A drag queen story hour event at a public library in Pennsylvania was canceled Saturday after a suspicious package was found amid bomb threats, an incident that followed weeks of local criticism of the event. Lancaster police said that K-9 unit dogs alerted law enforcement to a potential threat during a planned sweep of the… Continue reading Pennsylvania library cancels drag queen story hour after bomb threat investigation
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How Maui’s unchecked grasses became ‘a ticking bomb’ for wildfires
“A lot of these lands, former sugarcane and pineapple lands, the majority of them are sitting fallow,” Thorne said. “There’s no management whatsoever.” One nonnative species — guinea grass — can grow 6 inches in a day, according to Walker, the fire protection forester, who spoke about the problem during an April videoconference. When burned, guinea… Continue reading How Maui’s unchecked grasses became ‘a ticking bomb’ for wildfires
Sex offender arrested on charges of threatening to ‘shoot and bomb’ Muslims in a park
A sex offender was arrested Monday on two felonies and a hate crime charge after allegedly yelling racial slurs and threatening to “shoot and bomb” Muslim people of South Asian descent at a California park the night before, authorities said. According to 911 callers, Robert Avery, 33, who is white, allegedly yelled racial slurs at… Continue reading Sex offender arrested on charges of threatening to ‘shoot and bomb’ Muslims in a park
Barbenheimer sparks backlash in Japan over nuclear bomb memes
HONG KONG — The summer dominance of “Barbenheimer” has driven millions across the world to see two very different movies and delight in a rare moment of cultural confluence. But in Japan, the light-hearted conflation of the two blockbusters has stirred anger from those who view it as trivializing the deaths of hundreds of thousands in… Continue reading Barbenheimer sparks backlash in Japan over nuclear bomb memes