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1 month ago
California

Program Helps People From Underrepresented Communities Serve In Office | KQED

Organizations in Sacramento prepare underrepresented communities for public office.
Lawsuit in Temecula Valley against ban on critical race theory allowed to proceed.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

Orange County teacher placed on leave after video of sexual anatomy lesson goes viral

(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Prostate stimulation, anal penetration and sex toys: These were the topics discussed in an Orange County high school class that led to a teacher being put on leave.Judy Rehburg, a teacher of physiology and AP Environmental Science at El Dorado High School in Placentia, was filmed by a student discussing sexual anatomy and related subjects with the class.
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Page Six
3 months ago
NYC politics

Melissa DeRosa, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, considering her own political run

Former Andrew Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa is considering running for public office.
DeRosa has been critical of Cuomo's replacement, Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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BBC News
9 months ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson owes the nation an apology, say Covid bereaved

Boris Johnson owes the nation an apology for breaking the rules so he could have a party while families "were saying goodbye to loved ones over Zoom", bereaved relatives have said after the publication of the Privileges Committee report.The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK group said the former prime minister had "shown no remorse" and should not stand for office again.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Culture Secretary looking very closely' at BBC licence fee

The Culture Secretary has said she is looking very closely at the BBC licence fee, as she dismissed calls to remove political interference from the appointment of its chair.Lucy Frazer said a review into the corporation's funding arrangements is looking at a variety of sources for its funding.The Cabinet minister also said Rishi Sunak will appoint the best candidate to replace Richard Sharp as BBC chair, regardless of their political ties.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

He was the leader': Johnson's evidence angers Covid bereaved

People bereaved by Covid have described watching Boris Johnson's evidence to MPs about Downing Street lockdown events as torture and accused him of pulling his usual tricks of deflection, self pity and blame.Fighting for his political future, Johnson strongly denied misleading parliament in a marathon session in front of the Commons privileges committee.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Boris Johnson accused of usual tricks of deflection and blaming others'

Boris Johnson deflected and blamed everyone but himself as he faced questions over partygate, a campaign group representing families bereaved in the pandemic said.It was described as especially galling that the ex-prime minister appeared not to fully understand the rules he was setting and communicating to the country, Rivka Gottlieb from Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice said.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

The lesson from Matt Hancock's WhatsApps is this: these clowns can't govern, their only skill is covering tracks | Zoe Williams

What is the public interest value of Matt Hancock's huge cache of WhatsApp messages?They tell us a fair amount about him and his vanity.He has a laser-like focus on claiming credit.I CALLED FOR THIS TWO MONTHS AGO, he writes in shouty caps, to an aide, about the plan to cut the approval time for a vaccine.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Labour urges probe of claim BBC chair helped Johnson arrange guarantee on loan'

Labour is calling for an investigation after claims that the BBC chairman helped Boris Johnson arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to 800,000 weeks before he was recommended for the job by the then-prime minister.The party has written to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Daniel Greenberg following a report in The Sunday Times that Tory donor Richard Sharp was involved in talks about financing Mr Johnson when he found himself in financial difficulty in late 2020.
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www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

Anthony Furey tells Metro Morning why he's the mayor Toronto needs | CBC News

Anthony Furey, the former Toronto Sun columnist who is making a run for mayor, is set to speak with CBC Radio's Metro Morning Thursday.He will be interviewed by Piya Chattopadhyay shortly after 7:10 a.m.ET.You can watch that interview live above.Furey has never run for public office in Toronto, but a number of polls show he's garnering significant support in the city despite the fact that he hasn't said how he'll pay for his agenda.
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www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
World politics

Immense Crowds Protest Poland's Governing Conservative Party

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Warsaw on Sunday in a huge display of opposition to the governing party before an October general election, summoning memories of Poland's rejection of Communist Party rule decades before.The event, organized by the government's political rivals, sought to deprive Poland's deeply conservative Law and Justice party of its claims to the legacy of Solidarity, the trade union movement that led the struggle against a Communist system imposed by Moscow after World War II.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Haley's financial disclosure report shows lucrative speaking engagements

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's financial disclosure report shows the former US ambassador to the United Nations was paid between $100,001 and $1 million each for 12 speaking engagements in 2022 and 2023.The payments were made for speeches Haley delivered in Singapore, Canada and Australia, as well as within the United States in cities like Chicago, New York and Dallas, according to the financial disclosure filed to the Federal Elections Commission.
www.aljazeera.com
10 months ago
London politics

Timeline: Imran Khan, from ouster to arrest in Pakistan

The former PM has been charged in a number of cases that his party says are politically motivated.Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested while appearing for hearings at the Islamabad High Court.The arrest on Tuesday is the latest twist in a months-long political crisis and follows several unsuccessful attempts to apprehend the cricketer-turned-politician, including a police raid in March at his residence in the eastern city of Lahore that he had managed to evade.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistan: Court halts arrest warrant for ex-PM Imran Khan DW 03/17/2023

An arrest warrant for Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan was lifted Friday, allowing him to travel to Islamabad without being held to face charges in a corruption case.One of the country's top courts suspended an arrest warrant issued against the politician after he failed to show up for a hearing on Tuesday.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

Former President Jimmy Carter, 98, is in hospice care at his Georgia home

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to biographer E. Stanly Godbold, Jr. about Jimmy Carter's influence both in and after the White House.Godbold has written two biographies on Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.LEILA FADEL, HOST: President Biden and a slew of other federal officials offered prayers and words of comfort to former President Jimmy Carter after he chose to go into hospice care.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Turkey Bars Potential Challenger to President Erdogan From Politics

ISTANBUL  A court in Turkey barred the mayor of Istanbul from political activity for years after convicting him on charges of insulting public officials, a ruling that could sideline a rising star in the opposition who is seen as a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections next year.
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www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former foreign minister, dies at 84

Theodoros Pangalos, a former Greek foreign minister known for his undiplomatic outbursts and on whose watch Greece suffered one of its most embarrassing foreign policy debacles in 1999, has died.He was 84.Pangalos' family said on Twitter that he died on Wednesday peacefully at home, surrounded by his family and close associates.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Zelensky: Bakhmut will recover like Hiroshima did after atomic bomb

Ukraine will rebuild destroyed cities like Bakhmut in the same way that Hiroshima has recovered following the atomic bomb attack during the Second World War, the country's leader has said.President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in Hiroshima to address G7 leaders about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, visited the memorial to mark the Japanese city being the first place to experience the devastation of a nuclear bomb following the US attack in 1945.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Disgraced ex-minister Derek Mackay: I just want to get on with my life

A former Scottish Government minister who resigned after his texts to a 16-year-old were exposed has said: I just want to get on my life.Derek Mackay served as finance secretary under Nicola Sturgeon before the messages revealed by the Scottish Sun led to him standing down hours before he was due to deliver the budget in February 2020.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Paralegal jailed for leaking Crown Prosecution Service files to criminal gangs

A former Crown Prosecution Service worker has been jailed after she downloaded and passed on highly sensitive files that ended up in the hands of criminal gangs.Paralegal Rachel Simpson, 39, from Newport, South Wales, had worked for the CPS since 2003 and is known to have started illegally accessing material from around 2016 until 2020.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Lib Dem councillor urged to resign after winning second seat 160 miles away

A councillor has faced calls to quit his seat in north-west England after winning a second election 160 miles away in Gloucestershire.Chris Twells beat the Conservatives by 60 votes to secure the Tetbury with Upton ward at Cotswold District Council for the Liberal Democrats.His victory comes 12 months after he defeated Labour to gain the Ordsall ward for the Lib Dems at Salford City Council, Greater Manchester.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Family of man tortured into confessing that he killed soldier awarded 350,000

The family of a man who was tortured into a confession that he killed a soldier has been awarded 350,000 by the High Court in Belfast.Liam Holden was the last man to be sentenced to death by hanging in the UK after he was convicted in 1972 for the murder of a soldier.But he had been tortured, including through waterboarding techniques, in military custody which the High Court found had led to his confession.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Would Oprah replace Dianne Feinstein in the U.S. Senate? Her rep says no

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If California Sen. Dianne Feinstein leaves Congress before her term is over, she won't be replaced by Oprah Winfrey.The media mogul's spokeswoman on Thursday threw cold water on the idea that Winfrey could make a foray into politics, saying she "is not considering the seat should it become vacant."
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Pride flag to fly on L.A. County buildings this June following unanimous vote

A month after the Huntington Beach City Council voted to stop flying a rainbow flag from its City Hall, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has taken the opposite stance.The five-member board voted unanimously Tuesday to fly the Progress Pride flag at county offices daily this June in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

CHP arrests 27 suspects in Orange County forged fix-it ticket operation

Twenty-seven people were arrested in connection with a scheme to put the forged signatures of California Highway Patrol officers on more than 250 fix-it tickets, authorities announced Wednesday.The suspects were arrested Tuesday by the Highway Patrol as part of an operation that started in 2020 with the arrest of Angel Zahid Sanchez-Peralta.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Sheila Kuehl, retiring at 81, is honored at her final Board of Supervisors meeting

Three decades ago, Sheila Kuehl entered political life in a bulletproof vest.Kuehl said she needed all the protection she could find in 1994 as she campaigned for a state Assembly seat that would make her California's first openly gay state legislator.After the death threats continued through her primary, then-Assembly Speaker Willie Brown assigned someone to guard her at public events.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

Carper Says He Will Retire, Vacating Seat in Solidly Democratic Delaware

Senator Thomas R. Carper, a veteran Democrat from Delaware, announced on Monday that he would not seek re-election next year, opening up a seat in a deep-blue state that he said he hoped would go to his handpicked successor.Mr. Carper, 76, is in his fourth term in the Senate and is the last surviving Vietnam veteran to serve there.
www.thelocal.fr
10 months ago
France politics

France urges stepped-up US cooperation on terror threats

Nicolas Sarkozy, who on Wednesday lost his appeal against his corruption conviction, is one of five former French presidents and prime ministers to have been convicted by French courts.Published: 17 May 2023 15:23 CEST Nicolas Sarkozy Former president Sarkozy, 68, has been the target of a long list of probes since he left office in 2012 and lost his presidential immunity.
www.thelocal.fr
10 months ago
France politics

Three face trial in France over assault of Brigitte Macron's great-nephew

Nicolas Sarkozy, who on Wednesday lost his appeal against his corruption conviction, is one of five former French presidents and prime ministers to have been convicted by French courts.Published: 17 May 2023 15:23 CEST Nicolas Sarkozy Former president Sarkozy, 68, has been the target of a long list of probes since he left office in 2012 and lost his presidential immunity.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Ukraine arrests a top judge as the country's corruption scandal grows.

The chief of Ukraine's Supreme Court was formally arrested on Thursday, as prosecutors indicated in a second day of hearings that a high-level corruption case was expanding to include a wider circle of judges.Prosecutors also accused a lawyer of acting as an intermediary in paying a bribe to the chief justice, and said that at least three other judges of the court had been found holding thousands of dollars in currency marked by investigators.
www.aljazeera.com
10 months ago
France politics

Ex-French President Sarkozy loses appeal against graft conviction

Paris court upholds sentence but spares Sarkozy prison time as the still influential leader fights other criminal cases.Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a 2021 corruption and influence-peddling conviction.On Wednesday, the Paris Court of Appeals upheld a three-year prison sentence against Sarkozy, but it ruled that two years would be suspended and Sarkozy would wear an electronic bracelet instead of going to jail for the remaining year.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
London politics

Why Pakistan police want to arrest Imran Khan

In an interview with Al Jazeera, the former prime minister said at least 85 cases have been filed against him.Islamabad, Pakistan Since his removal from power last year, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been slapped with dozens of charges, including some in which he faces arrest.In an interview with Al Jazeera on Thursday, Khan said at least 85 cases have been filed against him across the country.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Prison officer who smuggled drugs into jail sentenced to six years behind bars

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A prison officer who was caught smuggling class A drugs into a top security jail has been sentenced to more than six years behind bars.Heather McKenzie, 31, secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Jury out in trial of ex-Special Constable accused of roadside rape

Jurors have retired to consider verdicts on a former special constable who denies raping a woman after showing her his warrant card while off-duty.Former Metropolitan Police volunteer Paul Hoile, from Essex, denies misconduct and four sexual offences, all related to a single incident in July.Prosecutors allege Hoile misused his police powers to force the alleged victim to comply with his sexual demands at night-time in Shropshire.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Off-duty constable was more like a drunk' than a policeman, rape trial told

A driver alleged to have been raped at the roadside by an off-duty Special Constable has said she no choice but to answer his aggressive questions after he twice produced his warrant card.The woman told Wolverhampton Crown Court she was left numb and disgusted and had not consented to sexual activity with Metropolitan Police officer Paul Hoile, who appeared to be drunk.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
France news

Nicolas Sarkozy to wear electronic tag after losing corruption sentence appeal

A French appeals court has upheld a prison sentence against the former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence-peddling maintaining he should serve one-year's detention at home with an electronic bracelet.Sarkozy was originally convicted in 2021 of trying to bribe a magistrate in exchange for information about a legal case in which he was implicated.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France news

Corsican leaders decry ban on use of local language in island's parliament

The Isolella cap, near Ajaccio, Corsica on March 10, 2023.Pascal Pochard-Casabianca, AFP Corsican pro-autonomy politicians were up in arms on Friday after a court banned the use of the Corsican language in the island's local parliament.Based on France's constitution, a court in the Corsican city of Bastia ruled on Thursday that French was the only language allowed in the exercise of public office.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
France news

Corsican language ban stirs protest on French island

A court in Corsica has prompted outrage by banning the use of the Corsican language in the island's local parliament.The court in the city of Bastia cited France's constitution it its ruling on Thursday that French was the only language allowed in the exercise of public office.Corsican, which is close to standard Italian and has about 150,000 native speakers, is considered by the UN's cultural organisation Unesco to be in danger of becoming extinct.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

What are Labour's plans for giving foreign nationals the right to vote?

Keir Starmer's plan to extend the right to vote in a general election to foreign nationals has been politically polarising.Many see it is a fundamental democratic right; others have seized on it as a leftwing plot to reverse Brexit.The Conservative party chair, Greg Hands, accused the Labour leader of a plot to rig the electorate, while his predecessor in the role, Nadhim Zahawi, claimed it was a move to soften the nation to get the UK back into the EU.
BBC News
1 year ago
UK politics

Chris Mason: Can Nadhim Zahawi survive tax row inquiry?

Political editor, BBC News

"It's a political tragedy."One long standing Conservative figure is reflecting on the political pickle Nadhim Zahawi finds himself in."He set up an incredibly successful polling company.He knows just how opinion polls work and what you can read into them.He's a great organiser.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

He should resign': Stratford-on-Avon constituents on Zahawi tax scandal

The market town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire has been a Conservative stronghold for well over a hundred years, with its current MP, Nadhim Zahawi, securing a majority of about 20,000 in three successive general elections.But it was difficult to find support for the beleaguered MP on the streets of the town on Wednesday, and most local people said they thought he should resign over the scandal around his tax affairs.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
London politics

Pakistan: Ex-PM Imran Khan leaves court after bail granted DW 05/12/2023

The former prime minister had earlier been dragged out of a court building and arrested, triggering riots across Pakistan.The same court now released him on bail and granted him protection from arrest.The Islamabad High Court on Friday ordered the release of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on bail for two weeks, his lawyers said.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
London politics

Pakistan: Ex-PM Khan back in court with country on edge DW 05/12/2023

27 minutes ago27 minutes ago The former prime minister had been dragged out of a court building and arrested, triggering riots across Pakistan.The same court is now due to decide if Imran Khan will stay in custody.Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived to the Islamabad High Court on Friday, after he was dragged out of from the same court building and arrested on Tuesday.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
London politics

Pakistan court remands ex-PM Imran Khan for eight days DW 05/10/2023

A court in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday remanded former Prime Minister Imran Khan in custody for eight days.As the country's most popular opposition figure since he lost power last year, Khan's arrest has deepened political turmoil and sparked violent demonstrations.What are the latest developments?
www.dw.com
10 months ago
London politics

Former Pakistani PM Khan detained by security officials DW 05/09/2023

Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan was taken into custody by paramilitary forces on Tuesday.The former leader was arrested during a court appearance in Islamabad over anti-graft charges."Imran Khan has been arrested in the Qadir Trust case," the Islamabad police said on Twitter.Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah told reporters that Khan was arrested by Pakistan's anti-corruption body, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), after he did not appear before a tribunal "despite notices."
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Women in technology

Sierra Leone: Equality law introduces job quota for women DW 01/20/2023

8 minutes ago8 minutes ago The newly passed equality act aims to tackle the massive imbalance between men and women in positions of power.It also guarantees at least 14 weeks of maternity leave.Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio signed into law the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Act on Thursday.
www.aljazeera.com
10 months ago
London politics

Imran Khan arrest: Army called in as Pakistan protests continue

Pakistan's army warns against further attacks on state buildings or personnel after ex-PM's arrest.Pakistan's government has called in the army to help end deadly unrest in the wake of the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, warning protesters against any further attacks on state installations.
www.aljazeera.com
10 months ago
London politics

Pakistan court indicts former PM Imran Khan in state gifts case

Khan, already in custody, has been indicted for unlawfully selling state gifts during his premiership between 2018-22, reports say.Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been indicted by a court for unlawfully selling state gifts during his premiership between 2018-22, local news reports said.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
London politics

Security officials detain former Pakistani PM Imran Khan DW 05/09/2023

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been taken into custody by paramilitary forces, local media and party officials said on Tuesday.The former leader was arrested during a court appearance in Islamabad over anti-graft charges."Imran Khan has been arrested in the Qadir Trust case," the Islamabad police said on Twitter.
Independent
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistani court extends pause in bid to arrest ex-premier Imran Khan

A Pakistani court has extended a pause in the effort to arrest former premier Imran Khan, a sign of easing tension in the country's cultural capital after clashes erupted this week when police tried to detain him.ahore High Court ordered police to suspend the plan to arrest the 70-year-old opposition leader until Friday, and asked his legal team for talks to resolve the issue.
Washington Post
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistani court extends pause in arresting ex-premier Khan

A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan throws a stone towards riot police officers, during clashes, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 15, 2023.Pakistani police have paused efforts to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan on graft charges after clashes continued for a second day outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistan court stops police action against Imran Khan till Friday

Lahore High Court order defuses a surge in violence that saw supporters of the ex-PM clashing with security forces.A Pakistani high court has ordered the police to postpone an operation to arrest Imran Khan to Friday, defusing a surge in violence that saw supporters of the former prime minister fighting pitched battles with security forces.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Clarence Page: My surprisingly fond farewell to Jerry Springer

Some television hosts might hang their heads in shame if their show was dubbed "Worst TV show in history."Jerry Springer wore it like a badge of honor."It's hard for anyone to get upset at our show today," Springer said after receiving that dubious honor from TV Guide in 2002, "when you see the same stuff on social media."
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Editorial: Governor, Ron DeSantis had the right to speak in Elmhurst

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who could become a presidential candidate in 2028, if not 2024, went on the offensive against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a possible rival for the highest office in the land.Pritzker's comments were made in reference to DeSantis' appearance Monday before the Fraternal Order of Police in Elmhurst.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Campaign contribution limits are off in race for Chicago mayor

Paul Vallas lent $100,100 to his mayoral campaign fund Thursday, a move that lifts restrictions on how much money both he and opponent Brandon Johnson can receive from campaign contributors.The move busting the contributions caps by the former Chicago Public Schools CEO clears the way for business interests and wealthy donors to write him big checks.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Editorial: The lesson from George Santos? Don't elect such candidates in the first place.

There is convincing evidence that freshman U.S. Rep. George Santos, a Republican, lied about his alma mater, his employment history, his ethnic heritage, his family history, his sporting prowess, his financial skills and the source of his campaign funds.Santos has admitted to "embellishments" (hardly the full story) but has denied breaking any laws.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Embattled former Ald. Proco 'Joe' Moreno will remain on ballot in his attempt to return to public office

Former Ald.Proco "Joe" Moreno will remain a candidate for 1st Ward alderman despite objections from an opponent who said he should be kicked off the ballot because he pleaded guilty in 2021 to obstructing justice and giving a false report to authorities, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled Friday.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Editorial: We heard from the nation's top doctor on loneliness, isolation and what to do if you catch COVID

What do young people most often say to the U.S. surgeon general when he asks them about their health?They say that they are anxious and lonely, Vice Adm. Vivek Murthy told us during a Thursday visit to the Tribune's Editorial Board.He noted the irony of how those feelings of isolation are never more evident than when young Americans are using social media.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Conservatives are seething because Joe Biden mocked Josh Hawley's Nashville shooting theory

President Joe Biden cracked a joke about Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), and the right is outraged.Since Nashville chief of police John Drake revealed that investigators believe the Nashville school shooter was transgender, many on the right have been trying to paint the shooting as proof that LGBTQ+ people, and particularly transgender people, have declared an existential war against Christians.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Serving policeman in court for seeking to pursue improper relationship'

A serving police officer accused of pursuing a sexual or improper emotional relationship with a woman he met while investigating a burglary has appeared in court.Kent Police Pc Matthew Peall, who is based in Canterbury, is charged with misconduct in a public office between October 9 2019 and December 17 2019.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Is there a rift between Kamala Harris and Sen. Elizabeth Warren? A CNN report suggests so.

Politics Harris has reportedly not returned Warren's calls after the latter called to apologize for her remarks during a GBH interview in January.Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vice President Kamala Harris first met each other over the phone.Just as the 2008 housing market crash was shaking up the economy, Harris, then the attorney general of California, was trying to figure out how to protect homeowners, and Warren, then a Harvard Law professor, was "the person clanging the bell about the housing bubble," as the latter recalled to InStyle magazine in October 2020.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

State's highest court reprimands housing court judge for conservative Facebook posts

The state's highest court publicly reprimanded a housing court judge for making Facebook posts espousing conservative political views ahead of the 2020 election.The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) found that Judge Joseph L. Michaud violated the state's Code of Judicial Conduct by "engaging in judicial misconduct that brought the judicial office into disrepute, that was prejudicial to the administration of justice, and that was unbecoming of a judicial officer."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Watch: Outgoing Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker delivers farewell address at State House

Outgoing Republican Gov. Charlie Baker is slated to deliver a "thank you" message to the people of Massachusetts at 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon as he prepares to leave office Thursday.The Swampscott resident will end his two-term tenure as the nation's most popular governor, making way for Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey to take the reins.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Council OKs creation of charter review commission - Austin Monitor

Friday, March 10, 2023 by Jo Clifton
City Council on Thursday approved a resolution authorizing creation of a 2024 Charter Review Commission with an emphasis on studying whether the city should change the number of signatures required for submitting a proposed ordinance to voters for adoption.Council Member Ryan Alter authored the resolution.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Austin

Local lawmakers celebrate achievements of women in government on International Women's Day

AUSTIN, Texas Lawmakers in the Texas House recognized International Women's Day on Wednesday with a resolution celebrating the achievements of women in local government.Currently, there are more women than ever before in the Legislature.State Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin) said women have made a lot of progress, but the work is not done.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Harper-Madison looks to spark D1 civic involvement in 2023 - Austin Monitor

Photo by Casey Chapman Ross Photography
Thursday, December 22, 2022 by Chad Swiatecki
After completing her fourth year in office, City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison wishes she'd known from her first day roughly as much as she knows now about the workings of city government.Her thinking: There should be an apparatus that teaches basic process and procedures to residents who want to know more about their city, as well as a more robust orientation and education track for newly elected Council members.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Two retired Met officers in court over plot to share indecent images of children

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Two retired Metropolitan Police officers have appeared in court accused of a plot to share indecent images of children with a serving chief inspector, who was found dead before he was charged.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
London

Tower Hamlets mayor accused of culture war' against low-traffic schemes

Campaigners in east London have said the mayor of Tower Hamlets is engaged in a culture war against low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) as he consults for a second time in a year on the future of traffic reduction schemes.The controversy in the borough where Lutfur Rahman, promised in his manifesto to remove LTNs came as neighbouring councils Hackney and Islington strengthened their commitment to the schemes.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
London

Two retired Met officers charged with child sexual abuse offences

Two retired Metropolitan police officers have been charged with child sexual abuse offences as part of an investigation into a serving Met chief inspector who was found dead on the day he was due to be charged.In a statement, the London force said the charges followed a lengthy and complex investigation into Richard Watkinson, 49, who was a serving chief inspector for neighbourhoods policing at the west area command unit.
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Tory MP under investigation for rape has bail extended again

A Conservative MP accused of a string of sexual offences, including rape, has had his bail extended for a third time.(Image: PA) A Tory MP arrested on suspicion of a series of sexual offences has had his bail extended into next year, the Met Police has confirmed.The man, in his 50s, was arrested on May 17 on suspicion of rape, sexual assault, indecent assault, abuse of a position of trust and misconduct in a public office.
Independent
1 year ago
London politics

Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Imran Khan

A Pakistani court has issued an arrest warrant for former prime minister Imran Khan as the former cricket star called on his supporters to keep up protests amid a continuing political crisis.
he court in the capital Islamabad that ordered the former premier's arrest said Khan had skipped a hearing on charges of selling state gifts and concealing his assets.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
London politics

A disputed resignation: Lodi City Councilman Shakir Khan says he was coerced into resigning after his arrest on Thursday

By Wes Bowers | Lodi News-Sentinel Despite an attorney's claims that his client was coerced into stepping down from his elected position, the City of Lodi said Friday morning that it has accepted Councilman Shakir Khan's resignation from public office.Khan was arrested at his Heritage District home Thursday morning on more than a dozen charges of voter fraud related to the 2020 election and booked into San Joaquin County Jail.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Kate Forbes: Women should not be in fear when attending abortion clinics

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Kate Forbes has committed to ensuring women are free from harassment and fear around abortion clinics following a plea from campaigners.The Finance Secretary returned from maternity leave early to launch her bid to replace Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland's First Minister.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Kate Forbes said she would have voted against gay marriage

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SNP lead candidate Kate Forbes said she would have voted against gay marriage in Scotland at the time it was made legal almost a decade ago.The finance secretary, one of the two frontrunners to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland, said in an interview that she would not have backed the legislation, but would have respected and defended the democratic choice that was made.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Lester Chang won't be expelled from Assembly despite 'significant concerns'; evidence to be sent to state authorities for further review * Brooklyn Paper

Assemblymember Lester Chang will not be expelled from the state Assembly over questions of his residency, Speaker Carl E. Heastie announced on Friday."After careful review, the vast majority of our members have significant concerns about the truthfulness of Mr. Chang's documentary evidence and testimony regarding his compliance with the New York State Constitution," Heastie said in a Jan. 6 statement.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

US Rep. Sean Casten joins rest of Illinois delegation watching GOP fight over who becomes next speaker

As many Americans returned to work Tuesday following the holiday break, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove was in Washingtonand joining other Democratic members of Congress waiting to see how Republicans will settle their fight over the House speakership.It's a strange moment for Casten.Starting his third term representing Illinois' 6th District in the west and southwest suburbs, he's perhaps more politically secure than ever.
BBC News
1 year ago
UK politics

Tory MP dismayed by abuse received for taking maternity leave

A Conservative MP has revealed she has received dozens of phone calls from angry constituents who have berated her for taking time off after the birth of her child.Theo Clarke had her daughter in August and is taking six months' maternity leave.She says she is working, including attending events and voting by proxy, while caring for her baby at home.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Prison officer who abused detention centre inmate in 1970s too ill to be jailed

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A prison officer who abused his position of power and carried out an indecent assault at a now notorious detention centre in the 1970s has escaped jail as he was too ill to stand trial.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years

FILE - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Democratic Forces of Belarus, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 19, 2023.A court in Belarus on Monday March 6, 2023 sentenced exiled opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Ben Savage, star of '90s sitcom 'Boy Meets World,' is running for Congress

Ben Savage (left) and Danielle Fishel speak onstage at the Boy Meets World 25th Anniversary Reunion panel during New York Comic Con 2018.Savage announced this week he is running for Congress.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for New York Comic Ben Savage, the former star of the 1990s ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, is running as a Democrat for a U.S. House seat covering the district that includes Hollywood.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Georgina Beyer, 65, Dies; Considered First Transgender Parliament Member

MELBOURNE, Australia Georgina Beyer, a New Zealand politician who charted a daunting course as the person widely believed to be the world's first openly transgender member of Parliament, died on Monday in a hospice in Wellington, the New Zealand capital.She was 65.Her friends Scott Kennedy and Malcolm Vaughan confirmed her death in a statement but did not specify a cause.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Turkey Bars Potential Challenger to President Erdogan From Politics

ISTANBUL  A court in Turkey barred the mayor of Istanbul from political activity for years after convicting him on charges of insulting public officials, a ruling that could sideline a rising star in the opposition who is seen as a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections next year.
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1 year ago
Washington DC

This George Santos Bobblehead Is Ready to Take Pinocchio's Lying Doll Crown - Washingtonian

With its tiny legs stuck firmly into place, a new bobblehead of Congressman George Santos will have a hard time scurrying away from its inspiration's cornucopia of falsehoods -or from pesky reporters who have questions about them .The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee-and yes, that's a real thing!
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Wanda Sykes Kicks Off Daily Show' Stint by Panning a Eulogy From Trump

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.Wanda Sykes started her weeklong stint as host of The Daily Show with a look at former President Donald Trump's awkward eulogy during a memorial for an unwavering supporter who died recently.
Washington Post
1 year ago
LGBT

In Pakistan, trans men search for inclusion, visibility

Pakistani trans man Aman, who asked not be identifiable in the photo, looks out at his home after an interview with The Associated Press, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.Trans people are considered outcasts by many in Pakistan, despite some progress with a law protecting their rights and court rulings that allow them to choose a gender that is neither male nor female.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Home Office staff member arrested on suspicion of immigration offences

A member of Home Office staff has been arrested on suspicion of committing immigration offences, the government has said.The man, who has not been named, is also among four members of immigration staff being investigated for misconduct in public office and conspiracy to steal.The Home Office has not specified what roles they are in, but said they were not Border Force employees.
Best Life
1 year ago
UK news

Immigration Official Arrested on Suspicion of Being Illegal Immigrant

A UK immigration official has been arrested for allegedly migrating to the country illegally, local media outlets reported this week.The man worked for the Home Office, the UK equivalent of the U.S. Homeland Security agency, which is responsible for maintaining border security.Local media reported that officials acted quickly when issues with his immigration status were uncovered.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Police worker who shared dead body image on WhatsApp jailed for two years

A police control room worker who shared an image of a teenager's decapitated head with his partner and friends on WhatsApp has been jailed for more than two years.Joshua Tilt was working as a British Transport Police contact handler when images of 18-year-old RAF Cadet Lewis Williams were sent erroneously to his work computer.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Jury finds former Met special constable not guilty of rape and misconduct

A former Metropolitan Police special constable has been cleared of rape and misconduct in public office.A jury at Wolverhampton Crown Court acquitted 40-year-old Paul Hoile of three counts of rape, one of misconduct, and an allegation of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

Jan. 6 panel plans weekend meeting to consider criminal referrals

The prospect of criminal referrals has assumed heightened significance in the select committee's final days, and it's a marked shift for members who once seemed skeptical of and even downright opposed to making any at all."I think the more we looked at the body of evidence that we collected, we just felt that while we're not in the business of investigating people for criminal activities, we just couldn't overlook some of them," Thompson said.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Ex-Special Constable accused of roadside rape tells jury sex was consensual

A former Special Constable accused of the roadside rape of a woman while off-duty has broken down in tears as he denied any wrongdoing and claimed the allegations left him feeling scared.Former Metropolitan Police volunteer Paul Hoile said he believed his alleged victim was consenting during a late-night encounter while he was visiting Shropshire in July.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Met Police officer showed warrant card before raping woman', court hears

An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer raped a woman after showing her his warrant card and questioning her about her driving licence, a court has heard.Special constable Paul Hoile allegedly carried out the attack after approaching the woman with a friend and then snatching her phone.The 40-year-old, from Essex, denies several charges and claims that any sexual activity was consensual.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Gang leader who set deadly honeytrap for 16-year-old can be released from jail

A jealous ex-boyfriend who led a masked and hooded gang to ambush and murder a 16-year-old boy in a honeytrap can be released from prison, the Parole Board has said.Danny McLean, now 32, lay in wait with five others armed with baseball bats and knives to kill Shakilus Townsend in Thornton Heath, south London, in 2008.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Gang leader who set deadly honeytrap for 16-year-old can be released from jail

A jealous ex-boyfriend who led a masked and hooded gang to ambush and murder a 16-year-old boy in a honeytrap can be released from prison, the Parole Board has said.Danny McLean, now 32, lay in wait with five others armed with baseball bats and knives to kill Shakilus Townsend in Thornton Heath, south London, in 2008.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Editorial: Let the imperfect mayoral race begin

Met anyone who believes the mayoral race is chock-full of stellar candidates offering Chicagoans the chance to choose from a broad array of expertise, decades of experience in public office, and fiercely divergent and richly articulated political viewpoints?Thought not.We haven't either.The slate of announced candidates for mayor is less than thrilling and certainly lacking in obvious choices for the beleaguered Chicago business community, which has been positively begging for better representation.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Sunak reappoints Rees-Mogg's ex-business partner a month after sacking him

Rishi Sunak has been criticised for reappointing a controversial minister a month after sacking him.Dominic Johnson, who is Jacob Rees-Mogg's former business partner and a key Conservative Party donor, has returned as a minister for international trade.He was first appointed as investment minister by Liz Truss at the beginning of October, and was then handed a life peerage to enable him to carry out the Government role, becoming Lord Johnson of Lainston on October 19.
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