Day: February 5, 2024

NYPD releases migrant raid photos as soft-on-crime city leaders face national outrage

4:44 pm February 5, 2024

New York City police arrested a group of illegal immigrant thieves early Monday as authorities crack down on a Venezuelan gang linked to dozens of robberies and a shocking assault on NYPD officers that went viral last week. Then city leaders made a show of it, with a local news crew present, and sharing photos […]

New California Senate leader will target opioid addiction, childhood poverty, housing shortage

4:10 pm February 5, 2024

When California Sen. Mike McGuire takes over as leader of the state Senate on Monday, it will be the first time in decades that the state’s top two legislative leaders aren’t from a major urban center. But McGuire says the issues that most afflict rural districts like his — including childhood poverty, opioid addiction and […]

Ex-Barcelona soccer star Dani Alves’ sexual assault trial begins

4:09 pm February 5, 2024

Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves went on trial Monday, a year after he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub. Alves, a former Barcelona player, has been in pre-trial custody for over a year since he was detained for allegedly sexually assaulting the woman on the night of Dec. […]

Rail safety reform efforts stalled in Congress a year after Ohio train derailment

4:08 pm February 5, 2024

The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. A few key measures in the latest Federal Railroad Administration statistics, including the total number of train accidents, worsened over the first 11 months of last year compared […]

Biden support from Black voters plummeting as Democrats blame ‘disinformation’

4:07 pm February 5, 2024

President Biden’s support among Black voters has dropped significantly since 2020, and his supporters are beginning to blame the change on “disinformation.” The Democratic Party in South Carolina, where the Black vote essentially saved Biden’s candidacy in the 2020 primary, launched a program seeking to “educate” the state’s Black voters this month. Party officials went […]