Leading Media Outlets Urge US to End Prosecution of Julian Assange The United States should end its prosecution of Julian Assange, leading media outlets from the United States and Europe that had collaborated with the WikiLeaks founder said on Monday, citing press freedom concerns.
"This indictment sets a dangerous precedent and threatens to undermine America's First Amendment and the freedom of the press," editors and publishers of The Guardian, The New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El País said in an open letter.
Assange is...
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:08:58 -0500 Biden Asks Congress to Avert Rail Strike, Warning of Dire Economic Impact U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday called on Congress to intervene to avert a potential rail strike that could occur as early as December 9, warning of a catastrophic economic impact if railroad service ground to a halt.
Biden asked lawmakers to adopt the tentative deal announced in September "without any modifications or delay - to avert a potentially crippling national rail shutdown" and added that up to 765,000 Americans "could be put out of work in the first two weeks...
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 20:46:29 -0500 'We the People' at Heart of White House Holiday Decorations "We the People" is Jill Biden's holiday theme with White House decorations designed for "the people" to see themselves in the tree ornaments, mantel displays, mirrors and do-it-yourself creations that have turned the mansion's public spaces into a winter wonderland.
"The soul of our nation is, and has always been, 'We the People,'" the first lady said at a White House event honoring the volunteers who decorated over Thanksgiving weekend....
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:13:04 -0500 Water Boil Order Issued for More Than 2 Million in Houston More than 2 million people in the Houston area were under a boil order notice Monday after a power outage at a purification plant caused water pressure to drop, and the mayor of the nation's fourth-largest city ordered a full review of the system.
The notice tells customers to boil water before it's used for cooking, bathing or drinking. Multiple Houston-area public and private schools, as well as some local colleges, were closed Monday as a result of the notice, while others made...
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:07:04 -0500 5 Connecticut Officers Charged After Black Man Paralyzed in Police Van Five Connecticut police officers were charged with misdemeanors Monday over their treatment of a Black man after he was paralyzed from the chest down in the back of a police van.
Randy Cox, 36, was being driven to a New Haven police station June 19 for processing on a weapons charge when the driver braked hard, apparently to avoid a collision, causing Cox to fly headfirst into the wall of the van, police said.
As Cox pleaded for help, saying he couldn't move, some of the officers...
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:23:49 -0500 Buffalo Gunman Pleads Guilty in Racist Supermarket Massacre The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea Monday in a courthouse roughly two miles from the grocery store where he used a semiautomatic rifle and body armor to carry out a racist assault he hoped would help preserve white power in the U.S.
Gendron, who was handcuffed and wore an...
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:51:34 -0500 Russia Postpones Cairo Talks With US Under New START Nuclear Treaty Russia postponed nuclear weapons talks with the United States set to take place this week in Cairo, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, with neither side giving a reason for the postponement.
Officials from the two countries were scheduled to meet in the Egyptian capital from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6 to discuss resuming inspections under the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, which had been suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The Russian side informed the...
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