Day: August 29, 2023

New York GOP lawmaker calls for Staten Island to ‘secede’

7:09 pm August 29, 2023

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., is calling for Staten Island to break away from the rest of New York City over Democrat Mayor Eric Adams’ handling of the migrant crisis. “What we’re simply asking is, for common sense. We want the mayor to end this. Stop doing what you’re doing and listen. Secure the damn border. […]

Virginia police call 20-year-old woman’s disappearance ‘suspicious’

6:54 pm August 29, 2023

Police in Virginia are calling the disappearance of a 20-year-old woman “suspicious” who has been missing for one week. The Lynchburg Police Department said in a Monday press release that 20-year-old Avriel Hooks was last seen by her family at around 8 p.m. on August 22. Officials say that Hooks’ “lack of communication with her […]

German woman, who was a member of the Islamic State, sentenced for allowing 5-year-old slave to die of thirst

6:10 pm August 29, 2023

A Munich court on Tuesday sentenced a German woman who was a member of the Islamic State group to 14 years in prison for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave in Iraq to die of thirst in the sun. The decision replaced an earlier prison sentence of 10 […]

Gen. Milley says ‘we don’t like the outcome’ of Afghanistan, vows ‘accountability’ for Gold Star families

6:06 pm August 29, 2023

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Tuesday released a statement vowing “accountability” for the families of those killed in the Abbey Gate bombing two years ago during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. “We owe Gold Star families everything. We owe them transparency, we owe them honesty, we owe them accountability. […]

Swalwell slammed for video pushing ‘assault weapons’ ban after mass shootings: ‘Go home, commie’

6:06 pm August 29, 2023

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California was widely mocked on social media by conservatives in response to a video calling for a ban on “assault weapons” in response to a mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida. “We can’t live this way, we don’t have to live this way,” Swalwell posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, […]