Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit against Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and former supervisor Marn’i Washington. The suit accuses them of civil rights violations in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton. The hurricanes, which struck Florida in late September an...
Concerns over press freedom are escalating as President-elect Donald Trump intensifies legal attacks on media outlets. Trump’s lawyer Edward Paltzik has demanded $10 billion in damages from The New York Times and Penguin Random House. He is accusing them of defamation over critical reports and books. One target was the book “Lucky Loser,...
The family of Malcolm X has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the FBI, CIA, and New York Police Department (NYPD), accusing them of involvement in his 1965 assassination. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, claims the agencies conspired to assassinate the activist. The lawsuit alleges that a corrupt relationship betwee...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to use the US military to carry out what he has promised to be the largest mass deportation of undocumented migrants in history. Trump shared a post from right-wing foundation Judicial Watch President John Fitton, saying, “GOOD NEWS: Reports are the incoming @...
ISTANBUL (AA) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, acknowledged paying a woman who accused him of sexual assault, while insisting that the encounter was consensual. His attorney Timothy Parlatore confirmed the payment in a statement and said Hegseth “maintains his innocence.” The revelati...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A poll released Monday shows that more than half of Canadians believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should quit. The once-popular leader has bottomed out, with 57% of respondents believing that someone other than Trudeau should head the Liberals in the next election which has to be held no later than October […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced new sanctions on Monday against illegal Israeli settlers and entities over extremist settler violence in the occupied West Bank. The Treasury Department designated three individuals and three entities involved in settlement-related activities in the West Bank, according to a statement. The sanctions tar...
BEIRUT (AA) – At least 26 people have been killed and dozens injured as Israel launched fresh airstrikes in southern Lebanon, local media said. Israeli fighter jets conducted 10 airstrikes in the city of Nabatieh, leaving eight people dead and injuring several others, the state news agency NNA reported. Six medics were also killed in [&h...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The head of Pakistan’s Islamic council on Monday declared the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) “against national security and character assassination” as un-Islamic amid reports that the software may be banned in the South Asian nation. “Whether it is a registered VPN or unregistered, if it...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has suspended in-person classes at schools in Beirut and surrounding areas after Israeli airstrikes hit the center of the capital, Minister of Education Abbas Halabi announced Sunday. Schools and higher educational institutions will be closed Monday and Tuesday in Beirut and Chouf, northern Metn, Baabda and Aley. Th...
