Bourbon County High School is banning cell phones in the classroom. “For several reasons, all of which lead to best preparing our students to enter the college/workforce/military world after graduation, (Bourbon County High School) will be moving to no cell phones in the classroom,” district officials said this week in a Facebook post. Parents are […]
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Fake emergency call used as ‘distraction’ for vandalism
DENVER (KDVR) — A weekend act of vandalism — and a fake emergency call around the same time — are under investigation at the University of Denver, where a protest encampment continues against the war in Gaza. Campus Safety Chief Michael Bunker said on Monday that an academic building was vandalized on Sunday night. “It […]
News of Biden and Trump debating is the distraction both candidates desperately needed
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are again debating about debates. And for good reasons that have nothing to do with debates. The current president and the president he defeated in 2020 and will face again in November both need to change the subject from some very bad news for their campaigns this week. For Biden, […]
Placer County law enforcement warns residents of a distraction scam
(FOX40.COM) — Law enforcement in Placer County recently issued a public service announcement that advised residents to “beware of distraction theft.” “Once again we’d like to warn our community about distraction theft,” the Rocklin Police Department said. “It usually involves a stranger approaching a victim and making conversation or asking for help with something, and […]
Suspects wanted in distraction thefts targeting shoppers in Orange County
Authorities are warning the public of distraction thefts as several suspects in Orange County remain at large. The first theft happened at a Home Goods store in Irvine on Feb. 17. As a woman was browsing the store, a male suspect stole a wallet from inside her purse and escaped without detection. He later used […]
Games can bring us distraction, satisfaction
Elon Musk says at SpaceX ‘we never think about the quarter’—and he’s in no rush to spin off Starlink given the ‘tremendous distraction’ of being public like Tesla
The space business and public markets are not, perhaps, a match made in heaven. Consider the much-anticipated Starlink IPO. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is the most valuable private company in the U.S., and its largest revenue driver by far is Starlink, which offers broadband connections around the globe via a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites. But […]