Day: April 5, 2024

Elderly couple felt pressured to sell their home by local council amid government’s push to house migrants

9:00 pm April 5, 2024

An elderly couple had just moved into their home when they received a letter they took as a threat to give up their property for migrants, the British residents told the Daily Mail. A letter from the North Northamptonshire Council was left on Jose and Ted Saunders’ door mat in January, referring to their Rushden […]

Shaquille O’Neal says he’s only watching women’s college basketball this year: ‘The boys suck’

8:56 pm April 5, 2024

NBA great Shaquille O’Neal has not shied away from his support of the LSU women’s basketball team and star player Angel Reese, but the former Los Angeles Lakers star recently expressed his interest in the women’s game as a whole over the men’s. During a recent episode of “The Big Podcast with Shaq,” special guest […]

Mississippi state budget is expected to shrink slightly in the coming year

8:14 pm April 5, 2024

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Budget writers in the Mississippi Legislature will have slightly less money to spend during the coming year than they did in the current one. Top members of the House and Senate met Friday and set a revenue estimate of $7.6 billion for the year that begins July 1. That is a […]

These are the top health risks of marijuana use, especially smoking cannabis

8:13 pm April 5, 2024

Marijuana is the most commonly used federally illegal drug in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with an estimated 48.2 million users nationwide in 2019. That number has only increased since then, with states continuing to legalize recreational and medical cannabis use. Many pro-legalization activists champion the drug as a […]

Colombian guerrillas launch multiple attacks against military as ceasefire breaks down

8:10 pm April 5, 2024

Colombia suffered a series of attacks Thursday night and Friday morning, marking the first major assault against its military since a mafia group born from the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced it was scaling up operations earlier this week. The attacks in the war-torn southwest of the country featured explosives and firearms, […]