Jordan's Petra, the ancient city carved into rock, was hit by flash floods — forcing nearly 1,800 tourists to evacuate. pic.twitter.com/NHwtOuN3to
— DW News (@dwnews) May 5, 2025
("The work represents the first tangible step by India to operate outside agreements covered by the Indus Waters Treaty, which both countries have honoured since 1960 despite three wars and several other conflicts")
("Accounting problems already had been flagged by different auditors for UFLAC, who in March 2024 highlighted 'significant deficiencies' in the union’s financial practices because officers were failing to properly document their expenditures. Despite that warning, [the president] made 339 transactions in 2024 using his UFLAC credit card — for a total of $71,671 — without submitting a single receipt")Top LAFD union officers suspended after audit flags $800,000 in credit card spending @AleneTchek https://t.co/bkOiTTRFOG
— Richard Winton (@LAcrimes) May 5, 2025
("a previous analysis of alternatives conducted around the time of the program’s inception reportedly found that doing so would incur prohibitive costs")The Air Force needs over 400 silos to house its next fleet of nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. Instead of reusing ones that already exist, officials now think they will have to dig hundreds more. https://t.co/VRWnq1oQAd
— Michael Marrow (@michaeldmarrow) May 5, 2025
Daily Mail picked it upNew: In his recommendation for the Bronze Star, Rep. Cory Mills is credited with saving the lives of three soldiers.
— Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) May 5, 2025
Two of them say that never happened.
“He didn’t save my life,” said Joe Heit, who is cited as one of the soldiers Mills saved.https://t.co/scODpBdZJ7
(For example) (Something LA is trying)If we take Trump at face value that he wants to bring Hollywood production back to LA/US, I wonder how long before this pivots to a different, and potentially more achievable tactic of lowering domestic production costs via union-busting
— Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos) May 5, 2025
Mattel Plans Price Increases on American Toys—Toy maker scraps its financial forecast for the year, saying tariffs make it hard to predict consumer spending@connorhart22 https://t.co/FByS5SuifHhttps://t.co/FByS5SuifH
— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) May 6, 2025
[Switch 2]
— OatmealDome (@OatmealDome) May 3, 2025
Nintendo is suing accessory maker Genki, the company that showed off a mockup of the Switch 2 at their CES 2025 booth before the console's official reveal.
Nintendo alleges that Genki violated their trademarks. pic.twitter.com/I0hr5G8xdm
Astrid and Stormfly in Isle of Berk at Epic Universe. pic.twitter.com/ybCKtmn96J
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) April 5, 2025
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