Day: November 8, 2023

IA grocery store worker murdered, suspect shot by deputy

4:14 pm November 8, 2023

A grocery store worker in a small Iowa town was killed in what authorities described as an apparent “act of random violence,” and a deputy later shot the suspected shooter. Monticello Police Chief Britt D. Smith said in a news release that officers were sent to Fareway Meat and Grocery just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday […]

WV settlement reached in lawsuit over ‘inhumane’ jail conditions

4:13 pm November 8, 2023

A lawsuit filed by inmates who described conditions at a southern West Virginia jail as inhumane has been settled, a federal judge said Tuesday, a week after a magistrate judge said some records in the suit had been intentionally destroyed. U.S. District Judge Frank Volk said in a court filing that the plaintiffs and defendants […]

Statue of Native American leader replaces toppled monument of Spanish missionary in California

4:10 pm November 8, 2023

A statue of a late Native American leader has been unveiled outside California’s state Capitol building, replacing a monument of a Spanish missionary that was toppled by protesters in 2020. The eight-foot-tall bronze statue depicts Miwok leader William J. Franklin Sr., in recognition of the Native American tribes whose ancestral lands are now the grounds […]

Chaos erupts at Chicago City Council meeting over sanctuary city status

4:06 pm November 8, 2023

Protesters shut down a Chicago City Council meeting on Tuesday during a debate over allowing residents to decide whether the city should remain a sanctuary for migrants. Frustrated residents, mostly African Americans, packed the gallery during the City Council Rules Committee meeting, shouting and booing aldermen during a heated discussion on Chicago’s sanctuary city status, FOX32 […]

Republican senator presses State Department for info on bishop imprisoned by Ortega regime

3:58 pm November 8, 2023

A U.S. senator is pushing the Department of State to release information on an imprisoned foreign bishop who refused to be sent to the U.S. after being arrested by his communist government. Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri published a letter to the Department of State on Wednesday, demanding information on the continued persecution of […]