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$5 Do-It-Yourself Ladders Thwarting Trump's $16 Billion Border Wall
The Huffington Post - 25 Apr 2021 02:38
"Unlike the wall, these ladders are functional," an activist artist tells Texas Monthly.
A US police officer has been convicted of murder -- but systemic racism remains around the world
CNN - 25 Apr 2021 06:02
The world's eyes were on Minnesota's Hennepin County Courthouse as Judge Peter Cahill uttered the word "guilty" three times.
Indian government asks Twitter to take down criticism of its COVID-19 response
New York Post - 25 Apr 2021 04:33
India has a new strategy for fighting it's COVID-19 crisis -- asking Twitter to take down the criticism of the government,
Spanish man charged with willingly infecting 22 people with COVID-19
NY Daily News - 25 Apr 2021 01:19
"The alleged perpetrator, despite having symptoms and having undergone a PCR test, continued his normal life without waiting for the result or maintaining a quarantine, going to work with more than 40 degree Celsius feve...
Biden's 100 days: Low-end approval, yet strong marks on pandemic response: POLL
ABC News - 25 Apr 2021 06:17
His April approval is lower than most of his predecessors, save Trump and Ford.
Kamala Harris to meet virtually with Mexican president amid border crisis
New York Post - 25 Apr 2021 04:19
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet "virtually" with Mexican President President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and other top officials next month -- as part of her efforts in dealing with what the administration describ...
Fresno pays $4.9 million settlement to family of 16-year-old killed running away from cops in 2017
NY Daily News - 25 Apr 2021 04:18
Isiah Murrietta-Golding was running away from police when officer Ray Villalvazo shot him in the back of the head on April 15, 2017.
Allen Weisselberg, self-professed 'stickler' CFO at center of Trump criminal probe says he leaves 'legal side' of money flow to others
NY Daily News - 25 Apr 2021 04:00
In previously unreported deposition documents obtained by the Daily News, Weisselberg, who has micromanaged the organization's finances for decades, shrugged off interest in or knowledge of the legalities around Trump's ...
German software tycoon makes historic donation to Green Party for upcoming election
NY Daily News - 25 Apr 2021 03:36
German software developer Mortiz Schmidt made his fortune off of Bitcoin, one of the most highly traded cryptocurrencies in the world. Now, as Germany gears up for their upcoming election, he donated one million euros to...
She killed 7 members of her own family while pregnant. Now her son could be orphaned by execution
CNN - 25 Apr 2021 02:25
Neighbors woke to a woman's cries for help just after 2 a.m. in Bawan Kheri, a village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Unarmed Man Shot by Deputy While on 911 Call, Officials Say
The New York Times - 25 Apr 2021 02:13
Isaiah Brown was on a cordless phone with an emergency dispatcher when he was shot, his lawyer said. His family said he was in intensive care.
Sheriff Calls For Release of Video in Death of Andrew Brown Jr.
The New York Times - 25 Apr 2021 01:54
A Black man was fatally wounded while the authorities were executing warrants. Law enforcement officials are under mounting public pressure.
At least 19 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire
CNN - 25 Apr 2021 01:45
At least 19 people died in a hospital fire in Baghdad Saturday night after oxygen tanks exploded, two health officials at the hospital told CNN.
Paul Rusesabagina was called a hero after 'Hotel Rwanda,' now he's on trial
ABC News - 25 Apr 2021 15:42
Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotelier who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film "Hotel Rwanda," is on trial in Rwanda for terrorism-related charges.
VP Harris to meet with Mexican president to talk tree-planting citizenship plan
New York Post - 25 Apr 2021 15:38
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will discuss a plan to offer citizenship as part of a tree-planting proposal he wants the US to help finance when he meets with Vice President Kamala Harris next month, a Mexican ...
82 dead, 110 injured in Baghdad hospital fire started by oxygen cylinder
New York Post - 25 Apr 2021 15:18
At least 82 people have now died from an inferno at a Baghdad hospital sparked by an exploding oxygen cylinder in a COVID-19 ward, with at least 110 others injured, Iraq officials announced Sunday.
Howard Students Protest Cut of Classics Department, Hub for Black Scholarship
The New York Times - 25 Apr 2021 15:14
Howard University's board of trustees approved the decision to scrap the program, the only such department at a historically Black university.
53 crew of lost naval submarine declared dead as Indonesia finds wreckage
CNN - 25 Apr 2021 14:36
The wreckage of an Indonesian Navy submarine missing since Wednesday has been found on the sea floor and all its 53 crew are confirmed dead, Indonesia military commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said Sunday.
Jerusalem tension triggers Gaza-Israel fire exchange as Netanyahu asks for calm
New York Post - 25 Apr 2021 14:13
Tensions in Jerusalem as Palestinians clashed with Israeli police and far-right Jewish groups prompted the heaviest cross-border violence in months between Israel and Gaza.
Indonesia admits all 53 crew of lost submarine are dead
ABC News - 25 Apr 2021 13:59
Indonesia’s military has officially said all 53 crew members from a submarine that sank and broke apart last week are dead
Anonymous jury in Derek Chauvin trial part of a growing trend that has some legal experts worried
USA Today - 25 Apr 2021 13:13
Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the murder of George Floyd by an anonymous jury, a trend that has some legal experts worried about transparency.
Vaccinated US tourists to be allowed into Europe this summer
New York Post - 25 Apr 2021 23:54
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said on Sunday that a switch in policy to allow trans-Atlantic travel is around the corner. "The Americans, as far as I can see, use European Medicines Agency-a...