EPA to States: Don’t Block Hazardous Waste Shipments from Ohio Derailment
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it was notifying the states that they cannot block shipments of hazardous waste from the February 3 rail disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. Some 38 cars on that Norfolk Southern-operated train derailed, sparking a fire and a miles-wide toxic chemical spill. According to a lawsuit by Ohio’s Attorney General […]
YouTube Restores Trump’s Channel
YouTube parent company Alphabet Inc. said Friday it had lifted restrictions on former President Trump’s channel. The move follows a two-year suspension against Trump by the video sharing site following the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection upon the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. The YouTube channel’s restoration comes after other […]
International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin
The International Criminal Court on Friday announced it had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine. The ICC pointed to Putin’s alleged involvement in the abduction of Ukrainian children. In a statement the ICC said Putin is “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of […]
Silicon Valley Bank’s former Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy
Silicon Valley Bank’s initial parent company, SVB Financial, filed for Chapter 11 protection in a New York bankruptcy court on Friday and will seek a court-supervised reorganization. The move comes after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) took over and shut down Silicon Valley Bank last Friday in what was the second largest banking collapse […]
California Bill Would Protect Doctors who Mail Abortion Pills
A bill unveiled Friday in California’s state legislature would protect doctors who mail abortion pills to people in other states. The bill’s language disallows the extradition of doctors who are facing charges in another state for providing abortion medication. It would also shield the doctors from having to pay other states’ fines, and it would […]
Supreme Court to Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Supreme Court is set to hold ceremonies Friday to remember late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The death of Ginsburg, who’d been a champion of women’s rights and liberal causes, in September of 2020 less than two months before that year’s Presidential elections, opened the door for the Supreme Court’s current 6-3 conservative super-majority. Ginsburg […]
Fiery Protests Erupt in France After Macron Raises Retirement Age
Protests turn fiery in France after President Emmanuel Macron forced a bill raising the national retirement age from 62 to 64 without a vote in Parliament. Video of Thursday night’s protests shows multiple fires set in Paris, and demonstrators throwing bottles at police barriers while police respond with tear gas and water canons. The protests have […]
Russia and China Both Confirm Xi’s Visit
Both Russia and China both announced Friday that President Xi Jinping is set to visit Moscow next week, from Monday to Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had invited Xi to visit Russia during a video conference call in late December. The face-to-face meeting, Putin said at the time, could “demonstrate to the whole world the strength of […]
Slovakia to Give Fighter Jets to Ukraine
Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced Friday that Slovakia plans to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets. Heger said in announcing the government’s approval that Slovakia was “on the right side of history.” Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister had tweeted that military aid was the key to ensure Ukraine can defend […]
Report: Dozens of Mar-a-Lago Staff Subpoenaed
At least two dozen people, including Mar-a-Lago staff and members of former President Trump’s inner circle, have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, CNN reported Thursday. On Thursday, Trump’s communications aide Margo Martin appeared before the grand jury in Washington, DC. She’d worked in the White […]
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