Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Inside her home in Caracas, Venezuela, a mother’s heart swelled with hope — an optimism so tangible, it brought her down to her knees. “Gracias, dios mío,” — thank you, God — Wendelin Peña repeated as tears streamed down her face that Oct. 18 afternoon. The Biden … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Authorities in Croatia have arrested a man accused of engineering a cross-country fugitive escape that allowed a Russian man to get back to his home country — the latest move in a global cat-and-mouse game between U.S. authorities and criminal suspects with ties to Russian President Vladimir … Read more
Veteran Univision anchor Jorge Ramos has become the latest prominent member of the Hispanic community to criticize the network for its controversial interview with former President Donald Trump, which has been viewed by some as being too friendly. Writing in a column Saturday on his website, Ramos said Trump’s Nov. 9 sit-down with veteran journalist … Read more
Warning: This article discusses suicide. After the suicide deaths of one retired and three current members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in a 24-hour period, officials released a statement Tuesday saying the department “is beyond saddened to learn of the deaths.” While the sheriff’s department did not identify the employees or say the … Read more
A senior State Department official who worked in the bureau overseeing arms transfers resigned on Wednesday over the Biden administration’s decision to continue sending weapons and ammunition to Israel. His departure is a rare sign of internal dissent over the administration’s strong support for Israel as it continues airstrikes in Gaza following Hamas’s deadly attacks … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Former ambassador David M. Satterfield has been appointed as special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues, a role in which he will focus on “ensuring lifesaving assistance can reach vulnerable people throughout the Middle East,” the State Department announced Sunday. Satterfield, a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey who is director of … Read more
The United States Justice Department (DOJ) is being asked to investigate whether a gunshot-detection system widely in use across the US is being selectively deployed to justify the overpolicing of mainly Black neighborhoods, as critics of the technology claim. Attorneys for the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)—a leading US-based civil liberties group—argue that “substantial … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason, Jr. have announced Quincy Jones as the recipient of the inaugural Peace through Music Award. The award is part of a new “Global Music Diplomacy Initiative” between the State Department and the Recording Academy to promote music as a tool for diplomacy and … Read more
Ford has obtained a conditional $9.2 billion mortgage from the US Division of Vitality to assemble three crops that can produce batteries for future Ford and Lincoln electrical automobiles. The mortgage for the American automotive producer will assist the US attain web zero electrical energy by 2035, and have EVs make up half of all … Read more
The Justice Division has arrested and charged a Russian nationwide for his alleged position in a number of LockBit ransomware assaults in opposition to victims within the U.S. and all over the world. Based on a felony criticism unsealed on Thursday, 20-year-old Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov is accused of finishing up 5 cyberattacks between August 2020 … Read more