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Earthquake interrupts United Nations Security Council in NYC

An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move. The agency reported a quake at 10:23 a.m. with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered near Lebanon, New […]

Massachusetts council approves pardoning people with misdemeanor cannabis convictions

BOSTON — A Massachusetts council on Wednesday approved Gov. Maura Healey‘s plan to pardon tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades. The pardons approved by the Governor’s Council will take effect immediately, although it will take some time to update state criminal records, officials said. “Massachusetts made history today,” […]

Time to Cancel CAIR – the Council on American-Islamic Relations

The White House in December 2023 quietly canceled the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) membership in its “National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism” program due to CAIR’s Executive Director, Nihad Awad, a Palestinian-American, saying he was “happy” about the October 7 Hamas massacre and genocide of Jews. Why the White House would include CAIR in its strategy to […]