A Florida man has been arrested for making threats against US President Joe Biden, just days after an assassination attempt on his Republican rival Donald Trump. Jason Patrick Alday, 39, was arrested on Monday, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida said. Alday, of Quincy, Florida, allegedly “engaged in sending threatening communications, making threats against President Joe Biden and other federal officials,” the office said in an announcement Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, Alday made threatening statements about Biden while being checked into a mental health facility in Tallahassee, Florida, last month. He allegedly made further…
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has agreed to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on July 22 for a hearing related to the shooting of former President Donald Trump at a rally, the panel said on Wednesday. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Security at the Republican presidential candidate’s rally in Pennsylvania has been under scrutiny after the former president was shot on Saturday at the event. The FBI said it was probing the shooting as an assassination attempt. The shooting has raised serious concerns about how the suspect was able to access a nearby rooftop with a direct…
A public inquiry examining Britain’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak will issue its first report on Thursday, focusing on how well prepared the nation was for handling such a pandemic. Britain recorded one of the world’s highest number of fatalities from COVID with more than 230,000 deaths reported by December 2023. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the inquiry in May 2021, and it was formally launched the following year with former judge Heather Hallett as its chair. The inquiry was told in early evidence that the government was under-prepared and had failed to anticipate measures needed to protect the…
Ever since Pan-India films burst onto the scene, they’ve made a splash by delivering epic period dramas or diving into rich mythological tales. From the grand Kalki 2898 AD to the legendary Baahubali franchise, RRR, the Karthikeya series, Hanu-Man and Kantara, these films have not only rocked the South, but also won hearts in the Hindi belt. With the first half of 2024 behind us, the next six months promise an exciting lineup of Pan-India films, mostly from the South, featuring a mix of period dramas and mythological sagas. Here are a few films from the south to watch out…
President Joe Biden can’t catch a break. The president’s hopes of counter-programming the Republican National Convention were dashed Wednesday after he learned he had contracted COVID-19, forcing him to cancel an appearance before a key Latino advocacy group. While Biden’s symptoms are mild, the diagnosis both removes him from the campaign trail and thrusts his health back into the spotlight – all at a critical moment when he is trying desperately to prove that concerns over his age and mental acuity are overblown. Earlier Wednesday, Adam Schiff – the California congressman and Democratic candidate in that state’s US Senate race…
Vicky Kaushal, who is at present busy promoting his film Bad Newz, reminisced about their first encounter with his wife Katrina Kaif in a recent interview with Raj Shamani. When asked if he was nervous when he met Katrina for the first time, he said, “No, I wasn’t!” He continued, “We met at an award. I was hosting the event. We met backstage before appearing on the stage. That was the first time I introduced myself to her and she introduced herself to me.” Talking about how his encounters with Katrina blossomed into romance, he said, “First few times, nothing…
Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri and Ammy Virk are promoting their film Bad Newz with funny reels. On Wednesday, Vicky shared a reel featuring himself, Triptii Dimri and Ammy Virk. The reel features Vicky offering a chocolate to Triptii. In return, Triptii offers him a bottle of water. After drinking, Vicky dies. Ammy Virk enters the scene. Wait, picture abhi baki hai (the film doesn’t end here). As soon as Triptii accomapanies Ammy, she slips into unconsciousness. The reel ends with Vicky and Ammy walking straight with their swag on their sleeves. To know who stabbed whom, you have to watch…
The campaign for former US president and the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that it will not commit to vice-presidential debate dates until after the Democratic National Convention, starting August 19. Vice President Kamala Harris had extended the debate invitation to Senator JD Vance after he was named Trump’s running mate earlier this week. “We don’t know who the Democratic nominee for vice president is going to be, so we can’t lock in a date before their convention,” Trump Campaign Senior Advisor Brian Hughes said on Wednesday. “To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker,…
Jim Sarbh, in a recent interview, talked about the time when he was treated badly during his early days in the industry. In an interview with The Streaming Show, the Padmaavat said that he used to get angry, hurt and disappointed and snap back. During the interview when Jim was asked what advice he would give to young actors, he said, “Don’t get angry. I was young, I was pretty hot-headed. I got angry. I couldn’t understand how people could be like this. I just couldn’t understand it. I came from some amount of working in the States, and then from…
A Seattle police officer, whose insensitive comments and laughter following the death of an Indian student had caused outrage, has been fired. Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was struck by a police vehicle driven by Seattle Police Officer Kevin Dave as she was crossing a street on January 23. Dave was driving 74 mph (more than 119 kmh) on the way to a report of a drug overdose call. Kandula was thrown 100 feet when she was struck by the speeding police patrol vehicle. In bodycam footage released by the Seattle Police Department, Officer Daniel Auderer laughed about the deadly crash and…