Month: June 2023

Special Counsel Durham Says He Investigated Tip Reportedly Connected to Trump

Two top U.S. officials traveled to Italy to look into a tip regarding former President Donald Trump, special counsel John Durham said on June 21. “You and Attorney General [William] Barr went to Italy to take a look at some allegation … and Italian officials gave you evidence that they said linked Donald Trump to…


Fire Department Called to Assist Dying Patient in NS Hospital With No Doctor

A Nova Scotia mayor says a patient died last week in his Annapolis Valley town after going into cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present. Mayor Sylvester Atkinson of Middleton, N.S., says volunteer firefighters were called to the Soldiers Memorial Hospital to attend to a patient because the closest doctor was 30…


Railroad Industry Sues to Block California’s Aggressive Locomotive Emission Rules

Railroad industry representatives filed a lawsuit on June 16 to block new emission rules in California they say would disrupt the rail industry and force the premature retirement of about 25,000 diesel-powered locomotives nationwide. The new rules would ban the use of locomotives more than 23 years old starting in 2030 and would force railroads to set…


Elon Musk Confirms This Word Is Now Considered a Slur on Twitter

Twitter owner Elon Musk said the words “cisgender” and “cis” are now considered slurs on Twitter after a user said they were harassed online by transgender activists. The user wrote that he rejected the word “cis” and “cisgender,” which are often used by transgender individuals to describe heterosexual people. “Yesterday, after posting a Tweet saying that…


Elon Musk Reveals This Word Now Considered a Slur on Twitter

Twitter owner Elon Musk said the words “cisgender” and “cis” are now considered slurs on Twitter after a user said they were harassed online by transgender activists. The user wrote that he rejected the word “cis” and “cisgender,” which are often used by transgender individuals to describe heterosexual people. “Yesterday, after posting a Tweet saying that…


The Monroe Doctrine Is Dying

Commentary “[T]he American continents … are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers …. [W]e should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety,” declared President James Monroe on Dec. 2, 1823. Writing in the Wall Street Journal almost…


Ex-US Attorney Sounds Alarm on DOJ ‘Violating Its Own Internal Policies’

A former U.S. attorney accused the Department of Justice of violating its own internal policies when it came to an agreement with Hunter Biden to reach a plea deal on tax crime and gun charges. The DOJ is “violating its own internal policies on this case,” former U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman wrote. “The Ashcroft Memo…


12 ‘Ancient’ Natural Alternatives Better Than Drugs

When it comes to traditional remedies, don’t mistake “old” for obsolete. In the case of these 12 natural remedies, they may be old, but they really are tried and true. In the modern digital age, information that has stood the test of time is increasingly drowned out by the latest crazes. Health trends and fad…


Cost of Search for Missing Submersible ‘Irrelevant,’ Fisheries Minister Says

As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continues about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers came forward today to say the focus is on saving lives, not on the cost of the rescue operation. In Ottawa, the minister responsible for the Canadian Coast Guard, Joyce Murray, said the…


NS Mayor Calls for Change After Volunteer Firefighters Called to Help Hospitalized Patient

The mayor of Middleton, Nova Scotia, is calling for changes to the province’s health-care system after a patient admitted to the local hospital died during a cardiac arrest, and volunteer firefighters were called in to help because there was no doctor available on site. Mayor Sylvester Atkinson wrote a letter on June 19 to Nova…