WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States, citing violations of sanctions and export control laws.Continue Reading
A Chicago man was charged with murder in connection with the Labor Day shooting of four people who authorities said were sleeping in their seats on a train., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Starting September 1st, Wizz Air has suspended flights to Kuwait. Although I’ve never flown with them, they did have some really great prices and from what I read, it really wasn’t that bad of an experience flying with them. It’s not clear yet if this is a permanent or justContinue Reading
The New Mexico Book Co-Op has announced the finalists for the 2024 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. Genre finalists are shown below. The complete list is here. FICTION – SCI FI/FANTASYContinue Reading
Tara Chand Tanwar recruited hundreds into exploitative employment, according to an Al Jazeera-Lavialibera investigation., Ladnun, India and Padua, Italy – When Sandeep migrated from India’s Rajasthan state to Italy in 2009, he was fulfilling a long-held dream of relocating overseas for a better life. But in late 2015, the 42-year-oldContinue Reading
As the war enters its 922nd day, these are the main developments., As the war enters its 922nd day, these are the main developments. The Russian attack on Poltava shocked the town [Patryk Jaraccza/AFP] Here is the situation on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Fighting At least 51 people were killedContinue Reading
High tide floods – when water collects in streets or even seeps into buildings on days without rain – are increasingly common in coastal areas as sea levels rise, a new report warns. (Image credit: Lynne Sladky/AP)Continue Reading
George Norris set a high bar for independent and third party U.S. Senate candidacies in a state that otherwise has a paltry record for non-major party candidates for the office Most of the national Democratic interest in Nebraska’s 2024 elections has centered on the one presidential Electoral College vote drawnContinue Reading
Republicans are pushing back against voting accommodations for disabled people.Continue Reading
A top adviser to Brazil’s president says there is ‘authoritarian escalation’ in Venezuela following the arrest warrant., Foreign leaders, including in the United States and Brazil, have reacted with alarm and warnings after Venezuela issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia this week. On Tuesday, Canada joinedContinue Reading
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked a move by its key ally., Inside Story Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked a move by its key ally. The United Kingdom’s government says it will stop some of its arms exports to Israel, fearing the use of certain weapons couldContinue Reading
Hannah Knowles @ The Washington Post: 24 hours of The Traitor: QAnon tributes, crude attacks and hawking pieces of his suit Americas Worst Traitor amplified a vulgar joke about Vice President Kamala Harris performing a sex act. He falsely accused her of staging a coup to secure the Democratic nominationContinue Reading
Ivan Raiklin, who has proclaimed himself to be The Traitor’s “secretary of retribution,” is threatening to have Mark Zuckerberg executed for genocide. Mark Meckler and Rick Green claim that the Democrats don’t appeal to “real men,” such as themselves, but only to weak, effeminate “men who want to be likeContinue Reading