The first phase of the general election in Myanmar has ended against the backdrop of civil war. It's the first election since a military coup ousted Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021. The legitimacy of the election is being questioned by both the United Nations and Human Rights groups since major parties have been excluded. The results will be released after two more rounds of voting in January. #myanmar #aungsansuukyi #election #news

A 70 year old Chicago woman has been sentenced to approximately three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a hate crime for throwing a Molotov cocktail at her neighbors’ home. Prosecutors said the attack was motivated by the victims’ Venezuelan nationality and was accompanied by a note telling the family they were not wanted in the neighborhood and could leave “the easy way or the hard way.” No one was physically injured, but the incident caused property damage and led to federal civ

Officer Didn't Expect This When Demanding Entry #shorts #standoff

Congressional leaders on Tuesday unveiled a new statue of civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, replacing the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol. “Today, we are here to honor one of America’s true trailblazers — a woman who embodied the essence of the American spirit in her fight for liberty and justice and equal treatment under the law, the indomitable Barbara Rose Johns,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said. In 1951, Ms. Johns was just 16 years old when she organized a s