WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The energy crisis that’s led to electricity shortages and blackouts in Europe and Asia may be heading for the US. “We’ve actually had discussions with power utilities who are concerned that they simply will have to implement blackouts this winter,” Ernie Thrasher, chief executive officer of Xcoal Energy & Resources, said in […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – A Louisiana high school student is facing a felony charge of battery after she punched a teacher several times in a classroom on Wednesday (Oct 6), authorities said, an attack that was recorded on video and may have been inspired by a TikTok challenge. The student, Larrianna Jackson, 18, who attends […]
CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) – California will bar companies from requiring non-disclosure agreements in settlements with employees over workplace harassment claims under a bill signed into law on Thursday (Oct 7) in a win for tech workers who championed the proposal. The Silenced No More Act had been co-sponsored by Ifeoma Ozoma, who quit Pinterest last year […]
BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday (Oct 7) his talks with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Switzerland on Wednesday avoided the acrimony of a meeting in March and that more were needed to avert conflict between the two countries. The closed-door meeting at an airport hotel in Zurich, […]
Democrats and Republican have agreed to move forward with a short-term extension of the debt limit in order to avoid a default. The deal between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will increase the debt ceiling by $480billion, an aide knowledgeable on the negotiations told CNN. ‘We have reached agreement […]
Eight years ago, Penny Abeywardena met with Mayor Bill de Blasio on the front porch of Gracie Mansion to discuss revamping the city’s Office of International Affairs, which, up to that point, she said, had been known for social events and managing parking tickets. Ms. Abeywardena, 43, who is Sri Lankan American and is the […]
This is the moment an angry driver who slammed into the back of an expensive white Lamborghini tried to put the blame on the luxury car’s owner. But little did she know, the crash was caught on CCTV. Matt Heller, from Tampa in Florida, said he was rear-ended by a woman driving a black Audi […]
A team of cold case investigators believe they have identified the Zodiac killer – who has been at the centre of one of the US’ most notorious unsolved criminal cases for more than half a century. The Case Breakers, who say they are a team of more than 40 former law enforcement investigators, journalists and […]
A group of investigative specialists claim to have identified the Zodiac Killer, one of America’s most notorious serial killers who terrorized communities in the San Francisco area in the late 1960s. Led by retired FBI personnel, a group of more than 40 volunteer sleuths who previously worked as law enforcement officers, prosecutors and in military […]
For many years, Marie Wilcox was the guardian of the Wukchumni language, one of several Indigenous languages that were once common in Central California but have either disappeared or nearly disappeared. She was the only person for a time who could speak it fluently. She started writing down words in Wukchumni as she remembered them […]