A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who has been living in Tennessee was deported Saturday back to his home country of Germany.In February 2020, a Memphis immigration judge ruled that Friedrich Karl Berger could be deported because he assisted in “Nazi-sponsored persecution” when he served as an armed guard in the Neuengamme Concentration Camp…
President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Texas as the state reels from a severe winter storm that left millions of people without power amid freezing temperatures.Biden’s action makes federal funding available to communities across 77 counties, including hard-hit Harris County, where Houston is located. Additional disaster designations may be made after further…
SANTA FE, N.M. — A Democrat-led Legislature in New Mexico pushed forward Friday to ensure future access to abortions by voting to repeal a dormant ban on most abortion procedures, marking a defiant counterpoint to efforts in some conservative states.House legislators voted to approved the repeal of the 1969 statute that has gone unenforced since…
NASA’s new Mars rover, Perseverance, on Thursday successfully touched down on the red planet to kick off a new search for alien life. In a bit of fortuitous timing, perhaps, a day later Apple TV+ premiered the first episode of the second season of “For All Mankind,” which is about an alternate reality in which…
A San Antonio woman made multiple attempts to rescue a dog she found wandering the snow-filled streets of Texas. When all else failed, she realized she had one last idea: use tortillas.Kristin Salinas-Labrador, 28, was coming back from work when she saw a black Labrador on the road and immediately pulled over. Though she wanted…
Democratic New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced on Friday that she was joining several other Democrats in the state in calling for a full investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.In a statement emailed to Newsweek, Ocasio-Cortez wrote, “I support our state’s return to co-equal governance and stand with…
A Ventura County Community College District professor is facing backlash for reprimanding a student who is hard of hearing during a virtual class. A video of the incident made waves on social media when it surfaced on Friday.In the video, which made its way onto Reddit on Friday, the frustrated professor calls on a student…
Thousands of threatening messages that were sent to U.S. District Judge James Robart during Donald Trump’s presidency came from Russia, according to CBS.Robart, who temporarily blocked Trump’s travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, received numerous online death threats and criticisms after Trump tweeted a series of attacks against him in 2017.In an interview with CBS’…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s fence around the U.S. Capitol building is an eyesore, an insult to the American people and an embarrassment for the Unites States around the world.At least one Democrat has been brave enough to do something about it. Washington D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has introduced a bill titled “No Fencing at the…
Tanzania’s autocratic president John Magufuli is determined to walk a reckless path. Since June 2020, he has consistently declared that COVID-19, which has sickened millions and cost 2.4 million lives worldwide, doesn’t exist in his country.Cases that appeared in Tanzania had been eliminated, thanks to God and the country’s fervent prayers, he claimed. He implored…
