@w7voa@journa.host cover
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

w7voa

@w7voa@journa.host

VOA chief national correspondent/former White House bureau chief; Author, ‘Behind the White House Curtain.’ Adjunct asst. professor, Shenandoah Univ.; Adjunct lecturer in journalism, Univ. of Richmond; 2022-23 @JURISTnews journalist-in-residence, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law; Kiplinger Fellow, Ohio Univ.; American Foreign Service Assoc. governing board; Nevada Broadcasters Assoc. Hall of Fame; W7VOA on ham radio.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. View on remote instance

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

"My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I'm disgusted. I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now," says Sean "Diddy" Combs two days after the release of hotel surveillance video showing him attacking his ex-girlfriend. https://www.instagram.com/p/C7J4iUFRGUk/

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

As President Biden speaks to the Morehouse College commencement ceremony in Atlanta someone is holding aloft behind him a flag of the DRCongo while one graduating student has turned his back and draped himself in the Palestinian flag.

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

"I support peaceful non-violent protest," says President Biden at the Morehouse College commencement ceremony. "What's happening in Gaza and Israel is heartbreaking."

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

"What after Hamas?" asks Biden. "I'm working to make sure we get a two-state solution."

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

"No doubt a Morehouse man will be president one day, just after an AKA from Howard," predicts Biden referencing his vice president.

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

"The U.S. Department of Defense and the Ministry of National Defense of Niger and have reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun. It is therefore agreed that this disengagement will end no later than September 15, 2024." - DoD https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3780392/joint-statement-from-the-us-department-of-defense-and-the-department-of-nationa/

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Iranian media report a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in an accident in East Azerbaijan Province and some of his companions in the helicopter "managed to make contact with the center." https://www.iranintl.com/en/202405197603

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Rescue teams have been deployed to the area in the foggy weather. - Tasnim News https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2024/05/19/3088737/accident-reportedly-happens-to-iranian-president-s-helicopter

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

@_ Radio communication from the helicopter to a communications center.

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

“We are closely following reports of a possible hard landing of a helicopter in Iran carrying the Iranian president and foreign minister,” says a
State Department spokesperson. “We have no further comment at this time.”

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

President Biden has been briefed on the helicopter crash in Iran, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters on Air Force One.

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Congo coup thwarted. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/05/19/shooting-in-kinshasa-is-a-failed-coup-d-etat-says-congolese-army_6671940_124.html#

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

CNN political commentator Alice Stewart, who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died at the age of 58. https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/18/politics/alice-stewart-cnn-commentator-dies/index.html

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

President Biden, at a campaign fundraiser in Georgia, says former President Trump is “unhinged.”

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

“We cannot let this man become president. Our children's future is at stake,” adds Biden. “We have to win this race, not for me but for America."

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz, who heads the National Unity party, says his group will quit the emergency coalition government if Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn't agree to his requests, including a six-point plan for the Gaza conflict that will include post-war governance for the Palestinian territory.

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

"A minority of the Israeli leadership is leading us to disaster," says war cabinet minister Gantz.

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

"Getting back the hostages is the highest priority," says Gantz. "The hostages don't have much time."

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

The six demands from Gantz to Netanyahu with a June 8 agreement deadline:

  • Dismantle Hamas
  • The return of the hostages
  • Establish an Israeli security control in Gaza
  • An American committee for all civilian matters
  • Rebuilding the southern region attacked by Hamas
  • Cooperation with Arab states to promote regional security
  • Mandating military or national service for the ultra-Orthodox
w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Iranian-backed Houthis launched one anti-ship ballistic missile into the Red Sea and struck M/T Wind, a Panamanian-flagged, Greek owned and operated oil tanker, confirms US Central Command.

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

DNC places billboards, which accuse Donald Trump of putting the gun lobby ahead of Texas families, in the area outside of the venue where the former president is scheduled to give a speech today at the NRA convention. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4671538-democratic-national-committee-donald-trump-billboards-gun-reform-nra-texas/amp/

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

After a sedan driven by an American woman was pulled over on I-10 in California, CBP agents found tens of thousands of fentanyl pill (weighing a total of 42 kg) concealed below the vehicle’s seats. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/border-patrol-agents-thwart-suspected-attempt-smuggle-93-pounds

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

"The Telemundo/NBC debate would be widely watched by Hispanic voters, but Biden’s handlers are petrified to allow him to defend his disastrous record." - Danielle Alvarez, Trump Campaign spokesperson

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

University students found and reported earlier this year a security flaw allowing anyone to avoid paying for laundry provided by over a million internet-connected laundry machines in residences and college campuses around the world. https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/17/csc-serviceworks-free-laundry-million-machines/

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

CNN will make its June 27th Biden-Trump presidential debate available for simulcast by other networks. https://deadline.com/2024/05/trump-biden-debate-cnn-1235921669/

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Secretary of State Blinken and ROK Foreign Minister Cho today discussed cooperation on security challenges, “including increasingly hostile rhetoric and destabilizing actions” by the DPRK.

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

CNBC - OpenAI has disbanded its team focused on the long-term risks of artificial intelligence.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/17/openai-superalignment-sutskever-leike.html

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Axios - US and Iran held indirect talks in Oman this week on how to avoid escalating regional attacks. https://www.axios.com/2024/05/17/biden-us-iran-regional-attacks

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

New York man sentenced to nearly three years in prison, ordered to pay ~$738,000 in restitution and forfeit ~$1 million for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain specialty baby formula. - DoJ https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-sentenced-19m-baby-formula-scheme

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

“The workers in Vance have spoken, and they have spoken clearly! Alabama is not Michigan, and we are not the Sweet Home to the UAW. We urge the UAW to respect the results of this secret ballot election.” - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey following VW workers voting against unionization

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Colorado man pleads guilty to murder charges for starting a fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family out of misplaced revenge for a stolen iPhone that he mistakenly tracked to their house. https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/diol-family/bui-plea-diol-family-killed/73-f002494b-1036-48fd-98cf-aad8efbbae50

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

MacRumors - A bug in iOS 17.5 is apparently causing photos that have been deleted to reappear, and the issue seems to impact even iPhones and iPads that have been erased and sold off to other people. https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/17/ios-17-5-bug-wiped-devices-photos-resurfacing/?

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

(AFP) - US evacuates 17 US citizen doctors from Gaza.

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

State Department issues a worldwide caution security alert, saying it's "aware of the increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQI+ persons and events and advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution."

w7voa , (edited ) to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

There are casualties following an explosion at a military academy in St. Petersburg, Russia. https://t.me/s/groza_media

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

(RIA Novosti) - Emergency vehicles are at the Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps in St. Petersburg where an explosion has occurred. https://ria.ru/20240517/vzryv-1946792632.html

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Sources say the explosion at the military academy in St. Petersburg, Russia was not caused by a drone but rather an artillery shell detonated in a basement of a building.

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Retired US Army General John Wickham has died at the age of 95, according to Bill Buckmaster on KVOI Radio. Wickham was one of the more consequential USFK commanders and I interviewed him numerous times for VOA. https://www.voanews.com/a/defectors-say-north-stirred-south-korea-unrest/1665161.html

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Bodies of three hostages recovered from Gaza. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hknkpxrqa

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Canada's Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csis-tikok-vigneault-1.7206000

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

In a first-of-its-kind move within the EU, the French government blocked TikTok in New Caledonia where there are widespread protests that have turned violent. https://www.politico.eu/article/french-tiktok-ban-new-caledonia-overseas-territory-dangerous-precedent-macron-eu/

w7voa OP ,
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

France accuses Azerbaijan of meddling in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240517-why-is-france-accusing-azerbaijan-of-meddling-in-its-pacific-territory-of-new-caledonia

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested by Louisville Metro Police this morning after trying to drive into the entrance of Valhalla Golf Club, the site of this week's PGA Championship. https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/40162983/scottie-scheffler-detained-police-prior-start-pga-championship

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Trucks carrying humanitarian assistance this morning began moving ashore via a temporary pier in Gaza, according to the US Centeal Command. “No U.S. troops went ashore in Gaza. This is an ongoing, multinational effort to deliver additional aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza via a maritime corridor that is entirely humanitarian in nature, and will involve aid commodities donated by a number of countries and humanitarian organizations.”

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

Scottish Sun - The real-life inspiration for Baby Reindeer's stalker character 'Martha' has hit out after her access to her social media accounts have been "restricted." https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tv/12697223/real-baby-reindeer-fiona-harvey-facebook-social-media/

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

DPRK fires several short-range ballistic missiles a day after the ROK and the US staged combined aerial drills involving advanced stealth jets. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240517005652315?section=nk/nk

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

French police have shot dead an armed man who was trying to set fire to a synagogue in Rouen. https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240517-french-police-fatally-shoot-armed-man-trying-to-set-fire-to-rouen-synagogue

w7voa , to Random stuff
@w7voa@journa.host avatar

At least four people are dead after storms tore through the Houston, Texas area. https://abc13.com/post/houston-severe-weather-related-deaths-on-thursday-and-surrounding-storms/14829331/

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • supersentai
  • WatchParties
  • Rutgers
  • jeremy
  • Lexington
  • cragsand
  • mead
  • RetroGamingNetwork
  • loren
  • steinbach
  • xyz
  • PowerRangers
  • AnarchoCapitalism
  • kamenrider
  • Mordhau
  • WarhammerFantasy
  • itdept
  • AgeRegression
  • mauerstrassenwetten
  • MidnightClan
  • space_engine
  • learnviet
  • bjj
  • Teensy
  • khanate
  • electropalaeography
  • neondivide
  • fandic
  • All magazines
    •