Harrowing video out of Honduras showed a politician rocked by an explosion as she greeted a reporter outside the Honduran National Congress. Opposition leader Gladis Aurora Lopez and a companion had just walked over to a reporter who was part of a larger press conference in the capital of Tegucigalpa, when an explosive device was seen heading in her direction. An explosive object was thrown into the Honduran National Congress, injuring lawmaker Gladis Aurora Lopez. Security footage shows it was thrown from outside the building. pic.twitter.com/ktn6bhNaGr DW News (@dwnews) January 9, 2026
The right-wing Asfura, representing the National Party, edged out Salvador Nasralla of the centre-right Liberal Party with 40.27 percent of the vote to Nasralla's 39.53 percent. Today, with deep gratitude, I accept the honour of being able to work for you. I extend my hand so we can walk together with determination to work tirelessly for Honduras. I will not fail you, Asfura said in a video statement released on Wednesday night.
John Paul "JP" Patafio, TWU Local 100's vice president for its Brooklyn bus division, inserted himself into the suspected messy love triangle at a Queens depot by attempting to demote the rep, who was allegedly cheating on his bus-driver wife with another MTA bus driver at the same depot, the union's disciplinary trial committee said. Patafio did "not have the authority to remove an elected official from his position, absent written charges and a trial," the panel said.
