Netanyahu reverses decision to fire Israel defence minister after protests
Read More As Israel faces a surge in violence on almost every front, the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reversed his decision to fire the defence minister, Yoav Gallant, for warning that his judicial overhaul was harming the military. In a televised speech late on Monday, Netanyahu said Gallant would stay in his position, two […]
Tory ‘neglect’ blamed for 3.6m abandoned calls to NHS 111 in England
Read More Patients contacting NHS 111 in England are having to wait so long for medical help that they are abandoning millions of calls, with 3.6m ditched in the past 12 months, official figures reveal. The national helpline service is supposed to make it quicker and easier for patients to get the right advice or […]
Over 100 Paper Mill Employees Infected With Rare Fungus
More than 100 employees at a northern Michigan paper mill have been infected – and a dozen hospitalized – after a rare encounter with a fungus.
In Maine, jury to decide fate of $1B hydropower transmission project rebuked by voters
A battle over a $1 billion transmission line that won all regulatory approvals only to be rebuked by state residents in a referendum now comes down to nine regular folks. In a rare move, a jury is being asked to decide a complicated constitutional matter — whether developers have a vested right to complete the […]
Nashville sends expelled Black Democratic lawmaker back to Tennessee House
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled last week from the GOP-led statehouse, is being sent back to the Legislature. The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted unanimously Monday to restore Jones to office, less than a week after GOP lawmakers stripped him of his seat. EXPELLED TENNESSEE DEMOCRAT BLAMES ‘WHITE SUPREMACIST […]
The Future is Now: China, Russia revert to pre-1989 world and fundamentally challenge the US-led West
We recently learned a lesson which was more than three decades in the making. The lesson partially stems from two seemingly unrelated events. The world noted the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine at the end of February. And after an air incursion by a spy balloon, saber-rattling over Taiwan and TikTok dance videos […]
Democrats dealt another blow: third lawmaker leaves party, switches to Republican within a month
Democrats were dealt another blow from within their own ranks this week as yet another state lawmaker declared he was leaving the party. According to a Monday report by The Advocate, a Louisiana-based newspaper, state Rep. Jeremy LaCombe announced he had left the Democratic Party and would be registering as a Republican. EMBOLDENED BY NEW […]
Bud Light: Trans Rep Makes Out-of-Touch Brand More Inclusive
The Anheuser-Busch executive behind making transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney the face of Bud Light said the beer brand had been “in decline for a really long time” and wanted to make it more inclusive by attracting more female and younger drinkers.
Mace calls Texas mifepristone ruling ‘unconstitutional,’ says GOP on ‘wrong side of history’ on abortion
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Monday joined Democrats in their call for the Biden administration to ignore a Texas judge’s ruling on the abortion medication known as mifepristone, blasting the court decision as “unconstitutional.” Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled late Friday that the Food and […]
US Postal Service Seeks to Hike Stamp Prices to 66 Cents
The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Monday said it was seeking approval to hike the price of first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents, seeking to raise overall first-class mail prices by 5.4% to combat inflation.