The GOP-controlled Louisiana House of Representatives advanced a bill Tuesday evening that criminalizes abortion coerced “by means of fraud” and also makes it illegal to possess two abortion drugs without a valid prescription by a 64-29 vote. The bill, which now heads to the state Senate, would penalize coercers – with fines between $50,000 to…
Videos across social media are touting the benefits of taping your mouth shut while you sleep – but some doctors aren’t convinced. Hostage Tape, a brand that sells mouth tapes, has gone viral on TikTok for advertising the sleep benefits reportedly associated with its products. In a tongue-and-check advertisement viewed nearly 3 million times, the…
TikTok plans to lay off employees this week, according to a report in the Information. The job cuts come as other companies have recently cut staff, including Apple and Google in California.
The IRA includes incentives for EV buyers as well as support for carmakers and suppliers to produce all-electric vehicles and their components in North America. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/rollback-ira-electric-vehicle-credits-would-benefit-china-gm-board-member.html
EXCLUSIVE: The Obama-Biden State Department “actively interfered” to prevent the FBI from executing arrest warrants on individuals illegally in the United States who were allegedly supporting Iranian financial efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction, whistleblowers told Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson. Fox News Digital obtained letters Grassley, R-Iowa, and Johnson, R-Wis., sent to…
A team from the Hague-based court had planned a week or more of meetings with Israeli military and government officials that never happened. https://www.wsj.com/articles/icc-staff-was-to-hear-israels-defense-but-charges-came-first-4dc4aedc
A New York state senator who had to be held back after he allegedly shoved a lobbyist in the Capitol in Albany before a committee meeting on energy and telecommunications will not face charges. Michael Carey, a lobbyist seeking support for a 911 civil rights bill, told Fox News Digital he was speaking with Democratic…
The country’s largest e-commerce retailer is leasing more warehouse space in a bid to speed up deliveries and respond to growing competition. https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-is-reviving-its-logistics-expansion-and-reshaping-its-u-s-distribution-390516b2
Washington National Opera performed a world premiere production of Puccini’s work with a new final scene by Susan Soon He Stanton and Christopher Tin; at Park Avenue Armory, Peter Sellars directed a program of Bach cantatas and African-American spirituals presented as a call to action against climate change. https://www.wsj.com/articles/turandot-and-shall-we-gather-at-the-river-reviews-washington-national-opera-park-avenue-armory-1f95a467
The renowned guide climbed the world’s tallest mountain two times this month alone.