Day: September 27, 2023

8 dead in southern Pakistan after rocket launcher shell accidentally explodes in village

11:08 am September 27, 2023

A shell of a rocket launcher apparently accidentally exploded at a home in a remote village in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, including women and children, police said. At least two people were also wounded in the blast in southern Sindh province, said regional police chief Rahil Khoso. IMPRISONED FORMER PAKISTANI […]

Sen. Bob Menendez set to appear in federal court for bribery case as lawmakers pressure him to resign

10:11 am September 27, 2023

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is expected to appear in court on Wednesday to answer to bribery and abuse of office charges. The New Jersey Democrat will make his first appearance in a federal court in Manhattan as he stands accused of using his powerful position in Congress to secretly advance the interests of Egypt’s government […]

Biden’s UAW strike visit lambasted as self-defeating given his Green New Deal electric vehicle ‘fantasy’

10:00 am September 27, 2023

President Biden may have joined striking United Auto Workers Tuesday, but he may not have been much help to blue-collar workers given the administration’s pivot toward green energy and electric vehicles, a top Republican lawmaker said. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., critiqued Biden’s overall tenure in office as rife with political posturing, a lack of actual […]

New Jersey police searching for escaped inmate who was scheduled to be released next year

9:37 am September 27, 2023

Police are looking for a New Jersey inmate who escaped custody during a work detail on Tuesday, just under five months before his scheduled release. Edward Berbon was in the custody of the New Jersey Department of Corrections while he was assigned to a work detail in Mount Laurel, the city’s police departrment wrote on […]

Martin Scorsese slams comic book movies, says they pose ‘danger’ to our culture

9:30 am September 27, 2023

Martin Scorsese is urging filmmakers to fight the dominance of comic book movies at the box office. In a new GQ profile, the acclaimed director said, “The danger there is what it’s doing to our culture. Because there are going to be generations now that think movies are only those — that’s what movies are.” […]