Day: June 9, 2023

Joran van der Sloot case: Natalee Holloway suspect pleads not guilty to extortion, wire fraud charges

4:04 pm June 9, 2023

Joran van der Sloot pleaded not guilty in federal court during a Friday morning arraignment hearing on extortion charges, entering court with a smile as he faces extortion and wire fraud charges in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Alabama 18-year-old Natalee Holloway. Van der Sloot is the prime suspect in the May 2005 disappearance […]

Burma suspends deliveries of international aid to cyclone-hit areas, UN says

4:03 pm June 9, 2023

Burma’s military government has rescinded its approval for international organizations to distribute food, shelter and medicines to thousands of residents of cyclone-hit areas in the country’s west, a U.N. agency said Friday. Cyclone Mocha hit the coastline of Bangladesh and Burma in mid-May with winds of up to130 miles per hour. The damage was worst around […]

Bipartisan effort underway in Congress to curb ‘unchecked presidential power’ during national emergencies

3:20 pm June 9, 2023

EXCLUSIVE – A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill are introducing a bill that would curb the expanded powers the White House is granted under the National Emergencies Act and give more of it to Congress. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, have garnered more than a dozen fellow Republicans and […]

Maryland, Maine, Vermont completely remove statute of limitations for child sex abuse cases

3:12 pm June 9, 2023

Ann Allen loved going to church and the after-school social group led by a dynamic priest back in the 1960s. The giggling fun with friends always ended with a game of hide and seek. Each week, the Rev. Lawrence Sabatino chose one girl to hide with him. Allen said when it was her turn, she […]

Montana Attorney General stands by TikTok ban despite lawsuits: ‘Spying tool for the Chinese Communist Party’

3:09 pm June 9, 2023

Montana’s Attorney General is standing by the state’s ban of TikTok, despite being sued by the company over alleged First Amendment violations. “I’m not interested in recognizing that the Chinese Communist Party has free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution,” Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen told Fox News. The TikTok ban was sparked by an […]