Day: January 12, 2024

NM Gov. Grisham pushes gun control, public safety as Legislature reconvenes

11:58 pm January 12, 2024

New Mexico’s governor presented a broad suite of legislative proposals on gun control and enhanced penalties for violent crime Friday, vowing to forge new pathways through the complex landscape of constitutional law in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to expand gun rights. The announcements by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a second-term […]

Biden confronted by hecklers shouting ‘go home’ during Pennsylvania visit: ‘You’re a loser’

11:51 pm January 12, 2024

President Biden received a hostile welcome from swing state voters in Pennsylvania during a visit to several small businesses to tout his Bidenomics economic plan. “Go home, Joe!” one onlooker yelled as the Pennsylvania-raised president walked into a bike shop in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. “You’re a loser!” another yelled. “Loser!” During the president’s visit, he swung […]

Axe handle-wielding Proud Boy gets 55 months for role in J6 riot

11:13 pm January 12, 2024

A jailed member of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago, court records show. William Chrestman, a U.S. Army veteran from Olathe, Kansas, brandished an axe handle and threatened police with violence […]

Navy officer imprisoned in Japan over deadly car crash freed from US custody, family says

11:12 pm January 12, 2024

A U.S. Navy officer previously jailed in Japan over a car crash that killed two Japanese citizens was released from American custody on Friday. Lt. Ridge Alkonis was released one month after returning to the United States to be placed in a federal prison. He was ordered released by the U.S. Parole Commission. He was […]

Hundreds of thousands in urgent need of assistance as severe flooding hits Congo

11:08 pm January 12, 2024

Widespread floods in the Republic of Congo have pushed hundreds of thousands of people to be in urgent need of assistance, said the United Nations Friday. Unusually heavy rainfall has caused nine of the countries 12 departments to be affected with floods damaging health facilities and schools and submerging farmland, said the World Health Organization […]

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