Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges
With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.
Texas congressman’s office vandalized with red liquid spelling ‘Free Gaza’
Rep. John Carter, R-Texas said “unhinged anti-Israel activists” vandalized his Georgetown office, posting pictures of the display on social media just days after he voted in favor of providing $26 billion in aid to Israel. On Monday morning, Carter posted an image of the door to his Georgetown, Texas office, splattered with red liquid that Read More
Seattle Children’s Hospital won’t have to provide trans patient records to Texas under new settlement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suspected the hospital was helping Texas kids access puberty blockers or hormone treatments that are outlawed for juveniles.
The US is expected to block military aid to an Israeli army unit. What is the Leahy law?
Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that it’s blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago. The move would mark the first time in the decades-long partnership between Read More
Proposal to let parents be fined for kids’ crimes heads to Tennessee governor’s desk
A proposal that would allow parents to be fined for their child’s criminal offenses is headed to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for his approval. The GOP-dominant House on Monday approved allowing judges to levy up to $1,000 in fines against parents or legal guardians of children who commit a second criminal offense. The chamber Read More
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russian strike collapsed Kharkiv TV tower
Ukrainian president tells Joe Biden that Russian attack on the tower is part of a plan to make the city ‘uninhabitable’. A Russian missile strike that broke in half a 240-metre (787-foot) television tower in Kharkiv is part of a deliberate effort by Moscow to make Ukraine’s second-largest city uninhabitable, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Read More
What could be the consequences if Israel invades Rafah?
Several of Israel’s allies say they are opposed to Israeli forces launching an assault on the southern Gaza city. More than one million Palestinians have sought shelter in Rafah in southern Gaza, but there are growing fears that Israeli forces could launch an offensive on the city. Israel’s US and European allies say they are Read More
Jury hears opening statements at Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial
NewsFeed Opening statements and testimony from the first witness was heard by the jury at Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial. Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey is following the first ever criminal proceedings against a former president from New York. Published On 22 Apr 202422 Apr 2024 Adblock test (Why?)
New poll reveals voters prefer Trump on these key issues
Most voters prefer former President Donald Trump to handle their top issues over President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election, recent polling shows. A new NBC News poll found that inflation is the number one issue for voters going into November — an issue that most respondents believe would be better handled by Trump Read More
‘Significant threat’: ICE tracks down illegal immigrant charged with child sex crime
A Honduran illegal immigrant, charged with a child sex crime was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — months after he was released from jail in Connecticut despite ICE’s pleas to take custody of him. The unnamed 26-year-old Honduran national had initially been released into the U.S. in 2013 after being arrested by Border Read More