Multiple witnesses reported the strange sighting to local law enforcement on Tuesday night but officials from the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) say there were no incidents or accidents involving aircraft in the area at the time. Some of the bystanders managed to capture footage of the peculiar occurrence, …
Read More »Sussex residents kick, bite & spit on police in string of Christmas Day assaults on officers
In a statement published on its website, Sussex Police said that at least 16 officers had been assaulted while on duty across the county on Christmas Day. The violent incidents included spitting, kicking, punching and biting, while one officer suffered a dislocated shoulder. The force condemned the “significant” number of …
Read More »That’s OUR money! Dozen US states go to Supreme Court fighting over who gets to tax residents stuck working from home
Along with Iowa, Connecticut and Hawaii, New Jersey submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking it to hear the case brought in October by New Hampshire against Massachusetts, one of the seven US states currently taxing people based on the location of their office. “The resolution …
Read More »‘Zombie Angelina Jolie’ statue which terrified residents in Russian city lasts just one day, torn down after outcry from locals
Authorities in Novovoronezh were filmed using a crane to pull up the figure and load it into a truck on Monday. Named ‘Alenka’, it had been unveiled only the day before, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the village first founded on the site. However, the installation found few …
Read More »‘Chemical incident’: Residents ordered to shelter in place after blast rocks chemical plant in Belle, W. Virginia (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
“We’ve had at least one very serious explosion and a working fire at the plant,” Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper said on Tuesday night, after the blast was reported around 10pm local time. While it remains unclear whether any volatile chemicals were involved in the explosion, Carper relayed reports that the …
Read More »Los Angeles residents ordered to stay at home until Christmas week, with all gatherings BANNED… except for church & PROTESTS
The new directive, which will take effect next week and stay in force until December 20, will prohibit all public and private gatherings involving people from different households and impose further occupancy limits on businesses, the county health department announced on Friday. However, the order carves out exceptions for those …
Read More »Denver mayor tells residents to ‘avoid travel’ for Thanksgiving – then boards flight for a family gathering moments later
“Pass the potatoes, not Covid,” Hancock said in a tweet on Wednesday morning, urging Denverites to “stay at home as much as you can” and “avoid travel” for the holiday, among other recommendations amid the health crisis. About 30 minutes after the tweet, however, Hancock boarded a plane bound for …
Read More »Escape from New York: 300,000 households flee as lockdowns & surging crime sour residents on the Big Apple
US Postal Service data obtained by the New York Post showed that there were more than 295,000 change-of-address requests filed by residents moving out of the city’s five boroughs from March 1 through October 31. The data included only moves to counties with 11 or more forwarding requests filed, meaning …
Read More »“We are the power!” Residents of Khabarovsk three weeks out for spontaneous rallies and marches
In Khabarovsk, on the evening of 31 July to the spontaneous rallies and marches in support of Sergey Furgala and against the appointment of the acting Governor of the Khabarovsk Krai Mikhail Degtyarev. It’s already the 21st day of protests. The townspeople gather in the square near the building of …
Read More »Residents of the Dagestani village staged a rally after a tough detention of an elderly man
Residents of the Dagestani village of Manas came to the gathering after police officers struck an elderly man during the arrest, writes the “Caucasian knot”. According to the newspaper, at least a thousand people came out in protest on a Federal highway “Caucasus”. The protesters dispersed only after the police …
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