A British court ruled Tuesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be immediately extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges unless officials in Washington guarantee he won’t face the death penalty and that he is afforded the same free speech protections as American citizens. The ruling is a partial legal win for Australian-born Mr. Assange […]
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Friday he won’t fight Mexican drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs. Over the years, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has laid out various justifications for his “hugs, not bullets” policy of avoiding clashes with the cartels. In the […]
Remember that disturbing video just over a week ago featuring two Missouri girls getting into a fight? The one where the girl, whose name turned out to be Kaylee Gain, had her head slammed against the concrete several times? Yes, it was disturbing to watch, and yes, the girl […]
Police officers patrolling trains and National Guard soldiers inspecting bags are part of what analysts call a wave of crime-fighting “theater” on transit systems that critics predict will do little to stop criminals from preying on passengers. A spate of deadly shootings on buses, stabbings outside subway stations and erratic vagrants shoving people onto busy […]
The battle is heated over Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA law that allows essentially warrantless wiretapping on non-U.S. citizens by American intelligence and the FBI. The law expanded U.S. surveillance capabilities in the post-9/11 era and spy agencies it’s invaluable. But civil liberty advocates have long been critical, because U.S. […]
As with many other parts of the country, several counties in Maryland have recently seen parents pushing back against inappropriate sexual content in school libraries and getting some books removed from the shelves. The books primarily deal with either transgender ideology or more adult sexual content of any nature. But the Democrats in the state […]
Texas has won a legal skirmish in its efforts to make it a state crime to be in the country illegally. On Saturday, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order countermanding a U.S. District Court judge’s decision that issued a preliminary injunction to block a Texas law allowing […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Wes Mr. Moore presented legislation he’s championing to address child poverty to state lawmakers on Wednesday, laying out a locally focused plan to attack the root causes of concentrated poverty statewide. Mr. Moore, who served as the CEO of one of the nation’s largest poverty-fighting organizations before he was governor, testified […]
In 2015, Boris Johnson, then London’s mayor, announced plans to create an Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) in the core of the city — which demonstrates that many of the UK’s Conservative Party members aren’t all that conservative. In the ULEZ, vehicles that weren’t certified as low-emission vehicles would face an emissions charge. […]
A video that is going viral on social media appears to show former NFL quarterback Cam Newton holding his own against several people who were trying to jump him. Newton, who is often portrayed by his critics as soft and out of touch, proved in the moment he not only was in excellent physical shape […]
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