Off-duty Orlando firefighter honored after saving deputy from burning patrol car: ‘Heroic actions’

An off-duty Orlando firefighter was in the right place at the right time Saturday morning after witnessing a fiery collision involving a sheriff’s deputy. The Orlando Fire Department said Lt. Ben Wootson was taking his son to a soccer game when he saw a Seminole County Sheriff’s Office vehicle crash into an overpass bridge. The … Read more

Stanford DEI dean defends her actions towards federal judge: I deployed ‘de-escalation techniques’

Stanford student calls for dean to be fired following heckling of Trump-appointed judge

Stanford Law School Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tirien Steinbach, who was placed on leave after she interrupted U.S. federal judge Kyle Duncan’s speech, penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal to defend her actions Thursday.  “Student groups that vehemently opposed Judge Duncan’s prior advocacy and judicial decisions regarding same-sex marriage, immigration, … Read more

Tied to Trump: New York DA’s actions have some Republicans rallying to the former president

House Republicans demand answers from Trump prosecutor by Thursday: Chad Pergram

After the 2022 midterm election, political observers thought many congressional Republicans would finally abandon former President Trump. If anything, a pending indictment of the former president seemed to only solidify the resolve of many Republicans to align themselves with Mr. Trump.  After he finally secured the Speaker’s gavel on the 15th ballot in a post-witching … Read more

France criminalizes not actions, but thoughts – research fellow at French National Center for Scientific Research

France criminalizes not actions, but thoughts - research fellow at French National Center for Scientific Research

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 15. France has become a society where nothing left of Christianity, political scientist and Arabist, Research Fellow at the French National Center for Scientific Research François Burgat (CNRS) said, Trend reports. Burgat made the remark at the panel session of the international conference themed “Islamophobia as a Specific Form of Racism and … Read more

Taxpayers will not suffer any losses, Biden says as he details actions to keep the banking system safe

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Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse last week sent tingles of panic down investors’ spines as it highlighted a larger problem across the banking sector: The widening gap between the value large lenders place on the bonds they hold and what they’re actually worth on the market. SVB’s downfall was tied, in part, to the plunge in the value … Read more

Philippines Launches Strategy of Publicizing Chinese Actions – The Diplomat

Philippines Launches Strategy of Publicizing Chinese Actions

This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a green military-grade laser light from a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea on Feb. 6, 2023. Credit: Philippine Coast Guard via AP Advertisement The Philippine coast guard has launched a strategy of publicizing aggressive actions by China in the disputed South … Read more