Columbus, county Day: Last News

New York police reportedly launched a strike force after the shooting outside of Rep. Lee Zeldin’s home.  Speaking to reporters near the home of the Republican candidate for governor, Suffolk Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison said he is putting the strike force together for the Shirley area.  "I’m always concerned about retaliation, so putting this strike force together and grabbing officers throughout the county and kind of flooding them in a certain community is our M.O.," Harrison on Monday, according to Newsday.

the ABC program because they did not celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday. The hosts of the show interviewed ABC foreign correspondent James Longman, who is on the ground in Israel as Hamas continues to attack Israel, on Monday and sat down for an interview with former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Olivia Rodrigo will perform a one-off concert on Columbus Day in support of Guts at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. The catch: “An Evening With Olivia Rodrigo,” is open only to American Express cardholders. Tickets will benefit Rodrigo’s new nonprofit Fund 4 Good.

It’s a real political football – fans in Tennessee may avoid having to call in sick on Super Bowl Monday if two legislators get their way.

The Maine Department of Education is not doing enough to enforce a decades-old law requiring students to be taught about Native American history, leading most schools to fall short, according to a study. The study, released on Monday, which is Indigenous Peoples Day in Maine, concluded most school districts are failing to cover all required areas of Wabanaki studies. "Teaching Wabanaki Studies is not optional.

Ahead of Columbus Day 2022 – now referred to by many as Indigenous People's Day – a Joe Piscopo-helmed Fox Nation special is serving to remind Americans of the reverence the renowned explorer held not long ago.In an effort to overturn the far-left's move to dismantle Christopher Columbus' legacy, Fox Nation's newest special, "Uncancelling Columbus," dives into how the fearless explorer became a beacon of light for other immigrants.  "For immigrants, he was the first immigrant," Dr. Joseph Scelsa, founder of the Italian American Museum, said. "Columbus, he was the first one to open the door.

Last Week Tonight yesterday (June 26), Oliver called the decision “absolutely horrifying”, adding: “It is hard to stomach some of the gleeful responses right now. You don’t get a holiday to celebrate the loss of rights for millions of people when you already have one, and it’s called Columbus Day.”The presenter noted: “Even when planned, pregnancy is, best cast scenario, a major medical event that rips open your butt, rips out your organs and then puts them in wrong.”He added: “The idea that you can simply seek another abortion in another state is insulting on its face even before you consider that some lawmakers are already openly looking for ways to punish out-of-state abortions.”Oliver also suggested that the US was now in “uncharted territory” rather than the days before Roe v.

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver had few jokes regarding the Supreme Court reversal last week of Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision which guaranteed women’s access to abortion for the last 49 years.

A political disagreement over the commemoration of Christopher Columbus has erupted into a four-letter tirade by Chicago’s Democratic mayor, Lori Lightfoot.A statue of Columbus – the Italian explorer who was for many years mistakenly believed to have discovered America – stood in Chicago's Grant Park between 1933 and 2020.The monument was removed in the wake of the George Floyd protests, after attempts to pull it down resulted in scuffles between protesters and Chicago police.But the removal of the statue offended member’s of Chicago’s Italian-American community who asked to use the Columbus statue in the annual in the Columbus Day Parade.But former Chicago Park District counsel general George Smyrniotis, says that Mayor Lightfoot vetoed an agreement with local Italian-Americans.He also says that Mayor Lightfoot insulted the lawyers that drafted the agreement, and even insults their credentials – asking them which law school they attended or if they even went to law school.In a lawsuit brought by Mr Smyrniotis, it is also alleged that the mayor used obscene language and called the lawyers “d***s.”The mayor allegedly told the lawyers: “You make some kind of secret agreement with Italians, what you are doing, you are out there measuring your d*** with the Italians seeing whose got the biggest d***."You are out there stroking your d*** over the Columbus statue," she added.

Joe Biden, 78, and Jill Biden, 70, spent their Columbus Day attending the nuptials of their nephew Cuffe Biden Owens, 42, and his new bride Meghan King, 37, in Kennett Square, PA and returned to the White House shortly after the celebration with their granddaughter Naomi, 27. The U.S. president and first lady were photographed touching down in Washington D.C. with the daughter of their son Hunter Biden, 51, and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle Biden, 51, before they all walked across the South Lawn of the White House in their fancy wedding attire.

A host of big names tweeted their support for Indigenous People’s Day, a longstanding counterpoint to Columbus Day that President Biden made official with a declaration on Friday.

Ahead of Indigenous Peoples Day, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver mocked Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade who can’t help but discuss his love of Christopher Columbus any chance he gets while on the air.

Rayla Campbell, the Republican congressional hopeful challenging Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., in November says she was attacked by two women at a Trump rally on Columbus Day.  The incident left her with a sprained finger, fractured tibia and a mild concussion, Campbell told Fox News on Tuesday.  Campbell, who is the chair of Black Voices for Trump in Massachusetts, said she was walking through a parking lot after the rally when a woman drove in front of her car.The driver and passenger began to verbally assault her, according to Campbell.

Portland absorbed another night of violent protests Sunday that resulted in the toppling of two statues in the city and reports of numerous buildings with their windows smashed in, including the Oregon Historical Society. The unrest was reportedly tied to the "Day of Rage," on Columbus Day eve.

Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

Kobe Bryant fans will have to wait just a little bit for his induction ceremony into the Basketball Hall of Fame.