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Sep 14 2022
News
'We prayed to be liberated': Inside a city recaptured by Ukraine after months of Russian occupation
Burned-out tanks and trucks emblazoned with Russia's signature 'Z' symbol lie at the side of the road, gutted and red with new rust. A collapsed bridge is covered in signs warning of landmines. Further along, the wreckage of a car is left alongside a destroyed petrol station surrounded by the debris of shelling.
These are the signs of Ukrainian victory and, for now, a Russian rout.
CNN (Online News)Sep 21 2022
News
Feds charge 47 for allegedly stealing $250 million in COVID fraud scheme
Nearly 50 people were charged on Tuesday with carrying out a sweeping COVID-19 fraud scheme in which they allegedly stole close to $250 million from a federal program meant to feed hungry children in Minneapolis.
At a press conference, Attorney General Merrick Garland called it “the largest pandemic relief fraud scheme charged to date.”
Federal prosecutors said the 47 defendants
New York Post (News)Apr 07 2022
Analysis
‘It’s A Huge Problem’: California’s Sky-High Electricity Prices Bring A Shock To Biden’s EV Dream
California electricity bills are among the highest in the nation and are set to continue skyrocketing, putting state and national green ambitions in the spotlight.
The state’s largest energy providers reported average monthly bills dwarfing those of other states in 2021, E&E News reported. If prices keep rising, as current projections say they will, electric vehicles will continue
The Daily CallerSep 14 2022
Analysis
A Very California Lesson on Just How Weird Electricity Is
Last week, Americans had a rare view into what the future might look like. It came from California, as usual, but it was not courtesy of Apple’s annual keynote, or indeed of any technology company. It came from the state’s electricity grid.
Wait—wait! Don’t click away yet. Electricity is, I hasten to add, extremely interesting. It is the energy source of the future. In basically any
The AtlanticAug 15 2022
Opinion
NPR Hates DeSantis, Smears Old Flag as Symbol of 'Dangerous Right-Wing Ideology'
How do you know the left-wing media is gunning for Ron DeSantis? When taxpayer-funded NPR suddenly finds the "Don't Tread on Me" flag from the Revolutionary War to be a "far-right" emblem of lies and violence. Scott Neuman wrote:
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently tweeted an image of what he said was a new state license plate featuring a coiled rattlesnake and the words "Don't
NewsBustersSep 04 2022
Analysis
Jackson water crisis: A legacy of environmental racism?
Marshall lives in west Jackson, in the US state of Mississippi - a predominantly black and poor part of the city. He has no choice but to drink the tap water that Jackson residents have been told to avoid. When he turns the tap on - the water runs brown.
He says it's been like this for about eight months and he has no choice but to drink it.
"Yes ma'am. I been drinking it." He
BBC NewsApr 13 2022
News
Brooklyn shooting suspect Frank James arrested while strolling NYC street; terror-related charges expected
The madman who allegedly opened fire on a Brooklyn subway car, shooting 10 and leaving another 19 injured, has been arrested, law enforcement sources told The Post on Wednesday.
He will be charged by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn with terror-related offenses, according to a high-ranking NYPD source.
New York Post (News)Sep 03 2022
News
Violent threats against lawmakers have Congress on edge
Rep. G.K. Butterfield was proud to be in Congress. Some years ago, the veteran Democrat installed a vanity message on his congressional license plate, broadcasting the district he represents: North Carolina 1.
Those days are over.
In recent years, the number of menacing threats against sitting members of Congress has ballooned, forcing the Capitol Police to launch thousands of
The HillOct 16 2021
Analysis
AP review: At least 13 auto safety rules are years overdue
After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if federal rules on rear seat belt warnings had been issued on time.
Four years later, with no rule and traffic fatalities spiking, they’re still at a loss over the inaction.
The teenager was riding in the back seat of a car to a Halloween party in 2017 just a mile from
Associated PressMay 22 2022
News
Marjorie Taylor Greene Can't Figure Out Why People Are Picking On Murderous White Supremacists
Extremist GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) wondered in a weekend interview why people are picking on homicidal white supremacists.
She said that there are so many other criminals to complain about instead — like undocumented immigrants. She also said people should be talking about the “Asian man” who killed a member of a California church last week, and the “Black man” who drove
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