Category Archives: World

Report: Man confesses to sexually assaulting 3-year-old child who tested positive for STDs

by SBG San Antonio Staff Reports SAN ANTONIO — Police say a man confessed to sexually assaulting a 3-year-old relative who later tested positive for two sexually transmitted diseases. Drevon Alexander Perkins, 26, was charged with super aggravated sexual assault of a child under 6-years-old. Read more » »

First cousins in love fighting for right to get married in Utah

A Utah couple said they’re in love but the only problem is their first cousins and it’s illegal for them to marry in their home state. (CNN Newsource/ KTVX) SALT LAKE CITY, UT — A Utah couple said they’re in love but the only problem is their first cousins and it’s illegal for them to marry in their home state. Read more » »

Ontario Court of Appeal rules defamation suit against B’nai Brith can proceed

Former Green Party justice critic Dimitri Lascaris is a step closer to getting his day in court. The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled on Monday that Lascaris, a lawyer, can proceed with a defamation lawsuit against B’nai Brith Canada after the Ontario Read more » »

Petition, funding page started to spare the lives of dog who bit off Utah child’s arm

(KUTV) — A petition in support of the dogs, involved in ripping off a portion of a child’s arm and hand, has more than 100,000 signatures. Two dogs are in quarantine, although only one is believed to have bitten the child’s arm. The petition says the dog thought he was playing with a toy and was involved in a tug of war. Read more » »

Taxi passenger gets apology from Unicity after driver’s racist, anti-Semitic comments

A Winnipeg taxi company has apologized for comments made by one of its drivers about Indigenous and Jewish people to a passenger last month. Ron East said he was travelling to the Winnipeg airport in a Unicity Tax cab around 5 a.m. on Feb. 4. Read more » »

Lawmakers ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Trump negotiating better trade deal with China

by MARIANA BARILLAS, Sinclair Broadcast Group WASHINGTON (SBG) – President Donald Trump is working on getting a better deal with China, reflecting bipartisan urgency to resolve the ongoing trade dispute is having a devastating impact on the American economy. Read more » »

Homeless man charged in GoFundMe scheme pleads guilty

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A homeless man charged with engaging in a GoFundMe scheme has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in federal court. Johnny Bobbitt entered the plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Camden, New Jersey. Bobbitt and co-defendants Mark D’Amico and Katelyn McClure face charges in Burlington County, New Jersey. Read more » »

I spoke to the creators of Belgium’s anti-Semitic carnival float. They’re not sorry.

(JTA) — I initially had some sympathy for the creators of an anti-Semitic carnival float in Belgium. Studying their CVs and past creations for the annual carnival of Aalst, I saw that they were a group of some 20 upstanding citizens — a fireman, a technician, an Education Ministry official and a police department employee, to name a few. Read more » »

Florida trio arrested, charged with neglect for allowing children to live in squalor

by Keith Lane, WPMI Staff CRESTVIEW, Fla. (WPMI) – Three have been arrested after an Okaloosa County Officer in Florida found they were allegedly allowing children to live in squalor. According to arrest reports from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to a residence on Fowler Road in Crestview on a disturbance call. Read more » »

Live: House Judiciary Committee hearing on ‘Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients’

Live: House Judiciary Committee hearing on ‘Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients’  KATUWASHINGTON (SBG) – House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine, „Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients. Read more » »