Category Archives: World
Town Hall: Your Voice, Your Future – Opioids: A National Crisis
by Sinclair Broadcast Group An hour-long discussion of the Opioid Crisis affecting all Americans. This important Opioid Town Hall is a national epidemic that has touched every one of the communities that we serve. It will be streamed on all of our news websites and will also air on some of our stations the following weekend. Read more » »
Nikki Haley Gets Ready: ‘We’re in the Money’
Nikki Haley, the former US envoy to the UN, has been nominated to join the Boeing board, among other new ventures that could raise a lot of money for a possible presidential run by her. As governor of South Carolina, she helped Boeing expand its plant there, a move celebrated above, May 10, 2013. Read more » »
Belgian mayor defends carnival float featuring Jews with money and a rat
(JTA) — The mayor of the Belgian city whose annual parade featured puppets of Jews and a rat atop money bags defended the display, telling the local media that “In Aalst it should be allowed. Read more » »
The ups and down of a presidential approval rating
by KRISTINE FRAZAO, Sinclair Broadcast Group WASHINGTON (SBG) – An emboldened President Trump celebrating the news of a spike in the polls as it pertains to his approval rating. In a tweet Trump claims his base still supports him by ninety-three-percent following CPAC and eighty-eight-percent according to a new NBC News Wall Street Journal Poll. Read more » »
Man admits to sex with girl transported by his grandma, mom
Photo: Pixabay via MGN Online JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been sentenced for sex crimes involving a 13-year-old Alabama girl who was brought to Missouri by the man’s mother and grandmother. Twenty-two-year-old Michael James Collins was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison without parole. Read more » »
Doc denies ordering excessive painkiller to end patient’s life
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A critical-care doctor accused of ordering excessive painkiller doses for dozens of Ohio hospital patients who died is denying he negligently or intentionally prescribed drugs to end a woman’s life. The response is part of a court filing seeking dismissal of a lawsuit against Dr. Read more » »
Pope Francis announces Vatican will open Holocaust-era archives
Pope Francis announces Vatican will open Holocaust-era archives Sun SentinelPope Francis announced that the Vatican archive surrounding the Holocaust when Pope Pius XII, who has been criticized for doing little to save Jews and for … Read more » »
Homeland Security warns public of spoofing scam involving department phone numbers
by DEVON MAHIEU, WPBN/WGTU WASHINGTON (WPBN/WGTU) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing a fraud alert after reports of department telephone numbers have been used recently as part of a telephone spoofing scam. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Welcomes House Action on Anti-Semitism Measure
B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith welcomes the House vote slated for Wednesday on a measure condemning anti-Semitism in response to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s “dual loyalty” charges against Jewish lawmakers. Read more » »
Authorities arrest Oregon woman as suspect for vandalism at N. Carolina cemetery
ROBBINSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a woman who they say vandalized a cemetery. The Graham County Sheriff’s Office says 58-year-old Dawn Renee Phillips of Pendleton, Oregon, is charged with 61 counts of desecrating grave sites and is jailed on a $125,000 bond. Lt. Read more » »
