These books seem racist, and they simply won’t do. Would you want ’em to exist if they were hurtful to you? Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published due to racist and insensitive imagery, the business behind his publishing catalogue said in a move that will affect such...
Greenpeace activists in Brazil have captured shocking images of fires burning in the Amazon rainforest. There is currently a government ban on fires in states including Mato Grosso — a large state in western central Brazil — where the photographs were taken between 7 and 10 July. Despite the ban, there...
Poland’s counterintelligence agency has arrested and charged an employee of Chinese tech giant Huawei over spying allegations. According to Polish TV broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), Huawei’s sales director and an ex-security agent were arrested on Tuesday by officers of the country’s Internal Security Agency, charged with espionage. The Huawei employee is...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife responded to a mountain lion attack Wednesday afternoon at a residence in the Loveland area, reportedly on the 2100 block of River Rim Road. Colorado Parks and Wildlife say the mountain lion was euthanized as it posed a threat to human safety. Samples will be collected...
French Olympic Figure Skater Morgan Cipres is facing felony charges for transmitting material harmful to a minor through an electronic device. The Florida state attorney’s office has issued a warrant for his arrest. According to USA Today, the 29-year-old is being charged with a third-degree felony and could be sentenced...
Walmart plans to start administering COVID-19 vaccinations via the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, announced last week by the Biden administration, on Friday. Meanwhile, Southeastern grocer Publix Super Markets has boosted its coronavirus vaccine availability to nearly 600 pharmacies in Florida, and Midwestern grocer Hy-Vee plans a COVID vaccination clinic for...
The Netherlands’ flag carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines apologized Friday for banning South Koreans from using a restroom on a plane amid coronavirus concerns. According to a Korean passenger onboard the KLM 855 flight bound for Incheon from Amsterdam on Monday, a hand-written note that read “cabin crew exclusive...
Norwegian authorities have given up hope of finding four Swedish and Finnish skiers alive after they appeared to have been swept away by an avalanche in the Arctic. The skiers, three Finnish men and a Swedish woman, were reported missing by a friend on Wednesday around 4pm in Tamokdalen in...
The suspect in a car bombing that left 21 people dead on Thursday in Bogotá, the capital,was a member of the country’s largest remaining guerrilla group, the defense ministry said Friday. José Aldemar Rojas Rodríguez, the assailant who was also killed in the attack, was a member of the National...
We have witnessed many things in the past week. Things that no one from our generation has experienced before. These range from the frightening to the almost comedically unbelievable. A rapidly multiplying virus that has killed more than 7,000 and infected more than 179,000 across the globe, including a fast-growing number in...