Day: September 29, 2023

Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones arrested for allegedly violating protective order

8:32 pm September 29, 2023

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones was arrested in Nevada on Friday morning for allegedly violating a domestic violence temporary protective order, according to online jail records. Jones, who was placed on the reserve/non-football illness list last week, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on Friday and was being […]

Biden admin ‘deliberately’ trying to make looming government shutdown ‘as painful as possible’: GOP senator

8:19 pm September 29, 2023

A Republican senator is accusing the Biden administration of trying to make a potential government shutdown as painful as possible for American families. The National Park Service announced Friday that many of its parks will close in the event of a government shutdown, which could happen on Sunday at midnight. “In the event of a […]

House Dem Leader Jeffries floats end-run around McCarthy to avert government shutdown

8:05 pm September 29, 2023

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said on Friday that he would not rule out a bid to force a short-term spending patch onto the House floor – whether Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., allowed it or not. Jeffries led House Democratic leaders in a press conference just after a group of 21 GOP hardliners helped […]

Man wanted for child sex abuse charges fatally shoots himself after injuring US marshals during arrest attempt

7:49 pm September 29, 2023

A man wanted by police for child sex abuse crimes shot and killed himself Friday after wounding two federal marshals trying to arrest him at a South Carolina hotel, investigators said. A special team of U.S. Marshals was trying to arrest George Curtis at an extended stay hotel near Columbia when they were fired on, […]

Eswatini, one of the world’s last monarchies, holds largely ceremonial elections

7:48 pm September 29, 2023

The small southern African nation of Eswatini held elections Friday to decide part of the makeup of its Parliament, even as its extremely wealthy king retains absolute power, political parties are banned and elected representatives can merely advise a monarch whose family has reigned supreme for 55 years. Eswatini, wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, […]