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Chaos erupted outside the Parliament of Kenya as police used ammunition and tear gas on protesters

Chaos erupted outside the Parliament of Kenya as police used ammunition and tear gas on protesters

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Unbiased headline news for Wednesday June 26, 2024 – Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled that the military must start drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service. This landmark decision could jeopardize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues its conflict with Hamas in Gaza. The historic ruling ends a decades-old system that granted ultra-Orthodox men broad exemptions from military service. — An aid agency issued a “crisis alert” for war-torn Sudan, criticizing the international community for failing to address the civil war that has persisted for over a year. The International Rescue Committee warned of an impending famine and stated that the lack of a political solution has left Sudan on the brink of a “catastrophe of historic scale.” “The world is not watching us, we are heading for famine, massive loss of life, and a failed state,” said the IRC’s country director for Sudan, Eatizaz Yousif. — Chaos erupted outside the Parliament of Kenya as police used live ammunition and tear gas on young protesters amid demonstrations against proposed tax hikes. Protesters overwhelmed police, breached part of the parliament building in Nairobi, and started a fire. At least five people were shot and killed while assisting the injured, according to a joint statement from Amnesty International and other organizations, which also reported 31 people wounded. — Two courts issued temporary injunctions against the Biden administration’s flagship student loan repayment plan. U.S. District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree in Kansas placed an injunction on the next phase of the SAVE program, which was set to take effect on July 1. This included a major overhaul that would have halved many borrowers’ payments starting next month. U.S. District Judge John A. Ross in Missouri also blocked the SAVE plan. — A multifaith group of Louisiana families with children in public schools is suing to challenge Louisiana’s new law requiring all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. HB 71 mandates that public schools, from kindergarten to the collegiate level, display the Ten Commandments, a religious set of rules from the Old Testament, in every classroom on “a poster or framed document that is at least 11 inches by 14 inches.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court, argues that the law violates U.S. Supreme Court precedent. — Federal investigators confirmed Tuesday that a hot railcar wheel bearing sparked a fire and caused the massive derailment of a Norfolk Southern train. In its final report on the Feb. 3, 2023, crash, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the crash, which caused the evacuation of more than 2,000 residents and endangered the lives of first responders, could have been avoided. Investigators cited a series of missteps, faulty track sensors, and delayed communications as contributing factors. — The city of Detroit is moving to ban gas stations from locking people inside the store, a year after a man was fatally shot during an argument with another customer. Police said a clerk’s decision to lock the door while he was safely behind protective glass contributed to the shooting. An ordinance approved Tuesday by the Detroit City Council would make it illegal for employees to remotely lock the door. It would apply to businesses where workers are protected by glass. — Crews have completed a temporary route around a landslide that closed a vital road for thousands of workers in a western Wyoming resort town. Wyoming Department of Transportation officials aim to reopen Wyoming Highway 22 by Friday. The road over Teton Pass near the Idaho state line has been closed since the landslide sent both lanes crashing into a deep ravine on June 8.

Infant mortality increased by 12.9% in Texas after Texas’ near-total ban on abortion was enacted.

Infant mortality increased by 12.9% in Texas after Texas’ near-total ban on abortion was enacted.

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Unbiased headline news for Tuesday June 25, 2024 – Infant mortality increased by 12.9% from 2021 to 2022 in Texas after Texas’ near-total ban on abortion was enacted. This is according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics. This study, “basically confirms what we’ve suspected for a long time,” said Dr. Richard Ivey, a practicing OB/GYN in Houston. “We knew that infant mortality would go up, particularly with congenital anomalies,” after the passage of the ban, he said. — South Korean government officials and other organizations on Monday filed a series of charges leveled against top Israeli government officials, including Israel’s president and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for genocide and other alleged crimes against humanity. The South Korean lawsuit cites seven high-ranking Israeli officials, such as the country’s President Isaac Herzog along with Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday released its report outlining active shooter incidents and statistics in the United States for 2023. The FBI reported 48 active shooter incidents in 26 of 50 states in 2023 with 244 casualties, 105 of which were fatalities. But although active shooter incidents in the U.S. declined by 4% from 2022 to 2023, the FBI says there were 229 active incidents from 2019 to 2023, which was an 89% increase from the previous five-year period. — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expected to plead guilty, avoid further prison time as part of deal with US. The deal is expected to effectively bring to an end to a yearslong legal battle by the U.S. to prosecute Assange over the publishing of classified military and diplomatic materials that were leaked by former American soldier Chelsea Manning in 2010, including some that showed possible war crimes committed by American forces in Iraq. — Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, a measure they contend is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs in the suit include parents of Louisiana public school children with various religious backgrounds, who are represented by attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the New York City law firm Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett. — A 14-year-old boy is recovering after a shark bit him on the leg at a North Carolina beach, authorities said. Beachgoers sprung into action, getting the boy out of the water and applying towels and pressure to slow the bleeding, he said. Officers and emergency medical technicians were already at the beach responding to another call, so the response time was about two minutes, North Topsail Beach Police Chief William Younginer said. — A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman drowned after being swept over a waterfall on the east side of Glacier National Park, park officials said. The woman fell into the water above St. Mary Falls. She was washed over the 35-foot tall waterfall and trapped under water for several minutes, the park said in a statement. Bystanders pulled the woman from the water and administered CPR until emergency responders arrived. She was declared dead at 7 p.m., park officials said. — Middle-age and older adults with long-term loneliness are at higher risk of stroke than those who do not report being lonely, according to a new study published in the journal eClinicalMedicine. Researchers found the risk of stroke among lonely adults was higher regardless of co-existing depressive symptoms or feelings of social isolation. Participants who only had baseline measurements of loneliness saw an occurrence of 1,237 strokes during the follow-up period from 2006 to 2018. —

More than 1,300 people died from heat during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia

More than 1,300 people died from heat during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia

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Unbiased headline news in 4-minutes for Monday June 24, 2024 – More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom. Saudi Health Minister Fahd bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel said that 83% of the 1,301 fatalities were unauthorized pilgrims who walked long distances in soaring temperatures to perform the Hajj rituals in and around the holy city of Mecca. — An expanding heat dome had 100 million people across 27 states on alert for extremely high temperatures coast to coast. On the west coast, Palm Springs, California, is forecast to reach 112 degrees on Tuesday. Fresno, California is forecast to reach 107 degrees, while temperatures in Las Vegas were expected to soar to 109. A cold front headed to the Northeast is forecast to cool things down, but could also bring severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to double down on his claims that the United States has been withholding weapons deliveries for Israel’s war effort. Netanyahu told his Cabinet that there was a “dramatic drop” in U.S. weapons about four months ago, without specifying which weapons. He said only that “certain items arrived sporadically but the munitions at large remained behind.” A White House official stated that they are not going to keep responding to the Prime Minister’s political statements. — The USS Theodore Roosevelt arrived at a naval port in the southeastern city of Busan in a show of force against evolving North Korean threats. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Carrier Strike Group 9 entered the naval base in Busan, 199 miles southeast of Seoul, early Saturday, joined by the Aegis-equipped destroyer USS Halsey and the USS Daniel Inouye, according to the Navy. — Full-time residents of Ruidoso were allowed to return to their village Monday morning. Federal authorities seek to prosecute whoever started a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,400 structures. The FBI said it is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrests and convictions of those responsible for the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire in southern New Mexico. — A Philadelphia police officer was shot in the neck and is in critical condition, officials said. The 31-year-old officer was in critical condition and underwent surgery at Temple University Hospital, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said during a news conference outside the hospital. The shooting suspect and all the people who were in the car are in custody and are considered “persons of interest” at this time, Bethel said. — A public bus crashed into a building in Seattle on Saturday evening, injuring 11, including one critically, officials said. The Sound Transit bus ran into the building at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Terrace Street in downtown just before 7 p.m., the Seattle Fire Department said in a statement. Emergency responders arrived at the scene for an “extrication response” and helped all the passengers off, the department said. Each was able to exit the vehicle by themselves, the department said. — A fourth person has died after the mass shooting outside a grocery store in Arkansas on Friday. Arkansas State Police said the latest person to die was 81-year-old Ellen Shrum in the shooting. Callie Weems, Roy Sturgis, and Shirley Taylor earlier were also identified as people who died at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, which is 70 miles south of Little Rock. —

Jasmine Crockett goes viral AGAIN

Jasmine Crockett goes viral AGAIN

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Representative Jasmine Crockett gained widespread attention with her “bleach blonde bad built butch body” remark directed at Marjorie Taylor Greene. However, it was her subsequent interviews that established her as a politician many have been seeking. She turned a viral video into an opportunity to possibly change the election.