Day: January 8, 2023

Adriaan Vlok, a feared minister under South Africa’s apartheid system and one of its few high-ranking officials to be prosecuted has died Sunday aged 85 in a hospital near Pretoria, his family said. The former law and order minister, who oversaw a brutal police crackdown on opponents of white rule, “passed away early this morning […]

The number of hospitals that have failed to reach an agreement with the union representing a group of nurses in New York City is down to three, but thousands of nurses could still walk off the job Monday morning if a deal is not reached. “It’s time for these huge NYC hospitals, who pay their […]

Despite admitting to lying about significant parts of his resume, Representative George Santos was officially sworn in on Saturday morning, but many of his constituents are calling on the Republican to step down. George Santos, the 34-year-old Republican accused of lying about large swaths of his background and accomplishments, was sworn in as a member […]

An art teacher at a suburban New Jersey school is facing felony charges after a shocking overdose in a classroom of students. The Westfield Police Department said it happened at Roosevelt Intermediate School. 57-year-old Frank Thompson was found unconscious and unresponsive on the floor of his second-floor classroom just after 9 a.m. on Nov. 29, […]