A person turning 18 today was born about two years after the war in Afghanistan started. Times have changed, the Editorial Board writes. | Opinion Read full article
Month: August 2021
A Wealthy Surgeon Accused Of Drugging And Raping Women Is No Longer Facing Rape Charges
Two of the women previously told BuzzFeed News they felt their stories had been forgotten in the political fight and legal wrangling surrounding the case.View Entire Post › Read full article
U.S. vet denied ICU bed due to COVID crisis dies of treatable illness
The surge in new COVID cases is putting an enormous strain on hospitals, jeopardizing patients who cannot get the medical attention they need because of a lack of space. Read full article
Portland residents felt ‘abandoned’ by police during clash
For nearly 30 minutes, armed protesters from opposing groups — the far-right Proud Boys and far-left antifascists — clashed last weekend in the streets, business parking lots and school grounds of a diverse neighborhood in northeast Portland, Oregon. Noticeably missing was the Portland Police Bureau. “As soon as the fighting began and spilled out into…
Rhodes Scholar heading to Oxford after DACA uncertainty
The first “Dreamer” to be awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship is finally poised to attend the University of Oxford after years of uncertainty about whether the U.S. would allow him to return home as a DACA recipient. Federal immigration officials last week approved Jin Park’s application to travel to England in the coming weeks, according…
Congressman Who Flew to Kabul Demands Resignations in D.C.
Bill Clark/GettyOn Tuesday, Rep. Peter Meijer secretly flew to Afghanistan and viewed the chaos of the evacuation at Hamid Kharzi Airport firsthand. On Friday, he found himself grappling with the deaths of 13 service members who guarded the very gates he observed.Now, the freshman Republican said, the officials responsible for putting troops in what he…
Asking People for Their Birthday on Instagram
We’ve been clear that we want to do more to create safer, more private experiences for young people. To do that we need to know how old everybody is on Instagram, so we’ve started asking people to share their birthday with us if they haven’t shared it previously. This information allows us to create new…
Hawaii residents, tourists feel COVID restrictions
As visitors continue to fly to Hawaii and locals go about their business, state officials say the islands may need to go into lockdown if COVID-19 delta variant cases continue to rise. (Aug. 27) Read full article
‘Just Kill Her ASAP’: Jealous College Student Accused of Wild Plot to Murder Her Lover’s Wife
MARTIN BUREAUA dark web cybercriminal who advertised hitmen for hire was so spooked by a request from a young Washington state woman—who wanted her married lover’s wife dead—that he gave her up to the feds.That’s according to an FBI search warrant affidavit unsealed this week, which details a surreal plot originating with a chance encounter…
Jury convicts Colorado deputies in detox van death
Jurors convicted Friday two former Colorado sheriff's deputies accused of causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center. Former Boulder County sheriff's deputies James O'Brien, 52, and Adam Lunn, 39, were found guilty of manslaughter in the…