Alec Baldwin: Actor calls for ‘misguided’ lawsuit filed by family of Halyna Hutchins to be dismissed
Alec Baldwin is asking for a lawsuit filed by the parents and sister of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to be dismissed by a judge. In court documents filed on Thursday, the actor said Olga Solovey, Anatolii Androsovych, and Svetlana Zemko filed the suit to “obtain compensation” following Ms Hutchins’s death in October 2021. “The loss […]
Launch of world’s biggest rocket postponed after glitch
SpaceX’s launch of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket system has been postponed after it experienced a glitch minutes before take-off. The launch, from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border, had been due to take place at any point in a two-hour launch window after 8am local time. But, the countdown […]
Kansas City: Black teenager shot ‘in head’ after going to wrong house to collect younger brothers
Ralph Yarl, 16, is in hospital following the shooting which happened at about 10 pm on Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri. Police said he went to the wrong house and was shot there. A GoFundMe page, thought to be set up by Ralph’s aunt Faith Spoonmore, said the boy was shot once in the head […]
Appeals court can rule at any time in dispute over suspending FDA approval of medication abortion drug
The Justice Department and a manufacturer of abortion pills have submitted the final round of court briefs in the emergency dispute over whether an appeals court should freeze a judge’s ruling that would suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of medication abortion drugs. Now that the filings have been submitted, the US 5th Circuit […]
Sister of Paul Whelan presses White House to bring her brother home
The sister of Paul Whelan, a US citizen who is wrongfully detained in Russia, on Thursday expressed frustration at her brother’s continued imprisonment in Russia and called on the White House to bring him home. “Paul Whelan deserves better than he is getting for results. He has the White House’s attention to his case and […]
21-year-old’s arrest exposes larger classified documents problem
Sloppy presidents saving things for posterity. A secretary of state getting government data forwarded to her private email server. Ideologically motivated leakers Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner. Now, maybe a 21-year-old airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, a cyber transport systems specialist, apparently showing off to his teenage gaming buddies online. If […]
Japan’s population fell by half a million in 2022
Japan’s population declined for the 12th straight year as deaths rise and the birth rate continues to decline, according to government data released Wednesday. The Japanese population stood at 124.49 million, in 2022, which represents a decrease of 556,000, compared to the previous year, according to the figures. That figure represents both the natural change […]
Historic rain hits South Florida: schools and the Fort Lauderdale airport close
The historic rain in the Fort Lauderdale area was described to CNN as a “1 in 1,000 year event, or more,” according to meteorologist Ana Torres-Vázquez of the National Weather Service’s forecast office in Miami. Rainfall of 20 to 25 inches is similar to what the area can receive with a high-level hurricane over the […]
Mother of 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher charged with child neglect
The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his first-grade teacher in Newport News, Virginia, in January, has been indicted on one count of felony child neglect and one count of negligently leaving a firearm and endangering a child, according to a press release from the Commonwealth Attorney’s office reported Monday. The boy will not […]
Tesla cuts US prices for the fifth time since January
Tesla cut prices in the United States between 2% and almost 6%, according to its website reflected this Thursday. This is because the company extended a discount campaign for its electric vehicles that analysts warn could hurt its profitability. Tesla’s fifth such cut in the market since the start of the year comes as the […]
