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Belgium is recalling its ambassador to South Korea following an incident in which his wife was recorded striking a woman in Seoul. In a statement Friday, Belgium’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had “become clear” that Ambassador Peter Lescouhier could not “further carry out his role in a serene way.” Lescouhier’s wife, Xiang Xueqiu,
Continue ReadingMichael Flynn, former President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, appeared to endorse a Myanmar-style coup in the United States on Sunday. For months, QAnon and Trump-supporting online forums have celebrated the deadly military coup in Myanmar and suggested the same should happen in the United States so Trump could be reinstated as President. Flynn
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The World Health Organization said on Monday that it has assigned new “labels” to key coronavirus variants so the public can refer to them by letters of the Greek alphabet instead of where the variant was first detected. For instance, WHO calls the “UK variant” (B.1.1.7) “Alpha,” and the “South African variant” (B.1.351) is “Beta.”
Continue ReadingThree people have been killed and 13 wounded in shootings over the holiday weekend in New Orleans, the police department said Monday. The victims include a 12-year-old girl killed late Sunday night at a graduation party, Police Chief Shaun Ferguson said. Two teenagers at the party were wounded, he said. “It’s very sad, it’s very
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ROELAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer with cookouts, family gatherings, and outdoor pools opening. But many outdoor pools may not open this year, because of problems finding staff. Roeland Park just finished up renovation of a new pool. In 2019, the
Continue ReadingAtlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna posted a $20,000 bond on Monday after being arrested on charges of domestic violence against his wife. Ozuna, 30, appeared virtually for a bond hearing before a Fulton County, Georgia, judge to answer to the charges of aggravated assault by strangulation and battery. Video from CNN affiliate WSB-TV showed Ozuna
Continue ReadingAs many as three in four Americans overestimate their ability to spot false headlines — and the worse they are at it, the more likely they are to share fake news, researchers reported Monday. The study of surveys involving 8,200 people, which published in in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also showed
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Texas Democrats on Monday cheered their derailment of a restrictive voting bill, while warning of the continued threat of the legislation that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to bring back during a planned special session. “Today is a great day, but I can’t help but feeling bitter, disappointed, hurt,” Texas state Rep. Trey Martinez
Continue ReadingArchaeologists have discovered 17 decapitated bodies at three Roman cemeteries in Cambridgeshire, eastern England — an “exceptionally high’ number which experts think were the result of judicial executions. The Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) found 52 burials when excavating Knobb’s Farm in Somersham, of which 13 were buried face down. The heads of many of the
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday thanked the National Guard troops who were deployed at the US Capitol for the past several months as their mission ended at the Capitol grounds on Sunday. “Since the insurrection on January 6, thousands of proud service members, from states and territories all across our
Continue ReadingTexas Republicans’ push to enact a slew of new voting restrictions was stymied — at least for now — by Democrats who walked off the state House floor late Sunday night, leaving majority Republicans without the quorum they needed to approve the bill in the final hours before a midnight deadline. Their move effectively killed
Continue ReadingTennis star Naomi Osaka said Monday she is withdrawing from the French Open after refusing to speak to the media at the grand slam. The four-time major winner posted a statement on Twitter saying she was pulling out so that “everyone can get back to focusing on the tennis going on in Paris,” adding that
Continue ReadingWhen Jinhee Kim’s daughter looked in her history book, she didn’t see anyone who looked like herself — and she had questions for her mother about why that was so. “Mommy, why do we not learn about Asian American history? Why are other ones more important?” the elementary student asked Kim, an associate professor of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The national anthem sounded early on Memorial Day at Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee. A wreath-laying ceremony Monday, May 31, honored the veterans buried there. Memorial Day is a reminder to us all of the sacrifices so many made to preserve our freedom. CBS 58
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The owner of a Nashville hat store is being accused of anti-Semitism after announcing the sale of yellow Star of David badges, similar to the ones Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust, that read “NOT VACCINATED.” Nashville’s hatWRKS posted a photo Friday on Instagram announcing the sale of a Star of David patch
Continue ReadingOne hundred years and a day after one of the country’s bloodiest massacres of the 20th Century, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday will begin exhuming bodies possibly linked to the crimes. The efforts to retrieve at least a dozen sets of remains — which experts believe may belong to victims of the 1921
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Monday issued a proclamation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when hundreds of Black Americans were killed by a White mob that attacked a prosperous Black neighborhood and burned dozens of city blocks to the ground. Biden proclaimed Monday to be “Day of Remembrance: 100 Years After
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MAYFIELD, Kentucky (WSMV) — Kentucky State Police are searching for a Calloway County inmate who is on the run after leaving a work release program on Monday. Troopers say 39-year-old Brian Ferryman, of Calvert City, reportedly walked away from the candle factory in Mayfield for his work release
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland family believes it was a TikTok fire challenge video that is behind why their 13-year-old is now in the intensive care unit with severe burns on her neck and arm. Kimberly Crane is Destini Crane’s mother and said her daughter was filming
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President Joe Biden commemorated those who died serving in the military in Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery and urged Americans to honor the fallen by strengthening and protecting the nation’s democracy. “Democracy itself is in peril, here at home and around the world. What we do now — what we do now, how
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