Month: April 2023

Biden Awards Football Trophy to Air Force Academy

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Air Force Academy for winning football games against its rival U.S. service academies. “Simply put, you can’t talk about the soul of the nation without talking about our service academies,” Biden told the team gathered in the White House’s East Room. “And you can’t…


Locals, Politicians Rally Against Silver Mine in Australian Outback

Hundreds of locals have rallied against a proposed silver and lead mine in central west New South Wales (NSW) as they consider whether to legally challenge the open-cut project’s approval. Bowdens Silver Project, about 2 km outside the village of Lue, was given conditional approval earlier this month to operate until 2046. About 200 locals…


Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Illinois ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on so-called assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Judge Stephen P. McGlynn ruled that the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) would cause irreparable harm to the plaintiffs while providing no reasonable legal remedy. “Plaintiffs…


Jimmy Butler Does Things His Way, Leads Heat Into 2nd Round

MIAMI—Jimmy Butler is different. Some players hit beaches over All-Star break; Butler went to Argentina to watch tennis and learn about coffee. Some players rest with one day off between games; Butler spent 10 hours flying round-trip to be at Pau Gasol’s Los Angeles Lakers jersey retirement one night and back in Miami for shootaround…


University of California–Irvine to Construct Nation’s First All-Electric Hospital by 2025

The University of California–Irvine is set to finish construction on a new health center—fully electric and solar-powered with diesel fuel generator backups—by 2025. It will be the first all-electric hospital in the country. “UCI Health is building the next chapter of healthcare in Orange County,” UCI Health CEO Chad. T. Lefteris said in a 2021…


Surfers Hall of Fame to Add 3 Icons to Its Ranks in Huntington Beach

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Just across from the Huntington Beach Pier several people walked April 27 over the hand and feet pressings of surfing legends. As part of the city’s “Surfers Hall of Fame,” the impressions have grown from their initial location in 1997 at the entryway to Huntington Beach Surf and Sport shop and now reach…


ANALYSIS: Debt Ceiling Crisis Tests Biden’s Leadership

News analysis For weeks, President Joe Biden successfully shifted responsibility for the debt ceiling crisis onto the shoulders of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). By refusing to risk the “full faith and credit” of the United States in negotiating over the debt ceiling, the president was able to portray the speaker as “holding the economy…


San Clemente City Councilman Resigns, Moves to Wyoming

San Clemente City Councilman Gene James announced his resignation from the council in an April 26 farewell letter. His last day was April 28. James, whose term was set to expire next November, said in the letter he plans to sell his home on Avenida Del Verdor in San Clemente and move to Wyoming where…


Australian Firefighters Warn of Increasingly Fatal Home Blazes

A house fire can take hold within minutes and knowing what to do in the first five is critical to saving lives. The key home safety finding comes from new analysis of more than 30,000 structure fire reports released on April 28 by Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW). That’s a key finding from new…


‘Fox News Tonight’ Loses Millions of Viewers After Tucker Carlson Exit | Facts Matter

Tucker Carlson released a short video statement on Twitter. At 8 p.m. on the dot, when 1.5 million people were tuning into Fox News, Tucker Carlson released a video that, almost immediately, 40 million people watched. However, even in that video, Carlson didn’t address the multi-million dollar question—which is why he and Fox News suddenly…