Day: January 23, 2024

Virginia police arrest man accused in 1991 killing of estranged wife and fleeing to El Salvador

2:50 am January 23, 2024

Authorities in Virginia announced on Monday the arrest of a man accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife three decades ago after being on the run for years. The Fairfax County Police Department said Jose Cruz was wanted for the murder of Ana Jurado, 24, on April 30, 1991. At the time of the killing, the […]

NY NAACP chapter finds no evidence of antisemitic slurs during basketball game, but there’s a twist

2:48 am January 23, 2024

A local New York NAACP chapter determined there was “absolutely no evidence” that antisemitic slurs were hurdled at a Jewish day school during a basketball game against another public high school. A high school girls game between the Leffell School, a private Jewish school in Hartsdale, New York, and Roosevelt High School, a public school […]

Colorado sextortion scam targets middle and high school students: police

2:16 am January 23, 2024

Aurora, Colorado law enforcement officials are investigating several reports of children being targeted with sextortion, a form of blackmail involving the threat of publishing a sexually explicit image. The Aurora Police Department said scammers involved in sextortion often threaten to post explicit material on the internet unless they receive money from the targeted individual. Sextortion […]

Russian lawmakers weigh bill to seize property from those who criticize Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

2:07 am January 23, 2024

Russian lawmakers are weighing a bill that would grant the state power to seize property from people who criticize Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Criticizing the invasion, which began nearly two years ago, is effectively a crime already. But the new bill aims to make penalties even harsher. The draft bill, considered by Russia’s parliament […]

Left-wing activist says it’s ‘so weird’ that Passover only about Jews, not others’ ‘subjugation’

2:00 am January 23, 2024

A progressive activist drew attention on social media after she argued the suffering of Jews isn’t “exceptional” as she explained her support for Palestinians in light of the Israel-Hamas war. There have been “so many similar genocides,” Nicole Carty told The New York Times Magazine last week. She said at another point that it’s “so […]