Five conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Nov. 21 to reclassify the manatee from threatened to endangered status because the mammal’s population is rapidly declining, largely due to starvation. Save the Manatee Club, Miami Waterkeeper, Harvard Animal Law and Policy Clinic, the Center for Biological Diversity, and [engineer] Frank S. González Garcia,…
Environmental Groups Ask for Manatees to Be Reclassified as ‘Endangered’ Again
Hurricane Ian Did Not Dampen Jobs Numbers in Florida: DeSantis
Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida, but the state’s labor force stayed strong, Gov. Ron DeSantis reported on Nov. 18 During October, while the national labor force shrank, Florida’s labor force increased by 36,000, and its private sector added 35,000 jobs. This sets a record of 30 straight months that jobs were created throughout the state,…
Small Florida Town Hosts Pride Event, Enraging Parents With ‘Inappropriate’ Entertainment
Venice is normally a sleepy Florida town where retirees flock during winter months. But on Nov. 12, the Saturday Farmer’s Market in a downtown park was replaced with the town’s first Pride Community Festival. Some in the community were outraged by the behavior they saw, and told The Epoch Times that it was lewd and…
School ‘Calming Rooms’ Aim to Help Students Cope with Stress
Some school districts grappling with how to help students better manage stress are adding “calming rooms,” where children can stretch, do arts and crafts, listen to soothing music, and more. The trend is a response to multiple studies showing an uptick in anxiety and depression among teens and young adults, apparently triggered by pandemic lockdowns,…
Tensions Easing as Leaders Walk Back Claims of Russian Strike on Poland
World leaders appear to have walked back claims that Russia was responsible for a missile that landed in Polish territory on Nov. 15, killing two people. “We have no indication that this was the result of a deliberate attack and we have no indication that Russia is preparing offensive military actions against NATO,” Jens Stoltenberg,…
How to Counter Free Radicals, Heal Autoimmune Disease
Our disconnection from the virtually infinite and accessible storehouse of electrons at the earth’s surface is an overlooked cause of autoimmune disease. Revolutionary research is uncovering that physical contact with the ground provisions free radical-neutralizing electrons that circulate through the living matrix of our body and act as our primary antioxidant defense system One characteristic…
Istanbul Bombing Aftermath Highlights US-Turkey Tensions
In a sign of strained ties between Turkey and the United States, Turkish officials declined to accept Washington’s condolences after a deadly bombing in the heart of Istanbul that left six people dead on Nov. 13. According to the Turkish authorities, who swiftly detained the alleged bomber, the attack was planned and carried out by…
Kyiv, Moscow Trade Accusations of War Crimes and Reprisals in Newly Recaptured Kherson
Following last week’s Russian withdrawal from the city of Kherson, Kyiv has accused Moscow’s forces and their local allies of having committed numerous “war crimes” before their departure. Pro-Russian officials, for their part, claim that Ukrainian forces, which entered Kherson over the weekend, were committing “extrajudicial reprisals” against pro-Russian residents of the city. On Nov….
Connecticut Writing Teacher Put on Leave after Project Veritas Releases Report
A Connecticut school director has been placed on leave after Project Veritas exposed his “sexual fantasies” about his female students to an undercover reporter. Project Veritas on Thursday released an undercover video of a Connecticut writing teacher and seventh-grade dean for detailing his sexual fantasies with minor students. Iman Rasti, Director of Writing Center, Middle…
Ukrainian Forces Advancing Into Kherson Following Russian Military Withdrawal
Russia has fully withdrawn its forces from the west bank of the Dnipro River, including the strategic city of Kherson, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. As Moscow’s troops left, Ukrainian soldiers began to move in and were greeted by jubilant civilians, according to reports and video from various Western media outlets including Reuters, AP,…
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