An Illinois judge has blocked the gun control law Protecting Illinois Communities Act (the Act) enacted on Jan. 11, saying the state is violating a clear and discernible constitutional right and ignoring the public’s right to know. Thomas DeVore represents Accuracy Firearms, LLC, and 866 other plaintiffs from 87 counties, who requested a temporary restraining…
Chris Hipkins Nominated to Succeed New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand’s ruling Labour Party has nominated Chris Hipkins to succeed Jacinda Ardern as the country’s prime minister after Ardern announced on Thursday that she would be stepping down from the top role. Hipkins, 44, currently serves as the education minister and previously led the country’s COVID-19 response. He is expected to receive formal endorsement…
‘Crisis of Unseen Scale,’ Experts Warn Deaths in China Easily in Millions
An expert has dubbed China’s COVID management as a “crisis of a scale unseen since Mao” in regard to its death toll. In an opinion piece published on Jan. 5, sinologist and military adviser Ben Lowsen warned that Chinese citizens potentially face the country’s largest mass-death event since the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961. Chinese…
Defense Chiefs Fail to Resolve Dispute on Tanks for Ukraine
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany—Ukraine will have to wait longer to find out if it will get advanced German-made battle tanks. A dispute over sending the tanks from Western allies to help Ukraine against Russia’s invasion played out both in public and private on Friday, as more than 50 defense leaders meeting in Germany failed to…
House Oversight Launches Probe Into Border Crisis Under Biden Administration
January 21, 2023
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The Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Jan. 19 is investigating the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis amid record numbers of illegal aliens entering the United States from Mexico, and continued fentanyl smuggling into the country. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the committee, issued a letter (pdf) to Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of…
French Court Orders Uber to Pay Some $18 Million to Drivers, Company to Appeal
PARIS—French court on Friday ordered Uber to pay around 17 million euros ($18.43 million) in damages and lost salaries to a group of drivers who argued they should have been treated like employees rather than self-employed, both parties to the case told Reuters. “This is a huge victory after a long legal battle which started…
Apple Wins Appeal to Keep $308 Million US Patent Verdict at Bay
A U.S. appeals court on Friday affirmed a decision to throw out a $308.5 million jury verdict against Apple Inc. for allegedly infringing a patent related to digital rights management. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., upheld an East Texas federal judge’s ruling that Personalized Media Communications LLC’s patent…
US Fines J&J $9.75 Million Over Kickbacks to Surgeon for Overseas Surgeries
Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Synthes unit will pay $9.75 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice accusations that DePuy illegally provided free products to a Massachusetts surgeon who used them in spinal surgeries in six Middle Eastern countries. According to settlement papers, the surgeon used more than $100,000 of DePuy’s implants and instruments…
Amazon’s AWS to Invest $35 Billion in Virginia
WASHINGTON—Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud services division said Friday it plans to invest another $35 billion by 2040 to expand data centers in Virginia. Amazon Web Services (AWS) said the new investment will create 1,000 jobs. Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin said AWS will establish multiple data center campuses across Virginia. In 2021, AWS said from 2011…
Biden Spending Weekend in Delaware but Not at Home Where Classified Documents Were Found
January 20, 2023
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President Joe Biden is spending another weekend in his home state. Instead of staying at his Wilmington, Delaware home, where classified documents were discovered more than one week ago, he is choosing his Rehoboth Beach residence. During a White House press briefing on Jan. 20, a reporter asked, “The president is going to his home…
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