If you live in Los Angeles and start seeing people releasing fluorescent-colored mosquitos from plastic buckets, you’re not hallucinating. But there is a good reason for releasing these bugs. According to an April 12 news release from the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, it’s all part of a coordinated plan to wage war on the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito, an aggressive vector that rightfully earned its “ankle biter” nickname. Steve Vetrone, the agency’s director of...
The Government has released more details around its proposals to cut welfare costs and give fewer people PIP cash. Here's what we know so far about the changes
The country’s wet season, which began in March, has brought some of the most catastrophic weather seen in years
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new report shows the City of Albuquerque shelled out more than $3 million to settle lawsuits in the last three months of 2023. About a quarter of that went to people who were in crashes caused by city workers including Albuquerque Police Department officers. A trip to the landfill took a turn []
The DWP is issuing millions of pounds worth of back payments to people who were underpaid their state pension
Two teens have been charged following a viral video that showed teenagers on a boat dumping drums full of trash into the water off the coast of Florida during a spring break-like event, according to a report. On Sunday, a group of teenagers sped into the waves of the Atlantic Ocean from Lake Boca, through south Florida's iconic Boca Raton Inlet. They were then seen chucking bins of empty bottles and garbage into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving a trail of trash behind, video shows. The viral video...
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In an effort to secure ballot access in all 50 states, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has mobilized his operations to rely more on consultants, paid petitioners, and legal action. In the beginning, Kennedy’s actions were heavily reliant on grassroots efforts and volunteers, but now, the effort to gain access to state ballots is managed by […]
Governor Ron DeSantis’s challenging of a ‘continuous eligibility’ rule has booted over 22,500 children off insurance since JanuaryFlorida is continuing to “callously” strip healthcare coverage from thousands of children in lower-income households in defiance of a new federal law intended to protect them.Since 1 January, more than 22,500 children have been disenrolled from Florida KidCare, its version of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Chip) that is jointly subsidized by states and the...
The DOJ alleges that Google instituted a policy encouraging employees to disable chat history and delete logs of discussions around sensitive business practices, such as revenue-sharing agreements and mobile app distribution deals. According to government lawyers, these conversations may have revealed Google's intent to illegally exclude rivals and maintain itsRead Entire Article
Two Florida teens seen in a viral video dumping trash into the Atlantic Ocean from a boat turned themselves into authorities on Friday and face a felony pollution charge, according to officials and court records. The suspects, a 15-year-old from Gulf Stream and a 16-year-old from Boynton Beach, are charged with one count each of causing pollution, so as to harm or injure human health or welfare, animal, plant, or aquatic life or property, according to arrest reports filed by the Florida Fish and...