Day: June 15, 2023

Calif. Democrat accuses Muslim colleague of White supremacy for not backing race-based law

7:12 pm June 15, 2023

A California Democratic lawmaker accused his Republican colleague, the state assembly’s first Muslim member, of White supremacy for declining to back a bill that would allow state funds to go toward programs based on race in what critics are calling state-sanctioned discrimination. Democratic Assemblymember Corey Jackson, who proposed ACA-7, said it’s meant to address “persistent disparities […]

Argentine judge requests interpol to detain 4 Lebanese citizens in connection with 1994 AMIA bombing

7:11 pm June 15, 2023

A federal judge in Argentina has called on Interpol to detain four Lebanese citizens, so they can be questioned for their suspected role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people. “Regarding these individuals, there are well-founded suspicions that they are collaborators or operational agents of the … armed […]

International criminal court to launch preliminary probe in Congo following request to investigate

7:07 pm June 15, 2023

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday he is opening a preliminary probe in Congo after the African nation asked him to investigate alleged crimes in its North Kivu province since January last year. The request marks the second time Congolese authorities have sought an investigation by the global war crimes court. […]

3 Mississippi men get prison time for robbing postal worker

7:05 pm June 15, 2023

Three Mississippi men each have been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for the 2018 armed robbery of a U.S. Postal Service worker. Jamarr Smith, 38, Gilbert McThunel II, 37, and Thomas Iroko Ayodele, 40, all of Batesville, were sentenced Tuesday during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock. Smith and McThunel […]

California kayaker dies, 4 others rescued from high-flowing Kern River

7:04 pm June 15, 2023

A kayaker died and four others were rescued Wednesday after falling into the turbulent waters of the Kern River in Southern California, authorities said. The Swiftwater Rescue Ream responded around 5:30 p.m. to a report of five kayakers falling into the high-flowing river on a section of the river near Ant River Canyon and Kernville, […]