LONDON (Reuters) - Britain unveiled plans to tackle an “obesity time bomb” on Monday, banning TV and online adverts for junk food before 9.00 p.m., ending “buy one get one free” deals on such foods and putting calories on menus. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, July 22,…
CLOSE A "Wall of Vets" joined the "Wall of Moms" group in downtown Portland, Oregon, to protest racism and police brutality. StoryfulPORTLAND, Oregon — Police detained two people Sunday night after a single gunshot was reportedly fired at a protest encampment area near a federal courthouse that has for more than a week been the site of violent…
CHENGDU, China — The U.S. says it has closed its consulate in Chengdu, China. China ordered the consulate closed in retaliation for a U.S. order to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston last week.A statement from the State Department said that the consulate suspended operations at 10 a.m. on Monday. It expressed disappointment at…
July 26, 2020 | 10:12am Enlarge Image Federal officers line up to deploy tear gas at demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Protests in Portland were declared a riot early Sunday as thousands breached a federal courthouse where federal agents are being stationed, according to police. Throughout the night —…
Police in Portland responded to reports of gunfire near the protest site and took two individuals into custody, according to a report.The Oregonian reported that authorities responded to reports of gunfire in downtown Portland and an apparent victim was treated at a hospital after being taken there in a private vehicle. The report pointed out…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…