• Homelessness concerns rise in the Electric City

    SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Homelessness is a growing issue in the City of Scranton. In fact, there's been an increase in the number of homeless in recent years. Thursday, elected officials got a tour of the electric city's only overnight homeless shelter. In the last two years, Saint Anthony's Haven, managed by Catholic Social []

  • Finland looks to crackdown on gang crime

    The government has announced 43 measures it says will reduce youth and gang crime.

  • As tensions grow, more Americans see China as an enemy

    Americans are increasingly concerned about China's power abroad and want to combat that influence, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center. Some 42% of respondents indicated that they consider China an enemy of the United States — up from 34% in 2021 when the Washington-based research organization began asking the question. The study, published Wednesday, also found 71% of Americans believe China's global influence has been growing in recent years. Nearly half of respondents said...

  • Calls for age verification as internet concerns grow

    Australian children could be barred from some websites, as a furore between Australian politicians and billionaire Elon Musk reignites calls for age verification technology. Whether graphic content should remain on social media has become the subject of heated debate as social media site X, formerly Twitter, fights an edict from the eSafety Commissioner to remove […]

  • Concerns over growing number of cocaine laundries in Netherlands

    The authorities are finding more cocaine laundries in the Netherlands, ranging from smaller facilities in a home to laboratories on an industrial scale. “There are more, and the trend is that they are occasionally larger,” public prosecutor Martin van Nes told EenVandaag. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is concerned about this trend.

  • Donald Trump gag order should concern all Americans

    Donald Trump faces fines for violating a gag order imposed by a politically charged judge at the request of a politically charged district attorney, and a whole bunch of ignorant people in America think that’s A-OK. Wake up and smell the tyranny.

  • The CHP was sent into this California city to crack down on crime. Here is what happened

    Authorities in Bakersfield made 211 arrests, recovered 127 stolen vehicles and seized four firearms in the first six weeks of an enforcement effort between local police and the California Highway Patrol to reduce crime in some California cities, Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said Tuesday. Newsom announced last week that he was sending California Highway Patrol officers to Bakersfield as part of an expansion of an anti-crime campaign that began in the Bay Area earlier this year. It turns out they...

  • Number of concerns over Google Privacy Sandbox grow to 111

    The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority's quarterly report comes after Google pushed its cookie deprecation to 2025.

  • Growing wave of irregular migration is a major concern in Panama

    Panama, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) The transit through Panama to the United States of 125,311 irregular migrants so far this year is sounding an alarm among authorities and presidential candidates before the general elections. The post Growing wave of irregular migration is a major concern in Panama first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • D.A. Powell speaks on gang violence concerns in Scranton

    SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The presence of gangs and gang-related violence is becoming more apparent in the Scranton area. The recent violence in Scranton is a concerning trend for residents in the area 28/22 News had the opportunity to speak with District Attorney Mark Powell on the topic of gangs in Scranton and what []

  • Raucous motorbike and ATV gathering in City Park causes concern

    Organized on social media the weekend gatherings in City Park draw 300 or more vehicles.

  • Oil Prices Start the Week With a Loss as Demand Concerns Grow

    Crude oil prices began the week with a loss, reversing the climb from last week after the latest U.S. inflation data suggested there will not be any rate cuts anytime soon. Signals from Israel that a ceasefire with Hamas is still a possibility also helped bring oil down, with Brent crude slipping below $89 per barrel in […]