisemitism and need to do more to address it, according to one Massachusetts lawmaker.
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss said Sunday that his visits to some Bay State’s college campuses, including his alma mater, Harvard University, have left him with concerns for the Jewish students studying at those schools in the ...Read more
Colorado will ease path to college by paying back 2 years of tuition for lower-income students
Colorado students whose families make $90,000 a year or less would be eligible to be reimbursed for two years of in-state tuition at public four-year universities, community colleges and technical schools under a bill awaiting Gov. Jared Polis’ signature.
Supporters of the legislation — HB24-1340, passed on the final day of the session — ...Read more
California GOP convention: Lara Trump doubles down on election rigging claims
Hours after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noema, who has admitted to fatally shooting her dog, spoke at the California Republican Convention, Lara Trump said that because of the poor economy, American families must choose between feeding their children and feeding their pets.
“People have to make decisions about how they are going to afford their ...Read more
As bird flu spreads to dairy cows, Minnesota's raptors show signs of building remarkable immunity
A little barred owl looked up from the crux of Dana Franzen-Klein's elbow, stared the veterinarian in the eye and, in as tough and menacing of a posture as he could muster, clicked his beak. The injured bird was a baby, maybe a month old. His click was a warning, that despite being a puffball barely bigger than Franzen-Klein's palm, he would ...Read more
Prosecutors fight bail release for reputed Mexican Mafia chief in OC
To those in his corner, Johnny Martinez is a brilliant, caring, jailhouse lawyer who has unfairly spent his entire adult life behind bars for a murder he did not commit.
But to those trying to keep him locked up, Martinez is the ultra-violent capo of a notorious prison gang who has extorted drug dealers and ordered hits on people who crossed ...Read more
Iran's president missing after helicopter crash in dense fog
Rescue teams are searching into the night to try to locate Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter crashed on his way back from a visit to the country’s northwest.
There was dense fog in the region, making conditions difficult for search teams, state media said, without giving a direct cause for the incident on Sunday. Iran’s ...Read more
Israel's war cabinet in turmoil but Netanyahu seen as secure
It certainly appeared crucial. Benny Gantz, ramrod straight and facing the cameras with gravity, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shift course on the Gaza war or he’d quit the three-man war cabinet. Israel, he said, needs “a government that will win the people’s trust.”
Coming days after the other war cabinet member, Defense ...Read more
California Democratic Party endorses ballot measures on same-sex marriage, taxes, rent control
California Democratic Party leaders at their annual executive board convention this weekend took positions on a host of statewide measures that will — or may — appear on the November ballot.
In a state where Democrats vastly outnumber Republicans, state party backing will be a boon for endorsed propositions during the costly campaign slog ...Read more
Accused thief speeds off in police SUV -- with officer still inside, California cops say
An accused thief sped away in a Los Angeles Police Department SUV with the officer still inside, California authorities reported.
An officer on a security detail around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, May 19, was inside her police SUV when a man walked up and stole it, according to a series of Los Angeles Police Department posts on X, formerly known as ...Read more
California bans public funding for religious schools. With the courts' help, these families want to change that.
California has long had a hard ban preventing public school funding from going toward any sectarian instruction or sectarian schools.
But now families in at least two federal lawsuits in California, encouraged by a Supreme Court that has been friendly to many religious liberty cases, are challenging that prohibition, which they argue ...Read more
Slovaks probe possible broader plot behind premier's shooting
The Slovak police said they’re investigating the possible involvement of more people than just a “lone-wolf” shooter in the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Government officials initially said that a single perpetrator with a political motive was responsible for the May 15 attack. On Sunday, authorities said that ...Read more
9/11 video alleges 'secret' new evidence in landmark case against Saudi hijackers
The 9/11 families are closer to the truth than ever before.
A federal judge in Manhattan is expected to rule anytime now on Saudi Arabia’s appeal to toss a lawsuit against the Kingdom, but if this landmark case goes forward, long-buried secrets of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks will be exposed.
“This is the closest thing you’re going...Read more
Biden faces pro-Palestinian silent protest at Morehouse graduation
President Joe Biden renewed his call for a temporary cease-fire in Gaza in a speech at Morehouse College’s graduation ceremony, where some participants donned Palestinian colors in protest at Israel’s military incursion.
Biden’s address at the historically Black school in Atlanta brought him face to face with some of the campus unrest set...Read more
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