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Listener Feedback: The corrupt food industry keeps taking advantage of the public by continually raising prices, lowering quantity and blaming inflation WHILE recording record profits.

Unbiased headline news for Thursday May 10, 2024 – As Israel remains embroiled in war in Gaza after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas, the nation prepares to honor the brave souls who sacrificed their lives for the nation’s right to exist. In a few days, Israel’s day of remembrance will be upon them, followed by the country’s 76th Independence Day celebrations. This year, Israel will observe Memorial Day from sunset May 12 until sunset May 13. All businesses and other public venues will remain closed for a 24-hour period in solemn remembrance. — A staggering number of more than 320,000 children in the United States faced the heart-wrenching loss of a parent to a drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, according to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. No national study had previously delved into the magnitude of children affected by the overdose crisis, as revealed in a news release announcing the findings. Study co-author Dr. Emily Einstein, the chief of NIDA’s Science Policy Branch, shared that the study was inspired by similar research during the COVID-19 pandemic. — The European Commission has demanded more detailed information from the social media platform X under the Digital Services Act regarding its decision to downsize its content moderation team. The commission has set a deadline of May 17 for the Elon Musk-owned X to provide additional information on its content moderation resources and generative artificial intelligence. These concerns arose from X’s transparency report to the commission in March. — A Norwegian Cruise Line employee is in custody for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack on multiple individuals with scissors during an Alaska cruise. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation apprehended Ntando Sogoni, 35, on Tuesday as the ship Norwegian Encore docked in Juneau, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Alaska. The ship was on a journey to Alaska from Seattle, with stops in British Columbia. — A day after a security guard was shot while stationed outside Drake’s mansion in Toronto, another concerning incident unfolded as an individual was detained for allegedly attempting to breach the premises. The latest disturbance comes on the heels of a male security guard being shot while standing guard outside the gate of the residence at approximately 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to Inspector Paul Krawczyk with the Toronto Police Service’s Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force. The suspects fled the scene in a vehicle, he stated. — Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, has agreed to plead guilty to bank fraud in relation to stealing nearly $17 million from the star player in order to cover gambling debts. Mizuhara, 39, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of bank fraud, which carries a maximum of 30 years in prison, and one count of subscribing to a false tax return, which carries up to three years in prison, according to the U.S Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. — A tragic incident unfolded when two young siblings lost their lives after being swept away by a rapidly flowing creek in Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains, authorities said. The heartbreaking event occurred Tuesday when a mother took her 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son to spend the afternoon at Thurman Flat picnic area on Highway 38 near Mill Creek. They were playing along the creek when her son and her daughter were tragically taken downstream, the department stated. — Nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld music festival have been settled. Neal Manne, an attorney for Live Nation, the festival’s promoter and one of those being sued along with rap superstar Travis Scott, said during a court hearing Wednesday that only one wrongful death lawsuit remained pending and the other nine have been settled, including the one filed by Dubiski’s family.

Listener’s Opinion – Another listener shares his opinion regarding the 2024 election Presidential candidates. Listener states that we are the most powerful country in the world yet we have “two old candidates running for President.”

Unbiased headline news for Wednesday May 8, 2024 – The Biden administration has put a hold on the delivery of ammunition to Israel, according to statements from three U.S. officials. This move comes as the administration is trying to pressure Israel not to conduct a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza without having a credible strategy to protect the million civilians taking refuge there. Israel began what its officials described as a “precise” operation in Rafah on Tuesday. — Illegal border crossings along the U.S. southern border have decreased by over 40% this year after reaching record highs in December. U.S. Border Patrol recorded roughly 129,000 unlawful crossings in April, according to preliminary government data obtained by CBS News. This marks the second straight monthly decline, bucking typical patterns where migration usually ramps up in the spring months. — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a Russian national alleged to be the leader of the Russia-based LockBit ransomware gang. In a news release, the Treasury announced Khoroshev’s indictment and an up to $10 million reward for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction for “conspiring and participating in organized transnational crime.” — Bernard Junior Polite, 26, faces homicide charges after his cousin was found fatally shot, according to the Allegheny County Police. Polite was arrested Sunday after allegedly attempting to shoot pastor Glenn Germany during a sermon at the Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock, near Pittsburgh. Footage from a livestream showed Polite being tackled by a deacon after his handgun jammed. — The sixth and final body of the victims killed in the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has been recovered, authorities said. José Mynor López, 37, of Baltimore, was located Tuesday by salvage teams, authorities stated. López was among six construction workers who died in the incident, and his family has been notified of his death. — An explosion at a mobile home in Princeton, Minnesota early Tuesday morning resulted in two fatalities, officials said. The blast, which several 911 callers reported hearing from miles away just after 4 a.m., killed Katherine A. Kreger, 61, and her husband Royce E. Kreger Jr., 60, according to the Mille Lacs County Sheriff’s deputy. A dog also perished in the explosion that could be heard 20 miles away, the sheriff’s office said. — A 53-year-old Georgia woman who fell from the stands at a graduation event at Ohio State University last weekend has been identified as Larissa Brady, the county coroner announced. An investigation continues into how Brady fell the 136 feet from the stadium to the pavement below, where she was pronounced dead at the scene outside Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Sunday, according to the university. — Boy Scouts of America is rebranding itself as Scouting America to reflect an commitment to welcoming youth of all backgrounds, BSA officials stated in a news release. “Though our name will be new, our mission remains unchanged,” said Roger Krone, president and CEO of Scouting America. “We are committed to teaching young people to be prepared for life.” He said the renaming is an “evolutionary change” ensuring everyone feels included in Scouting America.

Gen Z responds to Boomer’s comments that all young adults need to be drafted in Military. She brings up that Baby Boomers had it all handed to them and benefited from low home prices, employment, low prices and more.

Unbiased headline news for Tuesday May 7, 2024 – Parts of Gaza are currently caught in the grip of a “full-blown famine” and the unrelenting situation could escalate even further amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, a prominent United Nations official sounded the alarm. World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain, during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” highlighted the dire circumstances in northern Gaza. “Whenever conflicts like this erupt, with emotions running high and the inevitable carnage of war, famine inevitably takes hold,” McCain stated. — A U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Korea finds himself detained in Russia, accused of stealing from a woman, according to two Pentagon officials. Staff Sergeant Gordon D. Black was apprehended on May 2nd in Vladivostok. The circumstances surrounding his presence there remain unclear, but he was in the process of transitioning from his duty station in Korea to Fort Cavazos (Fort Hood) in the U.S. His visit to Russia was not part of any official travel. — Russia has announced its intention to conduct tactical nuclear drills in response to what it claims were “provocative statements and threats” from Western officials regarding the Ukrainian war. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the nuclear exercises would be conducted to “maintain the readiness of personnel and equipment” and to ensure the “territorial integrity and sovereignty” of Russia. The drills would practice the use of “non-strategic nuclear weapons.” — The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, traveled to Iran on Monday, where his agency faces increasing challenges in monitoring the Islamic Republic’s rapidly progressing nuclear program. Grossi has already warned that Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to produce “several” nuclear bombs if it chooses to do so. He has acknowledged the agency’s inability to guarantee that none of Iran’s centrifuges have been diverted for clandestine enrichment activities. — A 10-month-old girl who was abducted in Clovis, New Mexico, has been found on Monday, according to the FBI Albuquerque Division. A suspect is also in custody, officials confirmed. The baby, Eleia Maria Torres, was taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure, the Clovis Police Department stated in a press release. An Amber Alert for the infant was issued on Friday. Her mother, along with two other women, were found dead at Ned Houk Memorial Park, a recreational area north of Clovis, with apparent gunshot wounds, police said. — While sitting along the side of an interstate highway outside of Oklahoma City, authorities say that Joseph Beck voluntarily confessed to killing 19-year-old Jennifer Kyli Molloy in 2016. Beck offered the confession to a state trooper, who had performed a welfare check on Thursday after a passerby reported seeing a man by himself near an exit off I-40, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The trooper then took Beck to the Edmond Police Department, which had initially investigated Molloy’s killing. — A dentist accused of killing his wife by putting poison in her protein shakes allegedly asked a fellow jail inmate to plant letters to make it appear as if his wife was suicidal, police claim. James Craig purportedly asked the inmate to place the letters in Craig’s garage and truck at his home, Aurora police detective Bobbi Olson testified at a court hearing regarding the new allegation against Craig, KMGH-TV reported. The inmate believed the letters were written by Craig but intended to seem as though they were from his wife. — The timeline for replenishing Social Security has been extended. The federal retirement program announced on Monday that it may not need to cut benefits until 2035. The new projection, from the Social Security Board of Trustees’ annual report, amounts to “good news” for the program’s 70 million beneficiaries, said Martin O’Malley, Commissioner of Social Security, in a statement. Even so, he urged Congress to take steps to shore up the program.