El Al said a plane en route from Warsaw to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Turkey. The Israeli airline said local staff at Antalya airport refused to refuel the plane. Tensions between the two countries have escalated since Israel’s invasion of Gaza. Israeli flag carrier El Al says local airport workers refused to […]
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Judge in Trump classified documents case reportedly refused to step aside
Aileen Cannon, the Florida judge who has come under fire for her handling of classified document charges against Donald Trump, ignored the advice of more senior colleagues to decline the case and pass it to another jurist, it has been reported. Related: Trump falsely claims US justice department was ready to kill him Two senior […]
What Happened in Jonestown if You Refused to Drink the Kool-Aid?
The Jonestown massacre is so well known that the phrase “drink the Kool-Aid” has become part of the American vernacular—a fact that still rankles Stephan Jones, son of cult leader Jim Jones, who believes that it dehumanizes the victims by casting them as merely brainwashed lunatics who took their own lives. “That night was murder,” […]
‘Entitled’ mom who refused to return her shopping cart in viral TikTok doubles down on live news broadcast
She’s really buggin’. A California mom who went viral for her rant about grocery store shopping carts was invited to make her point for viewers on KTLA 5 Weekend Morning News on Saturday, reaffirming her controversial stance that returning buggies isn’t worth her time. “I’m not returning my shopping cart, and you can judge me […]
Durham refused to pay judgment against officer. Why the city just paid him thousands.
The city of Durham paid retired police Capt. Darrell Dowdy $350,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused city officials of abandoning him after losing a lawsuit linked to wrongful murder convictions. In that case, a jury ordered Dowdy to pay $6 million for a faulty investigation that resulted in a man spending nearly 24 years […]
An airline kicked a family off the plane after they made their own no-peanut announcement when the crew refused to
A family was removed from a flight over their daughter’s peanut allergy. Cabin crew refused to ask other passengers not to eat nuts, so the family made their own announcement. Airlines refusing to make nut allergy announcements is a common problem that frustrates many. A family was kicked off a flight for orchestrating an announcement […]
When Trump’s trial started, I called him a chicken. He refused to testify. I was right.
Just before Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial started in April, I labeled the former president and current criminal defendant a “frightened, clucking chicken.” I was correct. Despite defiantly saying he would take the stand and testify in his own defense, Trump predictably took the panicked-poultry route. The defense rested Tuesday without calling the man […]
Teacher refused to use preferred pronouns and was fired, suit says. Now district owes
A California school district has settled a lawsuit with a teacher who says she was fired over her religious beliefs after she refused to use students’ preferred pronouns, attorneys say. The Jurupa Unified School District in Riverside County agreed to pay $360,000 to Jessica Tapia, her attorneys at Advocates for Faith & Freedom said in […]
9 Headstrong Homeowners Who Refused To Move, Despite Their Neighborhood Rapidly Changing Around Them
As a millennial, I can’t relate to being a homeowner….but I can relate to getting pissed off when people tell me what to do!!! Here are 11 homeowners who stood their ground when they were pressured to move from their property: 1.“This huge road in China that was built around a house after an elderly […]
8 GOP candidates can’t run as Republicans, MO judge rules. They’d refused morals test
Candidate vetting in Missouri was handed a victory in court Thursday. The result is that eight candidates, all registered Republicans running for office in rural Vernon County, will not be allowed to stay on an August primary ballot as Republicans. The candidates had refused to take a “moral values” survey and undergo other vetting by […]
Mica Miller’s husband ‘groomed’ her years before their marriage, refused to let her drive, police report says
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Mica Miller’s husband John-Paul began “grooming” her years before the couple wed in 2017, according to a Myrtle Beach police report obtained by News13. Miller made the allegation in a Feb. 21 complaint about a stolen vehicle after being discharged from an involuntary hospital stay. The 30-year-old Myrtle Beach woman […]
Why I refused to make a ‘deal with the devil’
Illia Ponomarenko is one of Ukraine’s best known war reporters. He has covered the Russia-Ukraine conflict since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. His book “I Will Show You How It Was: The Story Of Wartime Kyiv” is out May 7. Illia Ponomarenko grew up in the city of Volnovakha in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. […]