Bats, waterways and “very significant carbon emissions” have been cited by Ryanair in its High Court challenge to plans to construct a €200 million underground cargo tunnel at Dublin Airport. The airline also complains that the loss of two aircraft stands, as a result of the project, contradicts the Dublin Airport Local Area Plan. It […]
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The truth about adding baking soda, banana peels and coffee grounds to your plants
Just when I thought opening social media wouldn’t raise my blood pressure, I discovered another “must do” garden hack that is really a “don’t you dare”! And then I started hyperventilating again. Hopefully, you’ve been talked out of watering your orchids with ice cubes; been convinced that sugary soda drinks will hurt ailing plants, not […]
Can you carry a firearm onto school grounds in WA? This Little League mother didn’t think so
A woman who went to watch her 8-year-old son play in a Little League baseball game at Mount Tahoma High School this week was startled by something she saw: A man open-carrying a pistol on his hip. The woman was unnerved enough to alert Tacoma police. She told The News Tribune that responses she received […]
Here’s what you should know about Shreveport’s litigation over Fair Grounds Field
The City of Shreveport has been embroiled in a nearly two-year court battle over the demolition of Fair Grounds Field. On September 9, 2022, a local organization took legal action against the city in the First Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish to protect the stadium, citing potential health risks to the public if the […]
Georgia Sen. Warnock grounds state legislatures’ attempts to seize control of Atlanta Airport
On Friday, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) celebrated a provision he secured in the 2024 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill that will help protect local control of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
UChicago faculty to host rally on former encampment grounds
CHICAGO – University of Chicago faculty will host a teach-in and rally at the Hyde Park campus Main Quad where students set up a protest encampment in solidarity with Gaza earlier this month. The University of Chicago Faculty for Justice in Palestine said the rally is meant to honor the Palestinian people on the 76th […]
Protesters try to enter Tesla factory grounds outside Berlin
Activists tried to break into Tesla’s electric car factory in Germany just outside Berlin on Friday during a demonstration against a proposed plant expansion, according to police. So far, the demonstrators had not succeeded in accessing the Tesla plant grounds, a police spokesman told dpa on Friday afternoon, but had managed to overcome the first […]
Tribes, National Congress of American Indians Oppose Montana’s TikTok Ban on Grounds of Sovereignty
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the National Congress of American Indians today threw their support behind opposing Montana’s TikTok ban on the grounds of tribal sovereignty infringement. The ban was signed into law by Montana’s governor in May 2023, but was blocked by a federal judge before it was set to go into […]
Lucy Letby in bid to appeal against convictions on four grounds, court told
Child serial killer Lucy Letby is making a bid to challenge her convictions on four points, the UK Court of Appeal has heard. Lawyers for Letby are asking senior judges for the green light to bring an appeal against all her convictions at the hearing in London, which is expected to finish this week. The […]
Georgia judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss election interference charges on free speech grounds
A Georgia judge on Thursday denied a bid by former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the state election interference case to dismiss the charges on First Amendment grounds. In a 14-page ruling, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said their right to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election did not […]
China condemns suspected Israeli attack on Iranian embassy grounds
China has issued a strong condemnation of a suspected Israeli air attack on the grounds of the Iranian embassy in Damascus that claimed the lives of two Iranian generals. “China condemns the attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in Beijing. The security of diplomatic institutions must not be […]
Judge to consider if Trump can throw out Georgia election subversion case on First Amendment grounds
For the first time since a judge ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to oversee the Georgia 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the focus will return to the details of the sprawling case. During a hearing Thursday, Trump’s lead attorney in Georgia is expected to argue that […]