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Ex-Assad official charged in California for ‘flying carpet’ torture at Syrian prison
[ad_1] A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this week charged a former Syrian military official with several counts of torture allegedly committed at a prison he oversaw for years.Samir...
Alaska is a climate victim and a perpetrator. The next four years will only make matters worse
[ad_1] “I’m just waiting to start hearing methane explosions like they do in Russia,” says Bethel, Alaska, City Council Member Mark Springer. Until recently he and his wife would pick...
Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
[ad_1] A former FBI informant accused of falsely claiming that President Biden and his son Hunter accepted bribes has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court papers...
Have followers and something to sell? TikTok may want to make a deal
[ad_1] It is just past 10 p.m. and Aaliyah Arnold, the 20-year-old founder of BossUp Cosmetics, is selling to the TikTok universe. As she livestreams from a Culver City filming...
Column: This is why Donald Trump just doubled down on mass deportation of millions of immigrants
[ad_1] A chilling scene in the new movie “Wicked” sums up what’s wrong with President-elect Donald Trump’s view of immigrants.The two witches, Elphaba and Glinda, have traveled to the Emerald...
Monarch butterflies proposed for threatened species status
[ad_1] Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday moved to add the monarch butterfly to its endangered species roster, citing decades of steep population decline of the striking black-and-orange insect. The U.S....
Party City mulls second bankruptcy, just over a year after first
[ad_1] PARTY City Holdco is considering options including a sale or a potential bankruptcy filing, just over a year after it emerged from Chapter 11, according to sources with knowledge...
Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum
[ad_1] The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers’ top...
Journalists’ rights group says 104 media workers killed this year. Gaza stands out for 2nd year
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (AP) — The International Federation of Journalists said Tuesday that 104 journalists and media workers have been killed so far in 2024, with more than half of them...
Trump is threatening to raise tariffs again. Here’s how China plans to fight back
[ad_1] TAIPEI, Taiwan — President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports when he takes office, a move that would deepen a trade war he started six...
Russia fired 4 times as many drones and missiles at Ukraine in the past 3 months as it did a year earlier: report
[ad_1] Russia launched more than 6,000 drones and missiles this fall, per The Wall Street Journal.Ukraine has used a combination of air defense systems and electronic warfare to counter the...
Proposed California law would require warning labels on social media