Columbus, OH

The US Sun

AN HISTORIAN has revealed the disturbing horrors of “human zoos” – where human beings were treated like animals by cruel, racist keepers. Guido Gryseels, the former boss of the Africa Museum where King Leopold II opened the disturbing exhibit, told The Sun that Belgium still needs to come to terms with its brutal colonial past. […]

Inside Belgium’s disgraceful ‘human zoo’ – where country’s brutal colonial past was exhibited by King Leopold II

South Carolina State

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Florida State

Akeena

Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals a significant trend: Florida is experiencing a substantial outflow of residents. According to the latest figures, over 275,000 individuals left Florida for other states in 2022.

Florida Sees Surge in Departures as Hundreds of Thousands Move Out

The Guardian

Five people of colour reveal how they have felt about the events of the past two weeks

‘You’re reminded you don’t belong, even if you were born in Britain’: after the riots, reflections on racism

Pennsylvania State

JD Vance has bizarrely compared the US’s challenges with immigration and the southern border to eating “a really big sandwich” that’s too big for your mouth. Speaking at a Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States post in Pennsylvania on Thursday, the Republican vice presidential candidate – who has been branded “weird” by his Democratic opponent Tim Walz – responded to a question about whether Trump’s promised “largest deportation operation in American history” would require using the National Guard to round up millions of people.

JD Vance bizarrely compares border issues to eating a really big sandwich

Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

New Jersey State

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Jersey City, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Two members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in multiple shootings and other gang-related crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Gang Members Sentenced: 31 Years for Violent Crimes

Georgia State

The Forward

(JTA) — A state party official in Georgia appeared to agree with the host of a white nationalist TV show who said Jews run the government, responding, “They’re controlling everything.” Appearing in mid-February on “The Stew Peters Show,” which broadcasts online, Republican Chair of Georgia’s 1st congressional district Kandiss Taylor and Peters discussed the arrest...

On white nationalist’s show, Georgia state official Kandiss Taylor said Jewish people are ‘controlling everything’

New York City, NY

WashingtonExaminer

New York City continues to stumble over the fact that its sanctuary promises are irreconcilable with the reality of running a city while inviting a surge in illegal immigrants. New York City has been one of the many Democratic-run “sanctuary” cities that have encouraged illegal immigrants to cross the southern border by the hundreds of […]

New York City cruelly tempts and evicts illegal immigrants

Miami, FL

The New Republic

The right wing is trying to bring back birtherism (the dumb kind) for Kamala Harris. Pro-Trump influencer and failed congressional candidate Laura Loomer tried to start a conspiracy on X (formerly Twitter, the company whose doors she once handcuffed herself to for reasons beyond understanding) Sunday night, posting immigration documents and accusing Harris’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, of committing immigration fraud. Loomer claimed that the forms she surfaced show that Harris’s mother failed to account for one of her two children on the documents, an omission Loomer said was tantamount to fraud. Unfortunately for the would-be sleuth, her handle on...

Desperate Right Winger Tries to Bring Back Birtherism

J. Souza

A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Harriet Hageman handily staved off Republican challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m.

Barrasso, Hageman handily defeat Republican challengers

Brooklyn, NY

A Jewish author whose book launch was canceled because of a conflict over a pro-Israel moderator got a sellout crowd at a rescheduled event. “Someone asked me what should happen to the person who decided not to do the event,” author Joshua Leifer told the audience Monday. “I said I’m going to send them a...

Sellout crowd, spike in sales for author whose talk was canceled over pro-Israel moderator

Kentucky State

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Pinehurst, NC

Town Talks

Choosing the right place to retire involves balancing affordability, access to healthcare, and proximity to loved ones. But safety is also crucial, especially for older adults.

Lovely North Carolina City Was Just Crowned America’s Safest Place To Retire

Minnesota State

The Independent

 Senator JD Vance was subjected to a gauntlet of his Democratic opponents insulting him during several recent interviews. During an interview with Fox News, anchor Martha MacCallum asked the senator about Democratic vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz calling him "Mr Fancy Pants Ivy League" and pointing out that no one from his small town high school went to Yale. “I had 24 kids in my high school class and none of them went to Yale,” Walz said, referencing Vance's alma mater. “But I’ll tell you what, growing up in a small town like that, you learn to take...

JD Vance forced to listen to insult after insult during excruciating media interviews

The Current GA

A state Supreme Court’s decision reversing a lower court’s ruling that a private contractor was exempt from the Georgia Open Records Act is being hailed as a win for open government.

State Supreme Court rules Open Records Act applies to private contractors working for governments

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Cheyenne, WY

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Pinedale, WY

PINEDALE—Rep. Albert Sommers (R-Pinedale) lost to a political newcomer in a close-fought contest for a state Senate seat Tuesday, an upset that ousts one of the most influential figures in Wyoming politics in recent years.

Speaker of the House Sommers loses bid for Senate seat

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, quotes and commentary in this article are from interviews conducted by the author with those mentioned.]. The multi-Emmy-nominated actress and political advocate Elizabeth Montgomery (who died of cancer in 1981) was upset upon learning that Jonathan White, the son of her Bewitched co-star David White (who died of a heart attack in 1990), had perished in the horrific Pan-Am incident over Lockerbie in 1988.

Liz Montgomery Was "Furious" 'Bewitched' Co-Star David White Lost Son in 1988 Pan-Am/Lockerbie Crash

Newark, NJ

NEWARK, N.J. – Kareem Green, also known as "Try Me," a 32-year-old member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang, has admitted to his involvement in a racketeering conspiracy, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Rollin' 60s Crips Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering & Cocaine Charges

Euronews - TV

NewsBreak

'No necessity to work with the radical right': radical right-wing wave bypasses the Netherlands

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'No necessity to work with the radical right': radical right-wing wave bypasses the Netherlands

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