Mary Yee was in elementary school when the neighborhood she grew up in, Boston’s Chinatown, was destroyed.Beginning in the late 1950s, the state built a pair of sprawling freeways, Interstates 93 and 90, through the historic neighborhood and demolished hundreds of row houses and storefronts where working-class immigrants lived and thrived.For the first time, Congress…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — The U.S. will impose a new round of economic sanctions on Russia, the White House announced on Wednesday, including on the adult children of President Vladimir Putin and other influential Russians, in response to new accusations he committed war crimes in Ukraine. “These oligarchs and their family members are not allowed to hold…Continue Reading
GALENA, Mo. — A judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against three men prosecuted after a tourist boat sank and killed 17 people during a 2018 Missouri storm.The boat was swamped by waves caused by strong winds shortly after it entered Table Rock Lake near Branson on July 19, 2018. Riders from Missouri, Indiana, Illinois…Continue Reading
Prosecutors announced Wednesday they will not file charges against the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke during a February no-knock raid. “There is insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case. Specifically, the State would be unable to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements of Minnesota’s use-of-deadly-force statute that authorizes…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) has bought 2 million barrels of Russian Urals for May loading from trader Trafigura, two sources familiar with the purchase said. Refiners in India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, have been snapping up Russian oil through spot deals since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February…Continue Reading
SynopsisAs the world expresses shock at viewing bodies and mass graves in Bucha in Ukraine, China state media insists on a fair probe before pointing fingers.ReutersUkrainian soldiers stand next to the grave of a civilian, who according to residents was killed by Russian soldiers, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April…Continue Reading
A school bus driver may face jail time after she was accused of swabbing kids’ cheeks for a COVID-19 test, in exchange for money.On Tuesday, Charlotte, North Carolina’s WSOC-TV reported that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Police Department issued an arrest warrant for a bus driver, who was identified as Raina McManus, 35. According to the report,…Continue Reading
Makayla Noble, has attended her first cheer practice since being paralyzed in a freak accident last year, according to an update posted by the family.Noble, 17, also showed off her continued progress in strength and body control during a training session at the Adaptive Training Foundation (ATF)—a non-profit organization in Carrollton, Texas—the teen’s mother said…Continue Reading
Is there anything Pete Davidson cannot do? Not only has he starred in Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island on Netflix, made audiences laugh with his stand-up and Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketches, and found himself in one of the hottest couples in Hollywood with his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, he has also changed the…Continue Reading
Amy Schumer has finally given in and taken a lie detector test after years of teasing, over accusations of joke stealing.The Trainwreck star took part in Vanity Fair’s polygraph test feature where she was grilled about many aspects of her acting career, personal life and indeed, her jokes.Back in 2016, Schumer was accused of stealing…Continue Reading
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