Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills Monday that aim to address the opioid epidemic in the state by increasing penalties for exposing police to fentanyl and raising awareness for life-saving measures for someone experiencing an opioid overdose. DeSantis, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 718 and Senate Bill 66 during …...Read More
DeSantis signs bills to protect officers from fentanyl exposure, raise awareness for opioid epidemic
BJD accuses the BJP of misusing ECI platform to issue threats to government officers
April 09, 2024 09:38 am | Updated 10:32 am IST - BHUBANESWAR The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday, April 8, 2024 accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misusing the Election Commission India’s (ECI) platform for issuing threats to serving government officials who refuse to toe the party’s line. …...Read More
Senior IPS officer Rajiv Ratan passes away
April 09, 2024 09:37 am | Updated 09:37 am IST - HYDERABAD Senior IPS officer Rajiv Ratan has passed away on Tuesday, April 9 morning reportedly after heart attack. He was out for morning walk off his house near Kandukur on city outskirts when he complained of chest pain, according …...Read More
Michigan school shooter's mom wants house arrest as parents face sentencings
The parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley are set to be sentenced on Tuesday after two juries found both parents guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the November 2021 massacre. Prosecutors are asking Oakland County Judge Cheryl Matthews to sentence James and Jennifer Crumbley to serve between …...Read More
Morgan Wallen's Nashville bar arrest could land him 'in jail for up to 6 years': legal expert
Morgan Wallen may face serious consequences as the result of his arrest in Nashville on Sunday after he allegedly threw a chair off a rooftop bar, according to legal experts. Wallen, 30, was charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct, the Metro Nashville …...Read More
Parked drivers struggling to get out of their vehicle as cars get wider, says survey
Drivers are having trouble getting in and out of their cars because vehicles have become wider but parking spaces haven't grown, according to research. Most spaces in car parks are still based on guidelines from the 1970s, but analysis of 10 popular family motors shows they've crept up in size. …...Read More
Pragya Thakur advised bed rest, NIA tells special court
April 09, 2024 09:19 am | Updated 09:19 am IST - Mumbai BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, a prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, is unwell and doctors have advised her bed rest, the National Investigation Agency stated in a compliance report submitted in a special court on …...Read More
Supreme Court seeks replies on PIL over ‘unregulated’ sex change surgeries
April 09, 2024 09:17 am | Updated 09:17 am IST - New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday took note of a PIL seeking to curb sex-assignment surgeries on ‘intersex’ children before they become major. The court sought a response from the Centre and others, including the Central Adoption Resource …...Read More
What is Bengaluru’s new property tax system that aims to fix leakage and rationalise the system
April 09, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 09:00 am IST - Bengaluru The story so far The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now halted the implementation of the new property tax regime fearing backlash from the citizens ahead of parliament elections. The new system of levying tax is based …...Read More
Why Trump is deferring to the states, after weighing an abortion ban at 15 weeks
Donald Trump told me he wanted to devise an abortion compromise that would "make everyone happy." I said I didn’t think that was possible. But he didn’t dispute a New York Times report that he was talking to advisers about banning the procedure after 16 weeks, soon modified in another …...Read More
