TAHHAHASSEE, Florida – A 21-year-old white gunman named Ryan Christopher Palmeter killed three Blacks in a racially motivated attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooting occurred on Saturday. The gunman had legally purchased a handgun in April and an AR -15 rifle in June. The victims of the attack were 52-year...
Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington to commemorate event WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are joining thousands of others to mark the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s anti-racism march on Monday. They are meeting with organizers of the 1963 gathering to mark the annivers...
Changes include opening administrative conferences to the public, establishing a task force to recommend rule changes, and making court decisions more accessible on the Internet, MADISON, Wisconsin – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has made sweeping changes to improve transparency and accountability after electing a liberal majority to the c...
Parents of diverse religious backgrounds in Maryland had filed a lawsuit against the Montgomery County Board of Education’s policy change ANNAPOLIS, Maryland – A district judge in Maryland has denied parents’ petition against an education policy change that removed parents’ right to opt their children out of LGBTQ+-related cl...
U.S. Attorney’s Office for Minnesota alleged that Masood, a licensed physician from Pakistan, used an encrypted messaging app to contact ISIS SAINT PAUL, Minnesota – Pakistani origin medical practitioner Mohammad Masood, 31, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for terrorism. A former employee of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, he pleaded ...
Israeli Foreign Ministry provided information about the meeting a week after it took place in Rome TRIPOLI, Libya – Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush has been dismissed following her controversial meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. The meeting sparked large protests across Libya. Speculation that al-Mangoush would l...
Dalits, or Black untouchables of India, are at the bottom of the caste hierarchy of India’s social system NEW DELHI, India – A Dalit teenager was allegedly lynched and killed by an upper caste Hindu mob in India. Reports said that his sister was also attacked, and the mother was stripped naked, when they tried […]
Her son had criticized trial of an opposition politician belonging to the Jamaat e Islami by the controversial International Crimes Tribunal DHAKA, Bangladesh – A 58-year-old woman, Anisha Siddika, was arrested in Bangladesh following a Facebook post by her son. According to Amnesty International, Siddika was taken into custody on Augus...
Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan orders renaming to strengthen the bonds of humanity between the followers of different religions ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates has renamed a famous mosque in Abu Dhabi, the Mary, Mother of Jessus Mosque. It was previously named Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Mosque. Crown Prince Mohammad Bin [&...
Somalia sees EAC as gateway to vast market and solution to security concerns NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The East African Community (EAC) initiated discussions Tuesday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with the aim of admitting Somalia into the regional bloc. Speaking at the main campus of the Kenya School of Government in Lower Kabete, Nairobi, [...
