Day: June 24, 2023

Dem lawmaker claims mercenary rebellion could represent ‘unraveling’ of Putin regime: ‘Existential threat’

6:33 pm June 24, 2023

U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., proclaimed that the rebellion orchestrated against the Russian military by mercenary troops formally under President Vladimir Putin’s control could be the “unraveling of the Putin regime.” During a recent MSNBC interview, Connolly, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and president emeritus of the NATO parliamentary assembly, weighed in […]

Baltimore woman, an immigrant from Cuba, is one step closer to sainthood

6:14 pm June 24, 2023

Sr. Mary Lange, the foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first-ever Catholic religious order for women of African descent, is one step closer to canonization in the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints promulgated six decrees on Thursday, June 22, recognizing the “heroic virtues” of five people and […]

Thunderstorms will bring flood, tornado risk over the Midwest, Northeast

5:57 pm June 24, 2023

Severe weather will bring associated threats in the Midwest and Northeast over the weekend. Forecasters said thunderstorms with heavy rain will impact parts of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center issued a slight risk of excessive rainfall over parts of the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley through Sunday […]

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin’s warlord and Wagner Group founder marching to Moscow?

5:53 pm June 24, 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin, self-proclaimed founder and leader of the mercenary Wagner Group, has marched his troops towards Moscow after claiming the Kremlin authorized an attack on his forces – an historic decision for a man who came from such humble beginnings. Wagner Group’s origins remained obscured for some time after its founding in 2014 to assist […]

Sons of Titan sub crewmember Hamish Harding remember adventurer as ‘loving father’

5:41 pm June 24, 2023

The sons of late British businessman and adventurer Hamish Harding remembered their father as a “loving” man with a “larger-than-life presence.” Harding, the billionaire founder of Action Aviation, a UAE-based international aircraft brokerage company, was one of five crewmen who perished aboard OceanGate Expedition’s Titan submersible on an ill-fated voyage to see the Titanic wreckage. […]