Columbus, OH

The daughter of Cameroon's president has said she hopes that her coming out as a lesbian can help change the law banning same-sex relations in her country. Brenda Biya told the Le Parisien newspaper that there were many people in her situation and she hoped to inspire them. The 27-year-old...

President's daughter hopes coming out will change anti-gay laws

Business Insider

Thousands of Chinese migrants trekked last year to the US border after arriving in Ecuador, which is cutting their visa-free access.

The thousands of Chinese migrants headed to the US-Mexico border just lost their key entry point to America

The US Sun

A BRITISH woman gang-raped on the streets of Paris after a music festival may have been filmed by her attackers, investigators fear. The tourist was found sobbing in the street in the early hours of Saturday morning after she was assaulted by a gang of hooded men. It follows similar attacks at the event in […]

Brit tourist ‘gang-raped in street by hooded men who filmed attack on their phones as she walked home’ in lawless Paris

The Standard

A police officer has been stabbed in Paris near luxury shops on the Champs-Elysees. The attack came just over a week before the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics.French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin posted on X that the attack happened in the 8th arrondissement of Paris while police were “responding to a call from officers securing a store.”Police said the attacker was “neutralised” but is understood to be still alive. The condition of the officer has not been revealed.Speaking in front of the flagship Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Elysees after the stabbing, Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said the assailant...

French police officer stabbed in Paris as attacker 'neutralised' outside luxury store

New York City, NY

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Virginia State

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful are pretty much unified in their expectations of what will happen between Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) and Paris Buckingham (Diamond White), who recently announced their engagement.

The Bold and the Beautiful fans believe Thomas will dump Paris for Hope

California State

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Get to know Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu; he is reportedly the first Nigerian billionaire and the founding president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He established his wealth during the colonial era. When he died in 1966, his wealth was $4 billion in today’s economic value, Forbes Africa reported in 2018.

Meet Nigeria’s first billionaire who was reportedly worth $4 billion at the time of his death in 1966

A motorist ploughed a car into a cafe terrace in Olympic host city Paris on Wednesday evening, killing one person and seriously injuring several others in a suspected accident, officials told AFP.
The incident struck less than 10 days before the opening of the Olympic Games in the French capital on July 26. From 5:00 am on Thursday until the opening ceremony on July 26, a special anti-terrorism security perimeter will be activated around the river Seine in Paris.

Car hits Paris cafe terrace, one dead, several seriously hurt

Around the world, politics has been rocked by a wave of assassinations of political leaders, dissidents, and other high-profile figures.

Political assassinations are on the rise. It's a symptom of growing global instability.

Growing up in Southwest Virginia, I heard adults say that the same people who welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday were shouting "Crucify Him" less than a week later. We don't know if they were the same individuals, but the principal makes a point that unfortunately, General Hospital actress Tabyana Ali is experiencing.

General Hospital gives an official statement after racists attack Tabyana Ali online

Former President Donald Trump opened his presidential nomination speech with an emotional recounting of the shooting at his rally last week that left him injured and killed another. For more than 10 minutes, Trump recounted to the Republican National Convention in vivid details his observations of the attack on the...

Trump recounts assassination attempt: 'I'm not supposed to be here'

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Facing a new attack from the European Union’s protectionist extortion racket, X should refuse to comply with any fines and threaten to withdraw from the European marketplace. There are at least 50 million X users in Europe, and the social media platform is used by many businesses, media outlets and personalities, celebrities, politicians, and others. […]

US should threaten European Union over X extortion

The Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — A police officer was wounded in a knife attack in Paris on Thursday in the high-end Champs-Elysees neighborhood and the assailant was shot and injured, authorities said, just days before the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said the attack did...

A police officer has been wounded in a knife attack in Paris, France’s interior minister says

Milwaukee, WI

PBS FRONTLINE documentarians Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes spent 34 years following two working-class families in Milwaukee who lost well-paying manufacturing jobs and then struggled to regain their way of life. The film, hosted by Bill Moyers, is called Two American Families.

The Impossible American Dream

Officials in Western Pennsylvania are speaking out about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Yeah, they say the Secret Service failed to secure the building accessed by the shooter, while their officers responded quickly to reports of a suspicious person. Now, these officials have now been called to testify on Capitol Hill next week. Lawmakers are demanding answers and accountability.

Multiple probes examine security failures that led to Trump assassination attempt

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Bucks County Beacon

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

ROME — The Italian health ministry placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning Tuesday as a wave of hot air from Africa baked southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), with the worst still to come. Croatia reported the...

'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F

SYLVIE DOUGLIS, BYLINE: This is PLANET MONEY from NPR. (SOUNDBITE OF BRICE MONTESSUIT AND CHARLES CASTE-BALLEREAU'S "LOST SITUATION") Welcome back, everyone, to PLANET MONEY Summer School - economic history of the world. Don't worry. You won't have to spend these sunny days in a dark basement studying a dusty tome. You can just relax as we hit the historical highlights, the big questions, the mysterious players and, as we'll see today, the revolutions - moments when the world order gets overturned. I'm Robert Smith, and this is lesson two - the rise of the worker.

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French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over the far right

PARIS — After the shock of French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call snap elections last month, another surprise came for French voters as polls for...

French left coalition comes out on top in elections, in shock upset over the far right

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