As winter looms, Venezuelan migrant surge overwhelms Chicago
Police stations have become tent encampments. More than 800 migrants are sleeping at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. City officials are scrambling.
Day: October 7, 2023
Donald Trump loses bid to halt New York civil fraud trial
Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial will proceed next week after the former U.S. president lost a bid Friday to halt the proceedings while he fights a pretrial ruling that could strip him of Trump Tower and other marquee properties.
Duwamish River: Federal funding pathways
Re: “The secret dispute behind cleaning Seattle’s only river” [Sept. 24, Seattle Times Watchdog]: I grew up fishing with my dad on Fauntleroy Cove, feasting on fried rockfish and falling asleep to ferryboat foghorns. From the West Seattle Bridge, I saw…
Precision missile strike on cafe hosting soldier’s wake decimates Ukrainian village
The Ukrainian village of Hroza has been plunged into mourning by a missile strike that killed more than 50 people.
L.A. strippers won a union. But the dance isn’t over
Tensions remain as a recently unionized group of dancers at a Los Angeles strip club negotiate for better pay and working conditions,
France brush aside Italy to sweep into World Cup quarter-finals
France racked up their biggest victory over Italy on Friday night to reach the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup as winners of Group A.
Marine Corps Finishes First XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone Flight
The Marine Corps recently conducted the first flight test of the Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ [KTOS] XQ-58A Valkyrie autonomous low-cost unmanned air vehicle in support of a program that […]
Homelessness: ‘Lack of a business model’
Re: “The effort to end downtown Seattle homelessness ended — now what?” [Oct. 1, Opinion]: After reading the editorial, I realized an important component has been missing and likely would make all the efforts and resources much more effective. A busine…
Kadyrov’s 15-year-old son beats inmate, presented with state award – Yahoo News
Kadyrov’s 15-year-old son beats inmate, presented with state award Yahoo NewsRamzan Kadyrov’s 15-year-old son Adam awarded Hero of Chechnya title after assaulting defenseless detainee in jail MeduzaKadyrov’s Son Will Not Be Prosec…