Couple get payout after water buffaloes fall into Essex swimming pool
Read More An Essex couple have spent 10 months seeking compensation after 18 escaped water buffaloes stampeded through their garden, with eight of them taking a morning dip in their new swimming pool. Andy and Lynette Smith, who are retired, say that their garden and pool were ruined after the animals, which weigh about 600kg […]
Sadiq Khan says he has PTSD caused by death threats
Read More Sadiq Khan has said he has been left with mental trauma due to a combination of the regular death threats he receives as London mayor, as well as dealing with the aftermath of disasters and terror attacks. In an interview with the Guardian, Khan described it as a “cumulative” type of post-traumatic stress […]
Revealed: warning to ministers over privatised water kept secret since 2002
Read More Ministers were warned about the dangers of private equity taking over the water industry in a briefing that has been kept secret for 20 years, the Guardian can reveal. Details of the analysis are still being withheld as sewage pollution and the failure of water companies to invest in infrastructure are under national […]
Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow warns west against sending jets to Kyiv as G7 offer Zelenskiy ‘unwavering support’
Read More From 2h ago The G7 has condemned Russia’s “brutal” war on its neighbour Ukraine “in the strongest possible terms”, calling it a “serious violation of international law”, in its final communique from this week’s summit. As part of the statement, the world leaders called for “just and lasting peace” and recommitted their intention […]
Texas House advances bill to ban sexual acts in front of minors after removing mention of drag
The Texas House advanced a bill that would ban certain sexually oriented performances from being done in front of minors. Senate Bill 12, which passed to the third reading on Friday, restricts these performances on public property, on the premises of a commercial business or in the presence of children under 18-years-old. The legislation was […]
Lawmakers reveal AI concerns over ‘future of humanity’ following OpenAI CEO’s Senate testimony
Congressional lawmakers spouted an array of concerns about artificial intelligence after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a Senate subcommittee that he saw problems the technology could create. “The overall risk is allowing China to win the AI race, because obviously, China would use the technology to further their aims of global ambition and to export […]
Some George Mason University students walk out, turn backs during Gov. Youngkin’s commencement speech
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivered a commencement speech at George Mason University in which some students protested his appearance after failed attempts ahead of the event to replace him as speaker. When Youngkin walked up to the podium to deliver his remarks on Thursday in front of the university’s graduating class, students largely applauded […]
White House spars over President Biden’s lack of urgency amid debt ceiling negotiations
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to defend President Biden’s lack of urgency and the administration’s absence in the high-stake debt ceiling meetings taking place on Capitol Hill. Fox News Channel’s White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Karine Jean-Pierre at a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan what the president has been doing the last […]
NY Christian School Fires 2 Employees Over Pronouns in Emails
A private Christian university in upstate New York fired two employees in April who would not remove their pronouns from their work emails in accordance with a new school policy. Houghton University, an institution affiliated with a conservative branch of the Methodist …
DeSantis team fires back after Sharpton slams GOP governor at Neely funeral
EXCLUSIVE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ political team hit back Friday night after Al Sharpton criticized the 2024 presidential hopeful during a eulogy for a man who died in the New York City subway system. New York authorities said Jordan Neely, 30, died on May 1 from compression of the neck after he was placed in […]