Iranian media says a man has shot dead seven members of his wife’s family in the southwestern city of Dezful. The state-owned IRNA news agency said Sunday the shooter wielded a Kalashnikov rifle killing five men and two women, before shooting himself. The agency reported the shooter survived and is […]
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg calls for more government regulations in op-ed
It’s rare that CEOs will call for more regulations from the government instead of fewer, but Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admitted the social media giant could use some more oversight. Zuckerberg openly lobbied for regulation in four areas in a new opinion piece for The Washington Post published Saturday. “I believe […]
Bangladesh police arrest building owners over fatal blaze
Police in Bangladesh’s capital arrested two of the owners of a commercial complex that caught fire last week, killing 26 people and injuring about 70, an official said. Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch Shahjahan Shaju told The Associated Press early Sunday that they arrested F.R. Tower’s owners Tasvir-ul-Islam […]
Warren, Castro say they believe woman’s claim about Biden
Some Democratic presidential candidates expressed support Saturday for the Nevada political candidate who alleged former Vice President Joe Biden kissed her on the back of her head in 2014. But they didn’t say it disqualifies Biden from joining the race. Speaking to reporters in Iowa, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and […]
Lawmaker denies sex-abuse allegations in 1983 police report
Former Arizona Rep. David Stringer is denying that he paid two teens for sex in the 1980s. Stringer wrote on Facebook Saturday that he was the subject of “salacious allegations of sexual improprieties that had no basis in fact.” The Prescott Republican lawmaker resigned on Wednesday when confronted privately with […]
2 Air Force commanders relieved of posts after hazing probe
Two commanders of squadrons at Air Force bases in Alaska and Washington state have been relieved of their duties after hazing investigations of their units, KTUU TV station reports . The TV station reports that a statement from the 354th Fighter Wing public affairs office at Eielson Air Force Base […]
Japanese American internment camp survivors protest at immigrant detention facility
About 45 miles from Crystal City, Texas, where Hiroshi Shimizu was held as a child in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, there is the South Texas Residential Family Center in Dilley — a euphemism, some would say, for a family detention center. As the country’s largest detention […]
LeBron James to sit out last 6 games of Lakers’ season
LeBron James’ first season with the Los Angeles Lakers is over. James will sit out the final six games of the Lakers’ sixth consecutive losing season, the team announced Saturday. In a statement, President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson and General Manager Rob Pelinka claimed the decision will provide James […]
Venezuela’s rival factions rally as power struggle persists
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took his campaign for change to one of the country’s most populous states on Saturday, while supporters of the man he is trying to oust, President Nicolas Maduro, held a rival demonstration in the capital after another nationwide blackout. Guaido, the U.S.-backed leader of the […]
Mayor to apologize for 1891 lynching of 11 Italian Americans
The mayor of New Orleans plans an apology to Italian Americans for what’s considered the nation’s most deadly lynching — violence in which 11 Italian immigrants were killed after acquittals in a police chief’s murder. “This has been a longstanding wound,” said Michael Santo of the Order Sons and Daughters […]