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People in India are dying in the streets amid a catastrophic surge of COVID-19 infections — prompting an oxygen shortage and mass cremations to deal with the overwhelming amount of bodies. “The virus is swallowing our city’s people like a monster,” said Mamtesh Sharma, an official at the Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat crematorium in Bhopal. Sharma said the unprecedented crush of bodies has forced them to skip individual ceremonies and rituals that are Hindu traditions.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday announced that six states, mostly in the South and Mountain regions, would gain seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on updated population data results, while seven states were set to lose one seat apiece.

“Ready for the pop? Here comes the pop.” The quote above is from a Loveland Police officer – Austin Hopp – said in reference to the sound it made when he dislocated and fractured Karen Garner’s shoulder. Hopp made this comment to two fellow Loveland Police officers while they watched his body camera video together at the police station. They all laughed about it. The comment was made while Karen Garner, who has dementia, remained handcuffed to a bench in a cell just 10 feet away from them, alone, confused and crying in pain. She would ultimately go over six...

Japanese graveyards and graveyards are a little different from what most Westerners know. In contrast to the majority of Western countries, Japan usually cremates family members rather than burying the deceased after they pass. In fact, Japan is one of the countries with the highest cremation rate in the world, comprising about 99% of final rites. The bones remaining after the ceremony are shared among the surviving relatives as a way for them to remember those who have moved on. Moreover, the remaining ashes are stored and memorialized in expensive tombs that are increasingly becoming burdensome to maintain. In recent...

House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney is reportedly mulling a run for president in 2024 — despite the fact that seemingly only a handful of neoconservative writers in DC actually like her. Cheney is currently down 54-21 in a primary matchup poll with her challenger Anthony Bouchard. “I’m not ruling anything in or out — I’ve been here a long time,” she told The New York Post when asked if she would consider running. Cheney’s popularity tanked after she voted to impeach President Donald Trump. The power hungry politician has also faced criticism for constantly supporting the whims of Nancy...

Kamala Harris is a vacuous politician, sure. Her inability to answer any question and complete discomfort in situations in which her human side is invited out for a turn about the room portray an utter fraud. She doesn’t belong there and she cannot hide it. Harris is like a cat burglar carrying an armful of stolen silver candlesticks when the lights are suddenly flicked on and she is caught, red-handed. She is without answers. What makes her exceptional is that she doesn’t seem concerned at all with how she is perceived. She never bothers to learn anything to even create...

Students in Los Angeles Unified should be able to return to all-day, in-person instruction in the fall, assuming schedules are adjusted, more people in the community get vaccinated and the level of coronavirus infections continue to drop, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday, April 26. As the district’s secondary students prepare to head back to classrooms this week — the first time in more than a year — Beutner acknowledged that middle and high schoolers won’t receive in-person instruction in most of their classes under a school day scenario that has been widely criticized by parents. But he defended the decision...

A Russian prosecutor has ordered the network of offices supporting jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny to suspend all activities across Russia. The Moscow prosecutor also applied to a court to suspend the work of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). They are moving to label the groups as "extremist", which would allow the authorities to jail activists and freeze the groups' bank accounts.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it will move to grant California permission to set stricter climate requirements for cars and SUVs, a reversal of a key Trump administration policy. The step, coming days after the Transportation Department withdrew Trump-era restrictions of state tailpipe emission rules, could help pave the way for a broader climate deal with the nation’s automakers. The EPA will hold a virtual public hearing on its proposal on June 2, and will take comment on the plan until July 6. Alliance For Automotive Innovation CEO John Bozzella, whose members produce nearly all of the cars...

Central Florida still has the most strikes per kilometer, however. A lack of lightning in South Florida and the Panhandle bring Florida’s average down. Florida always had a reputation for having the most lightning strikes — at least until now. Oklahoma has overtaken the Sunshine State with slightly more lightning bolts per square kilometer over the last five years, according to Vaisala, a Finnish environmental monitoring company. The margin between the states was slim. Florida’s 82.8 strikes per kilometer over the last five years barely edged Oklahoma’s 83.4 flashes. Chris Vagasky, a meteorologist with Vaisala, told the Washington Post that...

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....Body camera footage shows the teenager approaching a young woman while holding a knife, which is when police reportedly opened fire. Bryant’s aunt has said that Ma’Khia made one of the two 911 calls placed prior to the police arriving on the scene, but law enforcement has not yet confirmed the identity of either caller. But according to Fox 8, the woman Bryant appeared to be lunging at when police shot her was identified and doxed by people online. After her address and photo began circulating on social media, the woman reportedly told police she was receiving death threats. Fox...

Twitter said it would not take action on a tweet posted by basketball player LeBron James targeting a Columbus police officer who fatally shot an knife-wielding assailant attacking an unidentified woman in Columbus, Ohio last week. The company claims its hands are tied because James deleted his tweet before the company could decide if it broke the rules. “YOU’RE NEXT, #ACCOUNTABILITY” tweeted James last week, along with a picture of the police officer’s face, after news of the shooting emerged. Video footage later revealed that the police officer took a split-second decision to discharge his firearm, as the assailant, 16-year...

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PAWTUCKET, RI—Hasbro announced today an exciting new playset for kids and little innocent babies: "My First Knife Fight," to be released under its Playskool brand aimed at toddlers.The playset features real shivs kids can use to stab each other in an innocent street fight. Including a variety of knives, from makeshift shivs made out of toothbrushes and razor blades to switchblades and kitchen knives, the playset is designed to entertain kids of all ages."Raise your kids right with My First Knife Fight!" says the voiceover in a new commercial for the product. "As everyone knows, all sweet and innocent children...

Boris Johnson has denied that he would rather “let the bodies pile in their thousands” than order the third lockdown, as was claimed he had said, amid a briefing war between Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings, and possibly other actors unknown in the heart of government.

Rep. Val Demings says she believes the police officer who fatally shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant last week was acting in accordance with his training, as body camera footage appears to show the teen was about to stab another girl. Demings (D-Fla.), the former chief of police in Orlando, made the comments to CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday after being asked about the fatal police shooting in Columbus, Ohio. “I also was a patrol officer who was out there on the street having to make those split-second decisions,” the Florida lawmaker explained. “Everybody has the benefit of slowing the video...

A legal battle could possibly be avoided between NHL’s Kraken and The Kraken Bar & Lounge in the U-District as Seattle Hockey Partners announced Friday night that it is changing the name of its practice facility restaurant, according to a statement sent to KIRO 7. The University District punk rock bar said it was suing Seattle’s new hockey team for $3.5 million, accusing it of trademark infringement and alleging that the organization is harming its brand. According to court documents filed Thursday afternoon, the punk rock bar said the NHL’s new team name, Seattle Kraken, has caused confusion, leading some...

America is on the verge of anarchy. Every time a black man is killed by police the community finds itself on the edge and the nation wonders if an inferno is about to erupt. This reality dovetailed with a meme I saw a few days ago: “The Biggest Change Since Rodney King is the Video Quality”. While video quality has improved, one thing that hasn’t changed is negative outcomes from resisting arrest. Some of the names Americans know that demonstrate that include: George Floyd, Daunte Wright, Rayshard Brooks and Michael Brown. If the media were being honest they would characterize...