And another day of expelled TN reps returning, AZ expelling R rep, Ukraine outrage over beheading video, MO R defending 12-yr old kids marrying adults, NPR leaves Twitter, and surgery to grow taller comes to a close:
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. " — Benjamin Franklin
The return of two expelled Tennessee Democrats is a powerful rebuke to Republicans. Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson have both been reinstated to their seats by local county commissions.
GOP-controlled Arizona House votes to expel Republican representative. State Rep. Liz Harris was expelled Wednesday from the Arizona House of Representatives for ethics violations resulting from inviting a conspiracy theorist to publicly testify before lawmakers earlier this year.
Ukraine’s outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading. Ukraine launched an investigation Wednesday into a gruesome video that purportedly shows the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier, in the latest accusation of atrocities said to have been committed by Russia since it invaded in February 2022.
Zelensky condemns video allegedly showing Ukrainian soldier's beheading. “There is something that no one in the world can ignore: how easily these beasts kill,” Zelensky said in a video message on Tuesday night. “There will be legal responsibility for everything. The defeat of terror is necessary.”
North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law. North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum on Tuesday evening signed two transgender athlete bans into law, effectively prohibiting transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college.
Watch: Missouri Republican defend and condone letting parents marry off 12-year-old kids. State sanctioned rape is okay for Republicans as long as the parents and the 12-year old child agree this is what they want, but if the parents and 12-year old child deem an abortion is what they want, well, you can forget that shit.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein faces first calls to resign from members of Congress. Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna and Dean Phillips said Feinstein needs to step down, as her lengthy absence from the Senate could imperil Democrats' ability to confirm more judges.
NPR leaves Twitter after ‘government-funded media’ label. “NPR’s organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent,” NPR said in a statement. “We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public’s understanding of our editorial independence.” The move makes NPR the first major media outlet to exit the platform.
Juul Labs agrees to pay $462 million settlement to 6 states. Electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, the attorneys general in several states announced Wednesday. The agreement with New York, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Washington, D.C. is the latest in a string of recent legal agreements Juul has reached to settle lawsuits related to the way it marketed addictive nicotine products. Critics said Juul was trying to lure children too young to smoke.
Arkansas governor signs sweeping bill imposing a minimum age limit for social media usage. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a sweeping bill imposing a minimum age limit for social media usage, in the latest example of states taking more aggressive steps intended to protect teens online. But even as Sanders signed the bill into law on Wednesday afternoon, the legislation appeared to contain vast loopholes and exemptions benefiting companies that lobbied on the bill and raising questions about how much of the industry it truly covers.
FBI warns consumers not to use public phone charging stations. The FBI is warning consumers against using public phone charging stations in order to avoid exposing their devices to malicious software. Public USB stations like the kind found at malls and airports are being used by bad actors to spread malware and monitoring software, according to a tweet last week from the FBI’s Denver branch. The agency did not provide any specific examples. “Carry your own charger and USB cord and use an electrical outlet instead,” the agency advised in the tweet.
MLB teams extend beer sales after pitch clock shortens games. Thanks to the pitch clock, the action is moving much faster at Major League Baseball games. It also means a little less time for fans to enjoy a frosty adult beverage. To combat that time crunch, at least four teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers — have extended alcohol sales through the eighth inning this season. Others, like the Miami Marlins and New York Mets, still have seventh-inning cutoffs, but haven’t ruled out changes.
US man spends $170,000 on painful surgery to grow taller by 5 inches. A 41-year-old man in the US underwent painful surgery to grow five inches (12.7 centimeters) after feeling insecure about his height. Moses Gibson, originally 5 foot 5 inches, struggled to find a girlfriend because of his height…After initially turning to medication and a spiritual healer, which both failed, he started saving for the leg lengthening surgery.
New streaming app to ‘Max’ programming from HBO, Discovery. The $16-per-month service, called Max, will be released May 23 in the U.S. and automatically replace the company’s existing HBO Max service in what is being promised as a seamless transition. Max will gradually become available in the rest of the world, with Latin America next up on the slate.
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