Month: April 2023

Nashville Official Says School Shooter’s Manifesto Is ‘Astronomically Dangerous’

Federal officials are delaying releasing of a manifesto written by Audrey Hale, who killed six people in a Nashville Christian school, according to local officials, with one calling them  “astronomically dangerous.” U.S House Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) told the New York Post this week that the FBI is currently behind the delay. He said that the…


Psychologist: Man on Trial in Road Rage Killing Was Sane

DENVER—Jeremy Webster got angry when a driver getting out of the way of an emergency vehicle almost hit his car, his outrage intensified by worry about getting into an accident since he wasn’t paying his car insurance bill. Webster followed the SUV, feeling like he was being directed by something outside of himself, a court-appointed…


Defence Department Expecting Clarity on Cost of New Warship Fleet Later This Year

The Defence Department’s procurement chief is hoping to have a better sense by the end of the year as to how much Canada will have to pay to build a new fleet of warships for the Royal Canadian Navy. In an interview with The Canadian Press, assistant deputy minister of materiel Troy Crosby said officials…


Va. Chef Shares Tips on How to Feed a Family of 5 for Less in ‘Break Bread on a Budget’

By Rekaya Gibson From The Virginian-Pilot Norfolk—Lexy Rogers hopes to teach people how to make easy, soulful meals with her debut cookbook, “Break Bread on a Budget: Ordinary Ingredients, Extraordinary Meals,” which was released April 4. She should know since she’s a private chef, Air Force wife, and mother of three living in Hampton, Virginia….


Ottawa’s Promise to Plant 2 Billion Trees by 2031 Unlikely to Succeed: Environment Commissioner

The federal government’s promise to plant 2 billion trees by 2030 is unlikely to succeed, says Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco, noting that the initiative is less than 3 percent complete after its first two years in action. DeMarco’s office tabled several reports on April 20 addressing a range of environmental issues, one of which was…


Neighbors | I Married Joan Season 1 Episode 12

The Stevens suffer three sleepless nights a week because of their neighbors’ wild parties. Joan manages to convince them to move out, but the new neighbors are even worse—they have dogs that bark all night, every night. …


LIVE NOW: 2023 EarthX Conference: Day 2

The 2023 EarthX conference will take place in Dallas, Texas, from April 20 to April 23. EarthX is the world’s largest green gathering, with more than 100,000 people visiting the free Expo, which spreads across much of the 277 acres of the massive Fair Park complex. Included within the Expo grounds are 18 stages, each…


House Democrat Claims ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Matt Taibbi Gave ‘False’ Testimony’ to Congress, Threatens Jail Time

Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) has threatened “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi with up to five years in prison for allegedly providing “false and misleading” testimony before Congress last month. In an April 13 letter (pdf) to Taibbi, the lawmaker accused him of lying under oath, stating that he contradicted his congressional testimony in March about Twitter…


Cost of VW Battery Plant Subsidy Raises Questions on Necessity of Securing It

There’s nothing small about the $13 billion in subsidies that Canada has promised Volkswagen to secure the automaker’s first battery plant outside of Europe, but it remains to be seen whether the deal is enough to kick start the manufacturing sector’s future. The rising sticker shock of establishing a manufacturing base for electric vehicles is,…


Pentagon Readies Troops for US Embassy Evacuation in Sudan as 1 American Dead

The Pentagon said it is repositioning troops in the region of Sudan ahead of a possible evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum as fighting between rival Sudanese factions intensifies and as the U.S. State Department confirmed the death of one American citizen. “We can confirm the death of one U.S. citizen in Sudan,” a…