Day: February 12, 2024

Biden admin hit with legal challenge over historic restrictions on offshore oil drilling

11:32 pm February 12, 2024

The nation’s largest fossil fuel industry association filed a legal challenge against the Biden administration over its offshore oil and gas leasing program, which includes the fewest number of lease sales in U.S. history. The American Petroleum Institute (API) filed the legal petition Monday, arguing that the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) plan restricting future […]

Ex-NFL star JJ Watt faces hard truth about changing hairstyle after Super Bowl LVIII mocking

11:20 pm February 12, 2024

J.J. Watt, the former NFL star turned CBS broadcaster, offered a reminder to fans or anyone who may have been watching his coverage of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday night. Watt went on television with a different hairstyle, and it perplexed many NFL fans. He was compared to Jason Bateman’s character, Pepper Brooks, from “Dodgeball: […]

West Virginia lawmakers push to ban smoking in cars with children

11:11 pm February 12, 2024

Smoking in cars with children is banned in 11 states, and lawmakers are pushing to join them in West Virginia, where more adults use cigarettes than anywhere else in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state Senate on Monday passed a bill calling for fines for anyone caught smoking […]

Jean-Pierre slams Hur, says ‘sharp’ Biden does more in one hour than most do in a day

11:00 pm February 12, 2024

Amid mounting questions about the president’s age, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre criticized Special Counsel Robert Hur on Monday and suggested Biden could do more in one hour than most people could in a full day. Hur’s report on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, released Thursday, recommended no criminal charges against the president. The […]

Central African Republic reports 10,000 children still fighting with militant groups

10:53 pm February 12, 2024

About 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in Central African Republic more than a decade after civil war broke out, the government said Monday. Marthe Kirima, the minister for family and gender, said in a statement that children are still being recruited as fighters, spies, messengers, cooks and even used as sex slaves. […]

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