Day: June 15, 2023

Amazon may soon offer free wireless phone service

2:18 pm June 15, 2023

As if Amazon doesn’t have enough services, there are widespread rumors that the retail behemoth, with over 300 million active customer accounts and over 1.9 million-selling partners worldwide, is exploring offering free mobile wireless service. If the rumors are to be believed, the tech giant is in talks with wireless phone carriers like Verizon, T-Mobile, […]

Biden mocked over ‘plans’ to build railroad ‘across the Indian Ocean’: ‘Bold initiative’

2:18 pm June 15, 2023

President Biden raised eyebrows on social media this week after appearing to reveal plans to build a railroad from the Pacific Ocean “across” the Indian Ocean. “We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean,” Biden told the League of Conservation Voters at their annual dinner in […]

Man in Seattle shoots and kills eight months pregnant woman at traffic stop

2:18 pm June 15, 2023

A woman who was eight months pregnant died after a man shot multiple times into a car she was in while stopped at an intersection in central Seattle, authorities said. The 34-year-old woman’s baby was delivered at a hospital and but died soon after, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday, citing a probable cause statement. A […]

University to cut ties with Chinese Confucius Institute after GOP scrutiny on $17M DOD grant

2:10 pm June 15, 2023

A U.S. university will cut ties with the Chinese Confucius Institute following scrutiny from Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., over a Pentagon grant to the school for researching advanced weaponry. Alfred University will close the Confucius Institute on its campus by June 30, a lawyer for the school told Gallagher in a letter obtained by Fox […]

California first responder sentenced for selling fatal dose of fentanyl to hospital coworker

2:08 pm June 15, 2023

A Southern California first responder who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl to a coworker was sentenced Wednesday to more than 30 years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Cruz Noel Quintero, 43, was convicted last September of distributing fentanyl resulting in death, along with multiple felony weapons charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a […]