Pennsylvania firefighters were caught mocking an 8-year-old Black girl killed by police last month. That’s led to some members of the department being placed on administrative suspension. Members of Briarcliffe Fire Company in Delaware County were suspended during a closed-door meeting at the station Thursday night, according to Philadelphia’s...
Researchers say state-level “stand your ground” laws “should be reconsidered to prevent unnecessary violent deaths.” Such laws are associated with hundreds of additional homicides each year in the U.S., according to new research by public health scholars. The study was published Monday in JAMA Network Open, a peer-reviewed medical journal. It ...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said that the EU and US will not accept the breakup of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Speaking at a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, Borrell asserted that the situation “has never been this worrying” in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He said that he had […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul HOKUL on Friday unveiled a plan to make the city’s subway system safer. Adams, a former New York City transit police officer, announced the plan to remove homeless and mentally ill people from the subway system. The move is in response to a […]
The White House has released a screening tool to help identify disadvantaged communities plagued by environmental hazards. But the administration won’t include race as a factor in deciding where to allocate resources. Officials told reporters Friday excluding race will make projects less likely to draw legal challenges and will be easier...
David Miliband, former U.K. foreign secretary and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, said the West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan. The West has also has its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the Central Asian nation, he said. Miliband has been among those lobbying the Us President Joe Bi...
BERLIN (AA) – The US accused Russia on Friday of deploying additional troops to the Ukrainian border despite its announcement of a partial military withdrawal. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was no sign of a Russian troop pullout. “On the contrary, we see additional force...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu discussed the Ukraine conflict with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday. The two military chiefs discussed “the pressing issues of international security,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Austin called for de-escalation of tension around Ukraine...
U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused Israel of putting Palestinian children in cage-like prisons. The New York Democrat was speaking at the Democratic Socialists of America event during a campaign rally for Greg Casar, who is running for Congress in Texas. Ocasio-Cortez compared migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border to ...
A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between two teenagers, one Black, one white, at a New Jersey mall has sparked outrage over police response. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday the appearance of the officers’ “racially disparate treatment” is deeply disturbing. One video of the incident reviewed by CNN shows the [&hel...
