Hal Turner

Someone fired several shots into two vehicles in Saddle Brook early Saturday, said police who sought the public’s help finding whomever was responsible.

Residents on Hutter Street thought they’d heard fireworks when three holes were fired into one vehicle and two into another, Police Chief Robert Kugler said.  Continue reading “Saddle Brook, NJ: Shots Fired but Residents Thought “Fireworks””

Fox 5

JOHANNESBURG – Protesters against Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial burned their face masks Wednesday as experts note a worrying level of resistance and misinformation around testing on the continent.

Anti-vaccine sentiment in Africa is “the worst I’ve ever seen,” the CEO of the GAVI vaccine alliance, Seth Berkley, told an African Union vaccine conference last week. Continue reading “Protest versus Africa’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine test shows fear”

NPR – by Bill Chappel

A construction crew removed the massive Christopher Columbus statue from its place of honor outside Columbus, Ohio’s City Hall on Wednesday morning, in one of the most dramatic cases yet of a city reshaping how its monuments reflect its sense of history and community identity. Continue reading “Columbus, Ohio, Takes Down Statue Of Christopher Columbus”

Science Alert – by David Nield

Fast food is incredibly convenient, and usually very tasty too, but it’s not always the best option for refuelling our bodies. Over at comparison site, Fast Food Menu Price, there’s a detailed infographic that shows the effect of eating one of the most iconic on-the-go meals of all time: the McDonald’s Big Mac. Continue reading “Here’s What Eating a Big Mac Does to Your Body in an Hour”

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BBC

The UK High Court has ruled against Venezuela’s government in a legal battle over access to $1bn (£820m) of gold stored in the Bank of England.

It said the UK had “unequivocally recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president”, rather than President Nicolás Maduro.  Continue reading “Venezuela gold: UK High Court rules against Nicolás Maduro”

NTD

NPC International, the operator of 1,200 Pizza Hut and nearly 400 Wendy’s restaurants in the United States, has filed for bankruptcy.

The franchisee has been dealing with a perfect storm of problems that led to its Chapter 11 filing on July 1, including CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus-related shutdowns, a massive debt burden of nearly $1 billion, and rising labor and food costs. Pizza Hut, of which NPC is the company’s largest franchisee, has also been struggling with sales recently. Continue reading “A Huge Wendy’s and Pizza Hut Franchisee Just Filed for Bankruptcy”

Washington Times

Officials at California State University-Fresno are facing increasing pressure to remove a statue on campus depicting the late Indian freedom leader Mahatma Gandhi.

“How will the historian teach and explain that Gandhi was uncharitable in his attitude towards the Black race and see that we are glorifying him by erecting a statue on our campus?” asks a Change.org petition, which is nearing 5,000 signatures. Continue reading “Gandhi statue under fire at Fresno State”

Newsweek

Attorneys for Virginia Giuffre, who publicly accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking, must destroy files they obtained on Epstein after a Wednesday ruling by a federal judge.

Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking. Allegedly, Epstein procured women to have sexual relations with high-profile individuals, such as Prince Andrew. Information about Epstein, culled from a 2015 civil suit filed against Epstein by Giuffre, allegedly contained the names of individuals with whom Epstein had conducted business. Continue reading “Judge Rules Virginia Giuffre’s Lawyers Must ‘Destroy’ Jeffrey Epstein Files”

Activist Post – by Patrick Wood

The Secretary-General of the UN lays out two possibilities to get through the pandemic: either accept UN leadership today or go through a five-year global depression and then accept their leadership as the “new normal”. Either way, it’s the same outcome. ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor, Patrick Wood  Continue reading “UN: May See “New Normal” On Other Side Of 5-Year Global Depression”

Daily Mail

A Florida sheriff says he will ‘deputize’ every lawful gun owner in his county to put down any violent protests his deputies can’t handle alone – despite no demonstrations being planned in his county.

Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels released a three-minute video Wednesday warning protesters away from his suburban Jacksonville county.  Continue reading “Sheriff to ‘deputize lawful gun owners’ to confront ‘lawlessness’”