Giorno: 14 Maggio 2024

‘Excellent swimmers’: Dem mayor floats migrants as solution for city’s lifeguard shortage

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday called for migrants to be allowed to work as lifeguards as the city faces a shortage for the role — arguing that many are “excellent swimmers.” Adams was asked at a press conference about a lifeguard shortage in the city as Memorial Day nears and with the […]

US Ups Making Bombs to Hit Underground Nuke Facilities

The U.S. is expanding an Army ammunition plant in southeast Oklahoma to triple monthly production of the US’s biggest non-nuclear bomb, which could attack underground nuclear facilities in Iran or North Korea, Bloomberg reported.

8,000 Women a Month Get Abortion Pills Despite Bans

Though their states severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth, about 8,000 women per month late last year were getting abortion pills by mail from states with legal protections for prescribers, a new survey finds. Tuesday’s release of the…[#item_full_content]

Tenn. Governor OKs Death Penalty for Child Rape Convictions

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions, a change the Republican-controlled Statehouse championed amid concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court has banned capital punishment in such cases.Lee, a Republican, quietly…

Musk’s xAI Nears $10B Deal to Rent Oracle AI Servers

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has been talking to Oracle executives about spending $10 billion to rent cloud servers from the company over a period of years, The Information reported Tuesday.[#item_full_content]

Blue-state GOP blasts Dem gov over surprise $7B budget deficit increase

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing criticism from his Republican colleagues after he announced the budget deficit is actually $7 billion worse than his initial projections, bringing the total shortfall to nearly $74 billion. “The Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) had an estimate that is significantly higher,” Republican vice chair of the state budget committee Roger […]

Trump Jr: Vote for Morrisey for W.Va. Governor

Donald Trump Jr. endorsed West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor.[#item_full_content]

Ohio purges ‘non-citizens’ from state voter rolls, calls on Biden admin for data ahead of 2024 election

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose ordered the state’s voter rolls to be purged of “non-citizens” Tuesday after a review found more than 100 Ohio residents who were registered to vote despite lacking U.S. citizenship. An investigation by Ohio’s Public Integrity Division analyzed data from the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles and found 137 people […]

Tree Rings Show That Last Northern Summer Was the Warmest Since Year 1

The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found.When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest month, summer and year on record. But those records only go back to…[#item_full_content]

TikTok Creators Sue to Block US Divestment or Ban Law

A group of TikTok creators said Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it.[#item_full_content]