Posts Tagged ‘Illegal’
South African Township Resists Police Over Illegal Power Cables
A woman in a black and white dress struggled, pulling fiercely on a long electrical cable as she tried to stop the police in anti-riot gear from carrying it away. Used to illegally connect homes in a poor informal settlement south of Cape Town, it was one of many cables seized by South African police…
Read MoreIllegal Logging Turns Syria’s Forests Into ‘Barren Land’
A woman on a donkey carrying wood from trees cut at the Mount Abdulaziz nature reserve outside Hasakeh AFP On a riverbank in war-ravaged Syria’s north, felling has reduced what was once a lush forest to dispersed trees and decimated trunks poking out from dry, crumbly soil. Twelve years of conflict that led to a…
Read MoreBankman-Fried Scores First Big Win After US Prosecutors Drop Illegal Campaign Contribution Charge
Reuters KEY POINTS The prosecutors filed the charge in February, alleging Bankman-Fried and two other former FTX executives of using tens of millions of dollars in customers’ funds to illegally donate to federal political campaigns The campaign finance contribution charge was among the 13 charges Bankman-Fried was set to face at the October trial Bankman-Fried…
Read MoreIllegal Mining Booms In Brazilian Amazon ‘Promised Land’
A miner works at an illegal copper mine in Canaa dos Carajas, Brazil, in April AFP Working under an improvised shed hidden in the rainforest, Webson Nunes hears a shout and flips on his winch, hauling a colleague up from deep inside a giant hole with a bucket full of riches. Nunes, 28, and his…
Read More80,000 Illegal Migrants Heading To US, Crossing Southern Border As Title 42 Ends
Reuters/Rick Wilking KEY POINTS U.S. Border Patrol officers are having a hard time managing the situation Migrants are coming from different South and Central American countries Mexico is bolstering its border police in exchange for U.S. aid As the Biden administration plans to wind down the pandemic-era border restriction on Thursday, broad swaths of migrants…
Read MoreBiden Calls Russian Jailing Of US Journalist Evan Gershkovich ‘Totally Illegal’
US President Joe Biden said he is working for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia since March 29, 2023 AFP President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Russia’s imprisonment of US journalist Evan Gershkovich on spying charges “totally illegal” and told The Wall Street Journal reporter’s family…
Read MoreEx-DOJ Lawyer Tells Jury He Met With Chinese To Further Illegal Lobbying Campaign
Fugees rapper Prakazrel (Pras) Michel, who is facing criminal charges in an alleged illegal lobbying campaign, arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., April 3 , 2023. Reuters A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney told a jury on Thursday that he simultaneously worked on behalf of hip-hop artist Pras Michel, as part of…
Read MoreDallas ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Who Was Caught on Video Abandoning His German Shepherd Arrested, Charged with Animal Cruelty
A Dallas man who was caught on surveillance video abandoning his pet German Shepherd on the side of the road before driving off last week has been arrested. Ramiro Zuniga, 41, was arrested by the Dallas Police Department on Saturday, according to county jail records.He is now facing a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge, stemming from…
Read MoreRacist Woman Who Berated Philadelphia Pizzeria Owner for Playing Spanish on TV, Called Him an ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Charged with Hate Crime
A Philadelphia woman who was filmed going on racist rant against a Pizzeria owner because she was annoyed with Spanish-language TV being played at the establishment has been charged with a hate crime. Rita Bellew, 55, was charged with misdemeanor counts of ethnic intimidation and harassment, which is Pennsylvania’s hate crime statute, and harassment Friday…
Read MoreWoman Running Illegal Daycare Killed Infant, Gave Parents $2,000 For Funeral: Prosecutors
KEY POINTS Norma Chagnama was arrested and charged with first-degree murder 4-month-old Zury Cruz-Sumba died of multiple injuries caused by child abuse on Feb. 17 Autopsy confirmed that the infant’s death was a homicide caused by abuse A woman who reportedly ran an illegal daycare in Illinois has been arrested on charges of killing a…
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