SAVANNAH, Ga. — Leaders of a Georgia-based church with congregations in five states have been charged by federal prosecutors with swindling millions of dollars in veterans benefits from parishioners serving in the military. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Savannah charges House of Prayer Christian Churches of America founder Rony Denis and…
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Leaders of a Georgia-based church with congregations in five states have been charged by federal prosecutors with swindling millions of dollars in veterans benefits from parishioners serving in the military. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Savannah charges House of Prayer Christian Churches of America founder Rony Denis and…
A shaky, 47-second cellphone video filmed from inside a parked car has lit a cultural fuse deep in the heart of Texas, and the explosion is still echoing across the internet.In the footage, recorded in a quiet Dallas suburb, a group of neighbors can be seen joyfully playing traditional Indian drums and dancing in the…
When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons. Instead, it handed the project on a military…
When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons. Instead, it handed the project on a military…
NAACP sues Texas over new congressional map; alleges discriminatory gerrymandering (Pic credit: AP) The NAACP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Texas, accusing the state of deliberately diluting the voting strength of Black and minority communities through its newly redrawn congressional maps. The lawsuit also names…
Texas Republican Valentina Gomez (Source: X/@ValentinaForUSA) Teaxs Republican congressional candidate Valentina Gomez has triggered fresh outrage online after releasing a video on X where she is seen setting the Islamic holy book, the Quran, on fire. The video was captioned, “I will end Islam in Texas so help me God”, quickly went viral, drawing widespread…
The Texas Senate Democratic Caucus said on X on August 22, 2025, that the state “has a shameful history of racial discrimination. These maps are just the latest entry in that history. File Photo: Getty Images via AFP Texas legislators approved early on Saturday a new electoral map aimed at carving out five new Republican-leaning…
Indian-origin man, with permanent resident status in the US, charged with tax evasion in Texas. A 43-year-old Indian-origin man, Anil Surabhi, has been charged with a federal tax violation in Texas, the Justice Department said. Anil Surabhi, 43, an Indian citizen with permanent resident status in the United States, was named in an indictment returned…
SACRAMENTO: The national tit-for-tat redistricting battle entered its next phase Thursday as California Democrats launched their final legislative push to redraw their congressional map to add up to five winnable seats for their party, a direct counter to the Texas House’s approval of a new map to create more conservative-leaning seats in that state. California’s…
