Month: April 2021

Of Myth and Reason

A tarot card comes to life. Masculine and feminine energies meet. A clown-like character laughs as a flurry of ruffled skirts and Renaissance-inspired dresses float by to a score of enchanting orchestral music. The Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2021 launch video integrates fashion into a world of whimsy. The artistry of film, music, makeup,…


ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Warrantless Searches of Travelers’ Digital Devices

The Supreme Court has been asked to take on the issue of whether the federal government may search the smartphones and laptop computers of travelers at the U.S. border without a warrant or any suspicion of wrongdoing. The number of electronic device searches at the border rose in 2016 and grew throughout former President Donald Trump’s…


Spanish Man Charged With Infecting 22 People With COVID-19

MADRID—A Spanish man with COVID-19 symptoms who coughed on work colleagues and told them “I’m going to give you all the coronavirus” has been charged with intentionally causing injury after allegedly infecting 22 people. Spanish police said their investigation began after a COVID-19 outbreak at the company where the 40-year-old man worked on the Mediterranean…


Michigan State Lawmaker Charged With DUI, Resisting Arrest, Weapons Charges

Michigan state Rep. Jewell Jones was charged with a DUI, resisting arrest, and weapons charges earlier this month. But newly released dashcam footage shows Jones, a Democrat, being arrested after he allegedly drunkenly crashed his vehicle and arguing with police. Jones allegedly taunted the officers who were arresting him on Interstate 96 in Fowlerville, which…


Putin: ‘Unfriendly’ Embassies May Face Russian Hiring Bans

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing the country to limit the number of Russians employed at embassies of countries determined to be unfriendly, or to ban their employment entirely. The measure, announced by the Kremlin on Friday, comes amid a flurry of expulsions of Russian diplomats from the United States and European…


Florida McDonald’s Paying People $50 Just to Show up for Job Interview, Still Struggling to Find Applicants

A McDonald’s franchise owner in Tampa, Florida, said he is paying people $50 just to show up for a job interview and is still struggling to find applicants Blake Casper, the franchisee who owns the McDonald’s location, told Business Insider that a general manager and supervisor created a plan for paying would-be employees to show…


Georgia Woman Accused of Hitting Fast-Food Workers With Car After Drive-Thru Argument

A Georgia woman was arrested after hitting three teenage fast-food workers with her car in the midst of an argument, said officials. The Clayton County Police Department said in a news release last week that officers responded to an undisclosed fast-food restaurant about 20 miles south of Atlanta. There, they found that there was an…


Design Shines in Miami

Miami has become one of the country’s best destinations for design. To be clear, the correct geographic nomenclature for what everyone, including this columnist, calls Miami is actually Greater Miami as Miami Beach and Miami, linked by causeways across Biscayne Bay, are actually separate cities. Lining the streets of Miami Beach—about a century ago, this…


Democratic Congresswoman: Officer in Ma’Khia Bryant’s Death ‘Responded as He Was Trained’

Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said the officer who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, last week appeared to have been “responding as he was trained” to deal with the situation, saying he had to make a split-second decision. Bryant, of Columbus, Ohio, was seen on body camera footage being shot by an officer. She appeared to be…


Kitten Gets Saved From Middle of Freeway

This kitten was so lucky to be saved.