During his popular Netflix special The Closer in October, comedian Dave Chappelle proclaimed his support for “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, declaring that he is “TeamTERF.” Feminists all over the world — myself included — celebrated. #TeamTERF immediately started trending on Twitter. But Netflix faced a backlash, refusing angry calls to cancel the special. Employees…Continue Reading
Usually at this time of year, San Francisco’s luxury stores are decked with holiday garlands. Instead, they’re boarded up after widespread “flash mob” looting turned Union Square — the city’s most fashionable shopping district — into an area resembling a blighted neighborhood in Detroit. “It’s a ghost town,” said Michelle Tandler, a San Francisco native…Continue Reading
When Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, was officially approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) back in June, it was a decision that flouted overwhelming pushback from doctors in the field, dozens of whom argued that Biogen had failed to demonstrate whether the drug had any clinical value. Since then, only about…Continue Reading
Federal court documents allege that one of two men recently arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol communicated in advance with a Proud Boys leader, pointing to a wider organizational footprint in the execution of the effort to overwhelm the Capitol and prevent transfer of the presidency from Donald Trump…Continue Reading
Although now-President Joe Biden enjoyed a decisive victory over former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, Democrats had their share of disappointments in down-ballot races last year — including centrist Democrat Steve Bullock’s loss to Republican incumbent Sen. Steve Daines’ in Montana’s U.S. Senate race. Bullock, reflecting on the 2020 and 2021 elections, has a warning…Continue Reading
A federal grand jury has found evidence that Sidney Powell, a former lawyer for ex-President Donald Trump, filed false incorporation papers for a Texas based non-profit called Defending The Republic, The Guardian reported on Friday. The U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia issued Powell a grand jury subpoena back in September to look into the alleged…Continue Reading
Maharashtra’s town planning authority, CIDCO, has obtained a blanket NOC from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) regarding the permissible heights for the buildings in the rehabilitation area of 2015, which it said will accelerate the development of the Navi Mumbai international airport (NMIA) rehabilitation and resettlement area. The validity of the said NOC lapsed…Continue Reading
Security forces arrested an active Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession, informed Kashmir police on Saturday. “On a specific input regarding the movement of terrorists in Poshkar area of Budgam, Police along with CRPF launched a joint cordon and search operation in the…Continue Reading
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday formed a five-member panel for dialogue with the government on their pending demands including MSP, compensation to kin of farmers who died during the movement against the agri laws and withdrawal of cases against the protesters, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said here. Farmer leaders Balbir Singh Rajewal, Ashok…Continue Reading
There are 1,707 teaching and non-teaching staff in government schools of Kerala who have not taken the Covid vaccine, state Education Minister V Sivankutty said on Saturday. Sivankutty said of them, 1,495 are teachers and 212 non-teaching staff. “In the lower primary, upper primary and high school section, there are 1,066 teachers and 189 non-teaching…Continue Reading