Cops used electrocution gloves to subdue high school students in Omaha, now the school district and parents are pleading with police to stop: ‘Supposed to be a safe space for students’

Earlier in August, news broke that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to shell out $20 million to acquire thousands of electric-shock gloves. Dubbed the “Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter,” or G.L.O.V.E, the devices deliver a painful electric shock meant to immobilise anybody at the mere flick of a wrist. While the gloves may be…

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‘Govt has played delay games’: CJP announces march from India Gate to Delhi Police HQ on Sept 5 | India News

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Photo credit: Reuters NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced a youth march on September 5 in Delhi, accusing the government of failing to honour commitments that led to the withdrawal of the students’ protest at Jantar Mantar on July 25. The CJP said the government…

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Evening news wrap: Delhi rain disrupts flights; Revanth Reddy flags US visit snub, and more | India News

Centre clarifies India’s position on media access during PM Modi-Trump meet Heavy rain disrupts Delhi-NCR, diverts 15 Delhi-bound flights Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay announces free LPG cylinders, expanded bus travel BJP-Congress clash over alleged fish feast at Ajay Rai’s Ayodhya welcome event Revanth Reddy accuses Centre of discriminating against Telangana over US visit…

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‘Citizens have right to know’: CJP demands states come clean on funding, facilities in govt schools | India News

Dipke asked the state education ministers to publicly disclose details on infrastructure, teacher vacancies, funding, digital facilities and the workload of teaching staff. NEW DELHI: Abhijeet Dipke, founder and convenor of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has demanded transparency on government school funding, infrastructure and staffing. Addressing an open letter to the education ministers across…

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‘Monstrous, mindless’: Chidambaram criticises ‘One Nation, One Election’ plan at House panel meet | India News

Former union minister P Chidambaram opposes the proposed ‘One Nation, One Election’ framework. Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: Former union minister P Chidambaram has opposed the proposed ‘One Nation, One Election’ framework before a joint parliamentary committee, calling the initiative “unconstitutional”, “monstrous” and “mindless”.Chidambaram, who appeared before the panel examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill,…

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‘Insult to 4cr people of Telengana’: CM Revanth Reddy flays Centre over US visit block | India News

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy (File photo) NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Monday accused the Centre of “insulting” 4 crore people of the state by declining permission for his visit to the United States.Reddy claimed that the move showed the “Centre’s discrimination” against Telangana and said that the issue would be raised in…

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Ecuador’s Indigenous women are planting trees for birds, growing cacao for their families and protecting the forest for their children to save the Amazon | World News

Flor Juanga, a Shuar community representative from Ecuador’s Sucumbios Province. In Ecuador’s Amazon, planting a tree can mean much more than restoring a patch of forest. For Indigenous women such as Flor Juanga, a Shuar community representative from Sucumbíos Province, trees are tied to food, wildlife, family, culture and the future of the community. Juanga…

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US professor faces possible termination after ‘word salad’ remark during faculty meeting sparks discrimination probe | World News

Hofstra University professor Richard Himelfarb faces probe over remark during faculty meeting/Image: Hofstra News. A US professor has spent nearly a year under investigation after a colleague accused him of racial discrimination over his use of the phrase “word salad” during a faculty meeting at a New York university.Richard Himelfarb, a political science professor at…

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Who is Nitro Camden? Twitch streamer going viral for turning his life around after being kicked out of home

Nitro Camden went from a one-viewer Twitch streamer to receiving major creator support after his viral livestream incident. (Image via: @CamFrmDaLou) Nitro_Camden was basically a one-viewer Twitch streamer before one raid changed everything. The 18-year-old creator from St. Louis suddenly had around 15,000 people watching after StableRonaldo and Marlon raided his channel. What should have…

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An abandoned Mississippi shed was covered in snake skins; cameras revealed why gray ratsnakes kept returning | World News

Representative Image of gray ratsnakes inhabiting an old shed surrounded by dense trees and natural vegetation (AI-generated image) In central Mississippi, researchers stumbled across an abandoned shed covered in old snakeskins, an odd enough sight that they decided to set up cameras rather than simply walk away. What they eventually documented became a detailed study…

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