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☆ Florida Ends Contract With Company That Sent Predawn Emergency Alert Test to Cellphones
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ron DeSantis says he ordered the head of the state’s emergency-management agency to ‘bring swift accountability’ for the erroneous test. Photo: Marta Lavandier/Associated PressFlorida officials ended the state’s contract with a software company that they say erroneously sent an emergency alert test to cellphones in the early hours of Thursday, angering many sleeping residents. The alert was supposed to be a test run for television networks and wasn’t intended to “disturb anyone already sleeping,” the Florida Division of Emergency Management said.

☆ Peering Into Volcanoes at Tanzania’s Crater Highlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Patrick Scott | Photographs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Cloud shadows darkened sections of the leafless rim and the tan crater floor. A silvery green lake spread out on the left, and a patch of emerald woodlands near a stream stretched out on the right. In the rainy seasons, the expansive floor is lush and teeming with animals, including massive herds of migrating wildebeests. And because nearly all of the inhabitants are herbivores, we saw no chasing and fleeing. Instead, the wildebeests milled about or rested in acacia shade, and the zebras did a lot of standing around, motionless, like they were trying to remember something they’d just forgotten.

☆ Alabama, Kentucky Shootings Leave Multiple People Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Community members watched Sunday as crime-scene investigators worked the scene of a shooting in Dadeville, Ala.At least four people were killed and several others were wounded in a mass shooting Saturday night at a birthday party in Dadeville, Ala., state officials said. The shooting happened just after 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

☆ At Least Four Killed, 28 Wounded in Alabama Birthday Party Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Law enforcement officers on Sunday canvassing the site of a shooting at a teenager’s birthday party in Dadeville, Ala.At least four people were killed and 28 others were injured in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville, Ala., state officials said. The shooting happened just after 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday in Dadeville, a city of about 3,000 located roughly 60 miles northeast of Montgomery, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

DIGHTON, Mass.—The house on Maple Street where Airman First Class Jack Teixeira was arrested Thursday sits on a thickly wooded lot set far back from the road. By Friday, after law-enforcement agents and media descended on this small town, a loader backhoe blocked the driveway entrance near an empty flower cart. A 2020 graduate of Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School in southeastern Massachusetts, Airman Teixeira, 21 years old, was viewed by those who know him as a military enthusiast from a family who supports the military and its causes.

☆ Justice Clarence Thomas received between $270,000 to $750,000 within the past 17 years from a real estate company that no longer exists, Washington Post reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Clarence Thomas received rental income from a firm called Ginger Limited Partnership, WaPo reported. The real estate firm's partners included Thomas' wife Ginni Thomas, her parents, and her 3 siblings. But since then, Thomas reported receiving a total of $270,000 to $750,000 from the defunct firm, records reviewed by WaPo showed. A Supreme Court spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. Federal law stipulates that government employees, including Supreme Court justices, must disclose real estate transactions worth more than $1,000.

☆ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly has been claiming thousands of dollars annually from a shuttered real estate firm
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas arrives for the swearing in ceremony of Judge Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Supreme Court Justice in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 10, 2017. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reported on financial disclosure forms that his family has earned thousands of dollars in rental income from a Nebraska real estate firm that has been shuttered since 2006, according to a report by the Washington Post Sunday. Thomas has reported income from a firm called Ginger, Ltd., Partnership over the last two decades, but in 2006 it was shut down and replaced by a new firm, the report said. In recent years, Thomas reportedly continued to disclose between $50,000 and $100,000 in income from the old firm annually. ProPublica later reported that Crow bought property from Thomas as well, which the justice also failed to disclose.

☆ Blue Jays slam five homers to beat Tigers 9-3 in home opener
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Apr 11, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman (26) hits a home run against the Detroit Tigers during the fourth inning at the Rogers Centre. While work continues on both the team and stadium the early reviews are positive, the Blue Jays living up to their explosive reputation with a home opener record five homers that underscores their status as World Series contender. 'Take me out to the ball game' can still be heard at every ball park but vendors shouting out, "peanuts , cracker jacks" not so much. You do not even need to be that interested in baseball, said Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro, adding the ball park can just be a place to go. The Tigers' Nick Maton hit a three-run second inning homer but the Blue Jays hit back in the bottom of the inning, Kirk answering with an RBI double.

☆ Tennessee’s Political Divisions Deepen Between State and Its Cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The contentious ouster of Tennessee state lawmakers Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis is the latest skirmish in a longstanding power struggle between Republicans who control the state’s politics and Democrats in charge of its fast-growing cities. Now, after GOP legislators used their majority power to expel the two representatives last week, Democrats in the metro areas plan to use their authority to send them straight back, with Nashville-area politicians vowing to act on Monday.

☆ ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Has Biggest Opening Weekend of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ offered something for children and adults. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” had a blockbuster opening weekend, racking up $146 million over three days and stomping the competition at the domestic box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The animated movie, a collaboration between Illumination, Nintendo and Universal, officially arrived in theaters Wednesday. It took in $204 million domestically over its first five days, and added $173 million internationally. That pushed its five-day tally to $377 million, the biggest opening weekend ever for an animated title globally.

Tennessee’s Republican-led House of Representatives expelled two Democratic lawmakers Thursday, a rare punishment for speaking out of turn on the House floor following last week’s mass shooting at a Nashville school. The House voted Thursday afternoon to force out Justin Jones and Justin Pearson , two of three lawmakers who spoke about gun control. But lawmakers failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to expel their colleague Rep. Gloria Johnson .

Previously, the pranks had mostly affected the country’s famous sushi conveyor belt restaurants, prompting questions about their future. A video shared on social media shows a man, believed to be Shimazu, vigorously eating the ginger. Besides Kura Sushi, two other such chains — Sushiro, owned by Food & Life Companies, and Hamazushi — previously told CNN they had suffered similar disruptions. But the latest food pranks, magnified by social media, have sparked fresh debate in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic. In recent weeks, some Japanese social media users have questioned whether conveyor belt sushi restaurants and other communal serving practices can continue as consumers demand more attention to cleanliness.

☆ 2 more diners arrested over 'sushi terrorism' video showing restaurant utensils used in communal bowls
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Two more people have been arrested for property damage over a "sushi terrorism" video in Japan. Videos of customers licking bottles or eating directly from communal dishes went viral earlier this year. Police said the men told them they posted the video to social media because they thought it was funny, the AP reported. The trend gained popularity earlier this year as videos were posted under the hashtag "#寿司テロ," or "sushi terror." Pranksters licked soy sauce bottles and added wasabi to items on the conveyor belt at popular restaurants in Japan — then posted videos or pictures.

☆ Arkansas City Surveys Tornado’s Wreckage After Direct Hit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Adolfo Flores | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WYNNE, Ark.—Mike Ellis saw one tornado in Little Rock from his father’s ninth-floor hospital room and worried about his mom, who uses a walker and was home alone in Wynne, so he rushed to her house Friday in time for a second tornado. He and his 18-year-old son had barely pulled into the driveway when the sirens started to go off. Mr. Ellis helped his mother into a bathroom closet before grabbing a mattress to shield his son and himself as they took cover in a hallway. In a few minutes the tornado was over them.

☆ Arkansas Town Surveys Tornado’s Wreckage After Direct Hit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Adolfo Flores | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WYNNE, Ark.—As Danielle Russell drove back into her neighborhood Friday night after a tornado tore through this small city, she said she saw a white shape in the dark and hoped it wasn’t the roof of her house. Moments later she pulled up and saw that powerful winds had peeled off much of a metal layer of her roof, which now hung down, covering the house’s front. The damage forced Ms. Russell, 38 years old, to spend Friday night with her two children in their car, worried that the house wasn’t safe.

☆ Storm System Kills at Least 10 People Across Central U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

One person was killed in Belvidere, Ill., when the roof of a theater collapsed in a suspected tornado. A powerful storm system barreled across the central U.S. Friday, killing at least 10 people and unleashing reports of at least 60 tornadoes recorded across six states. Powered by a series of so-called supercells, the rotating thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes, the system battered homes, downed trees and power lines and flipped cars and RV campers, with some landing in the Mississippi River.

☆ Storm System Kills at Least 12 People Across Central U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

At least four people were killed in Wynne, Ark., when a suspected tornado spawned by a supercell hit the cityA powerful storm system barreled across the central U.S. Friday, killing at least 12 people and unleashing reports of at least 60 tornadoes recorded across six states. Powered by a series of so-called supercells, the rotating thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes, the system battered homes, downed trees and power lines and flipped cars and RV campers, with some landing in the Mississippi River.

☆ Storm System Kills at Least 22 People Across Central U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A powerful storm system barreled across the central U.S. Friday, killing at least 22 people and unleashing reports of at least 69 tornadoes recorded across at least eight states. Fueled by a series of so-called supercells, the rotating thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes, the system battered homes, downed trees and power lines and flipped cars and RV campers, with some landing in the Mississippi River.

☆ Large Tornado Hits Little Rock, Ark., as Central U.S. Braces for Severe Weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Talal Ansari | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Arkansas’ governor said the damage in the central part of the state was significant. A large tornado touched down Friday in Little Rock, Ark., part of a major storm system forecast to bring severe weather across the central U.S. The National Weather Service said it had received reports of downed trees and power lines as well as damaged homes around the city. There were no immediate reports of fatalities, the agency said.

☆ Top Democrat gives 'failing grade' to Biden administration on classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Ginger Gibson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Warner, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, chided the Biden administration Wednesday for the lack of information being shared about classified documents that were found at the homes of current and former presidents. "This is where the Biden administration gets an absolute failing grade," Warner said on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports." Lawmakers have become increasingly critical of administration officials ignoring requests to be briefed on the classified documents that have been found. Hundreds of pages of documents with classified markings were recovered from Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump's Florida home and private club. Months later, a handful of documents were found at an office used by current President Joe Biden before he was elected.

☆ Pharmacy startups are losing their battle with giants like CVS and Walgreens
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Pharmacy startups like Capsule and Truepill are crumbling in the fight against pharmacy giants. But in the past year, the pharmacy startups have begun to crumble. Plus, each chain has thousands of stores across the country, providing the convenience that the pharmacy startups seek to replicate with tech. The digital-pharmacy shakeoutAnalysts suggested that healthcare startups with pharmacy components, rather than pure-play pharmacy startups, are best positioned to succeed. Truepill CEO Sid Viswanathan TruepillBut the pharmacy startups that have attempted to offer additional services have largely shelved those efforts in recent months.

☆ Pennsylvania Chocolate-Factory Explosion Death Toll Rises to Seven
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Authorities were investigating the cause of a large explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania that killed at least seven people, officials said. Two victims were discovered late Sunday in the rubble, bringing the death toll to seven, West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag said in a statement Monday.

ROLLING FORK, Miss.—Several hard-hit Mississippi towns continued to dig out after a powerful tornado cut a path of destruction through parts of the state Friday night, as residents balanced grief with a hope that the disaster could eventually spur renewal in their rural communities. Driving down Highway 61 into the Delta town of Rolling Fork, population 1,800, on Sunday, the smell of barbecued meat and wood smoke was overpowering. Much of the town, located not far from the Mississippi River, was leveled by the storm, including its business district. The tornado claimed at least 25 lives in Mississippi, more than a dozen of them around Rolling Fork, as residents lost parents, cousins, lifelong friends and what some said were their dream homes.

☆ Pennsylvania Chocolate Factory Explosion Leaves Four Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Officials are investigating the cause of the explosion at the R.M. Palmer factory. Rescue crews continued to comb through the debris caused by a chocolate factory explosion in Pennsylvania that killed four people and left three others unaccounted for, officials said Sunday. Palmer Co. factory in West Reading, Pa., occurred just before 5 p.m. Friday. It destroyed the building and caused damage to a second structure, officials said.

☆ Mississippi Tornado Kills 23, Leaves Four Missing and Dozens Injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A powerful tornado killed at least 23 people and four more are missing after a storm ripped across Mississippi on Friday night. The storm left dozens injured and destroyed buildings across the state, emergency officials said.

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