Day: June 4, 2024

Embattled Sen Bob Menendez files to run for re-election as independent candidate

5:15 am June 4, 2024

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has filed a petition with nearly 2,500 signatures to run for re-election as an independent, despite being on trial for federal bribery charges. The New Jersey Division of Elections lists Menendez as a candidate in the Nov. 5 election after he submitted a petition with 2,465 signatures. To make it onto […]

World War II’s D-Day: Photos reveal world’s largest amphibious invasion

4:58 am June 4, 2024

Eighty years ago, D-Day — also known as Operation Neptune — was the largest invasion ever assembled. Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France, by sea and air, to liberate Western Europe from Nazi Germany. The D-Day invasion took place on June 6, 1944, nearly a year before Germany unconditionally surrendered during World War II.

Blue city leader to stop sharing crime alerts with constituents because they create bad ‘perception’

4:55 am June 4, 2024

A Chicago alderwoman will no longer post crime alerts on social media or send alerts to her constituents unless they specifically opt in for the notifications, saying the over-reporting of crime leads to an inaccurate public perception. The announcement by Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth came as robberies and sex crimes are at their highest levels in […]

Some former ‘Never Trump’ voters now say they’re backing GOP nominee after his conviction

4:32 am June 4, 2024

A group of what’s been described as “Never Trump” voters are suddenly backing the former president following last week’s historic conviction. The Free Press spoke with several voters from across the country whose opinions were significantly impacted by the guilty verdict in the New York trial against former President Trump. Shaun Maguire, a Los Angeles-based […]

Families of hostages taken in Israel on Oct. 7 plead for peace at interfaith conference in NYC

4:25 am June 4, 2024

Families of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 came together with religious leaders for an interfaith conference in New York City Monday amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The attendees, comprising the family members of Jewish and Muslim hostages as well as pastors, rabbis, and imams, pleaded for peace at the discussion hosted by […]