Giorno: 10 Maggio 2023

Va. Parents Allege Threats Made for Speaking Out to School Board

Several people in a Facebook group known as the “Loudoun Love Warriors,” including some with ties to local elected officials, are being investigated in Loudoun County, Virginia, for allegedly threatening and harassing some parents who spoke out at school board meetings.

Bud Light Sales Down 20% After Trans Jam

Bud Light sales fell by more than 20% last month after the brand partnered with trans actress and influencer Dylan Mulvaney, The Drinks Business reports.

DHS To Permit Release of Some Migrants Without Tracking

The Biden administration will release some migrants into the United States without tracking them or setting court dates, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.

Tucker Video Tops 106M Views in Less Than 24 Hours

Tucker Carlson’s video posted on Twitter on Tuesday in which he announced plans to produce a show on the social media platform similar to the one he had on Fox News before he was fired has generated more than 106 million views in less than 24 hours.

Mayorkas Warns Migrants: Border Remains Closed

Smugglers are claiming that the U.S.-Mexico border will be wide open after the Title 42 pandemic policy ends Thursday, but Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is warning immigrants not to listen to their lies.

FDA Panel Backs Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication.

Explosion near Syrian police station kills officer, wounds 4 others

An explosion close to a police station near the Syrian capital killed one officer and wounded four others Wednesday, state media reported. The reports, citing the Interior Ministry, did not provide further details on the explosion in the town of Barzeh, just north of Damascus. Initial reports only mentioned five injured officers. The state news […]

Explosion at Swedish ammunition factory injures at least 1, allegedly an industrial accident

An explosion at an ammunition factory in southern Sweden seriously injured at least one person Wednesday, police said. Police said they were investigating the blast as an industrial accident. The factory in Karlsborg, some 137 miles southwest of Stockholm, was manufacturing small-caliber ammunition. While there was “uncertainty about how the explosion happened, it probably did […]

Dozens of zoo animals in Sudan feared dead as street battles make capitol city inaccessible

Dozens of zoo animals in Sudan’s capital — including an elderly crocodile, parrots and giant lizards — are feared dead after street battles between the country’s rival forces made the location unreachable. At least 100 animals, all kept inside enclosures, will have gone more than three weeks without food or water, said Sara Abdalla, the […]

Authorities in Switzerland order residents of tiny village to evacuate over rockslide alert

Authorities in eastern Switzerland ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose and spill down in the coming weeks. Local leaders said during a town hall and a media event Tuesday […]