Month: June 2023

Wagner Forces Have Occupied All Military Installations in Russian City of Rostov, Leader Says

The chief and founder of the Russian private military contractor Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said his 25,000-strong militia was on the way to take down the leadership of the Russian defense ministry in Moscow. He also said that Wagner troops had entered the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, which is home to the Russian military headquarters for the…


Wagner Forces Have Entered Russian City of Rostov, Leader Says as Russia Charges Him With Inciting Armed Mutiny

Russia has opened a criminal investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief and founder of the private military contractor Wagner, on charges of inciting armed mutiny against the Russian military leadership. If convicted, Prigozhin could face a jail term of up to 20 years. The decision to charge and investigate him comes after Prigozhin promised to punish Russia’s military leadership,…


Australian Bush Telehealth to Push on Despite Looming Restrictions

Country Australians are increasingly turning to technology to bypass long delays in seeing a general practitioner (GP) for medical certificates and prescription renewals, as a crackdown on telehealth looms. Midnight Health, a start-up which offers online medical consultations, electronic prescriptions and pharmacy deliveries, says rural Australians make up 30 percent of its 85,000 customers. The Brisbane-based…


Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Plans to Reject Chance for Clemency Despite Maintaining His Innocence

OKLAHOMA CITY—A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student plans to reject his chance for a clemency hearing, saying there is little hope the state’s Republican governor would spare his life. Anthony Sanchez, 44, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on…


A Teen Who Killed 4 at a Michigan High School Is Showing ‘Disturbing Behavior’ in Jail

DETROIT—A teenager awaiting sentencing for killing four students at a Michigan high school has been “exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior” in jail, prosecutors said, just a month before a key hearing to determine if he will serve a life prison term. The disclosure about Ethan Crumbley, 17, was made in a court document this week and…


US to Spend $502 Million on Future Bird Flu Response

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $502 million to ensure its rapid response to any future bird flu cases as the country’s worst-ever outbreak of the virus levels off, the agency said Friday. Bird flu has killed 58.7 million chickens, turkeys, and other birds across 47 states since January 2022, a record number in…


US Engineers Contributed to Missouri River Flood Damage and Must Pay Landowners, Court Rules

OMAHA, Neb.—The U.S. government may have to pay tens of millions of dollars—or more—to landowners along the Missouri River after a court ruled it worsened flooding there since 2007 that killed crops and wrecked homes and businesses. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court’s 2020 ruling that the federal…


Deion Sanders Undergoes Surgery for Blood Clots in Both Legs

University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders underwent surgery Friday for a blood clot in each leg. The news of Coach Prime’s impending procedure began to spread Thursday after Pat McAfee discussed on his podcast with longtime NFL defensive back Adam Jones what was referred to as an emergency surgery for Sanders. Later in the…


GOP Presidential Candidates, Senators Urge Christians to Fight for Life, Truth

Conservatives waged a 50-year battle to overturn Roe v. Wade, but when the U.S. Supreme Court gave them that long-sought victory in its Dobbs ruling last summer, the dog that caught the car lost its nose for the chase. In that vacuum, six-of-six pro-life ballot measures failed, and Democrats blunted an anticipated “red wave” in…


Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands and Kills One as Heavy Monsoon Rains Batter Indian Villages

GUWAHATI, India—Tens of thousands of people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps as heavy monsoon rains batter villages in India’s northeast, and one person has died in the floodwaters this week, a government relief agency said Friday. Assam state is on red alert and bracing for more downpours this weekend by evacuating people from…