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Small businesses taking extreme measures to stop shoplifters: Security expert

Some small business owners in blue cities across the United States are resorting to unusual and extreme measures to combat rampant shoplifting in their stores. A small business owner in San Francisco said he is asking customers to shop with an employee to deter potential thieves. “It’s a pretty bad situation,” said Sam Black, manager […]

Another atmospheric river threatens California with extreme weather

A severe storm called an “atmospheric river” is scheduled to hit Southern California on Monday, the third such extreme weather event this month. Flash flood warnings were in effect for much of the Southern California coast from the Mexican border to Oxnard Sunday in preparation for the storm, with another band of heavy rain potentially […]

UK heatwave plan urgently needed to save lives, say MPs | Extreme heat

Britain urgently needs a plan to prevent thousands of heatwave deaths each year as the climate continues to warm, a cross-party parliamentary committee has warned. More than 4,500 people will die from heatwaves in 2022, and this number could rise to 10,000 a year by 2050 if nothing is done, according to a report by […]

Democrats take aim at Trump after New Hampshire victory: ‘Same extreme agenda’

Democrats responded to former President Trump's victory over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Republican primary by calling his supporters the “anti-freedom MAGA movement.” Mr. Trump defeated Ms. Haley on Tuesday night in New Hampshire's Republican primary for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The Fox News decision desk predicted Trump's victory […]

Exxon files lawsuit against activist investors’ ‘extreme’ climate proposal

Exxon Mobil filed a lawsuit in a Texas court on Sunday to block a climate change proposal by an activist investor from being voted on at the company's shareholder meeting in May. This is the first time Exxon has filed a complaint in court seeking to exclude a shareholder proposal. The company said investors were […]

‘Common’ for Chinese Police to Use Waterboarding, Extreme Torture in Routine Questioning

Radio Free Asia (RFA) published Wednesday's report reveals that “graphic torture” is “standard practice” in Chinese police interrogations, including abuse so severe that one victim fell into a coma and died. I made it. The victim in question was Sun Renze, a 30-year-old resident of East Turkestan, an occupied region inhabited by oppressed Uyghur Muslims. […]