WASHINGTON (AA) -The U.S. has sanctioned two Russian intelligence officers accused of interfering in elections. A Treasury Department statement said Russian officials played a role in influencing a local election and distorting the poll process. Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers Yegor Sergeyevich Popov and Aleksei Borisovich Sukh...
WASHINGTON – A recent opinion poll has found that Donald Trump has a significant lead over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican election. But surprisingly it is DeSantis who is proving a strong candidate against President Joe Biden. The opinion poll conducted by the NBC News has revealed that Biden was currently holding ...
WASHINGTON – Conservative news outlet Newsmax is facing consequences for spreading false information about the 2020 presidential election. According to reports, editors and other network employees have been served with subpoenas. They were ordered to turn over their personal cell phones, emails, and iCloud accounts to legal representativ...
WASHINGTON – At least 29 U.S. states have enacted nearly 100 restrictive voting laws in the last 10 years. Activists believe that the states are taking advantage of a 2013 Supreme Court verdict that overturned a law requiring states to have changes to voting laws approved by the federal government. The provision of the landmark […...
WASHINGTON – A declassified U.S. intelligence report has found no clear evidence linking the origin of the Covid virus to a Chinese laboratory in the city of Wuhan. However, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report, released Friday, does not rule out the possibility. The report mentions that some researchers at t...
NEW YORK – Yusef Salaam, once falsely accused and convicted has decided to run for a seat on the New York City Council. Salaam, then 15, and four other teenagers were accused by police of raping and assaulting a white woman in Central Park in 1989. They spent seven years in prison before being exonerated […]
WASHINGTON – Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, the first Muslim woman to play major league basketball while wearing a hijab, is working on a children’s book about her experience. The book, titled “Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed Basketball,” will describe her journey as a young girl who has a great passion for basketball an...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Attorney General Merrick Garland denies allegations that the Justice Department interfered in the investigation of U.S. President Joe Biden’s son. He said the attorney appointed by Donald Trump was allowed to continue his investigation. Trump had appointed David Weiss to pursue the case. “Mr. Weiss has since sent ...
TALLAHASSEE – A Florida-based right-wing group is financing a campaign to make it harder for Ohio voters to pass constitutional referendums. The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) is advocating that Ohio’s state constitution should only be amended by an overwhelming majority vote. The group is funded by Illinois billion...
WASHINGTON – Firouz Naderi, an Iranian-American space scientist, died June 9 at age 77. He served in various technical and leadership positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 36 years. Naderi oversaw the successful landing of two research rovers on Mars. His accomplishments included the Mars Odyssey, launched in 2001...
