Month: January 2023

Saving Time at the Airport and Other Reader Tips

Any time I can eliminate or lower my stress level when traveling, I’m a happy camper. I am always on the lookout for travel tips and tricks. Now I can’t wait for my next flight so I can try today’s first great reader tip! Arrivals For Departures Dear Mary: I travel a lot, and sometimes…


Democrats Criticize Meta for Reinstating Trump’s Facebook and Instagram Accounts

Some Democrats have criticized Meta after the social media giant announced that it would reinstate former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts after a two-year ban. Nick Clegg, president of global affairs for Meta, said in a blog post on Jan. 25 that Trump’s accounts will be reinstated “in the coming weeks,” but added…


Judge Blocks California’s COVID-19 Misinformation Law

A California judge on Wednesday halted the state’s so-called COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation law, which was challenged by doctors in two lawsuits, claiming it violates their constitutional rights. In Hoeg v. Newsom, five doctors alleged that the state law, AB 2098, is unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. A separate related lawsuit, Hoang v. Bonta, makes…


Russia’s Military Reforms Respond to NATO’s Expansion, Ukraine: Chief of General Staff

Russia’s new military reforms respond to possible NATO expansion and the use of Kyiv by the “collective West” to wage a hybrid war against Russia, the newly appointed general in charge of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine said. Valery Gerasimov, in his first public comments since his Jan. 11 appointment to the role, admitted also…


Iran Sanctions Europeans Over Criticism of Protest Crackdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting more than 30 European individuals and entities, portraying the move as a response to recent European sanctions against officials linked to a crackdown on nationwide protests. Those targeted with sanctions include Britain’s attorney general and army chief of staff, several European parliamentarians, and European military officials….


After 18 Years, $1.5 Billion Dike Repair Done at Florida’s Lake Okeechobee

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project was officially completed Wednesday to repair the sprawling dike around Florida’s Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people from potentially catastrophic flooding during hurricanes. The Herbert Hoover Dike project overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was completed three years ahead of schedule and at…


2 Killed in Knife Attack on Train in Northern Germany

BROKSTEDT, Germany—Two people were killed and several others injured when a man attacked them with a knife on Wednesday on a regional train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in northern Germany, authorities said. Police in the state of Schlewsig-Holstein on the Danish border said the man, who was himself lightly injured, was being treated in…


Red Crescent: 8 Dead, 58 Missing After Shipwreck Off Libya

CAIRO—A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, killing at least eight people, while 58 others were still missing, the country’s Red Crescent said Wednesday. Tawfik al-Shukri, spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, said the shipwreck took place Tuesday off the Mediterranean town of Garabulli, around 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital of…


Storm System Dumps Heavy, Wet Snow on Indiana and Michigan

INDIANAPOLIS—Heavy, wet snow—part of a storm system that spawned tornadoes in the Houston area—has covered roads, vehicles, houses, and buildings Wednesday from central and northern Indiana into much of southeastern Michigan. The storm on Wednesday was expected to bring damaging winds to parts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, forecasters said. Winter weather advisories stretched…


Woman Files Suit Accusing Mike Tyson of Rape in Early 1990s

NEW YORK—A woman has filed a lawsuit accusing former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson of raping her sometime in the early 1990s after she met him at a nightclub in Albany, New York. The woman, who is suing for $5 million, said Tyson raped her in a limousine and that she has suffered from “physical,…