Blocked NYC fire hydrant complaints doubled since pandemic as bike lanes, lack of cops may be to blame
Complaints about parked cars and blocking fire hydrants have more than doubled since the start of the pandemic. Critics have denounced the surge in bike lanes, and even show a shortage of police officers. The number of 311 calls to blocked fire hydrants has skyrocketed for years, with 11,886 reports in 2014 reaching 64,346 to […]
Coaching legend Monte Kiffin, Lane’s father, dies at 84
Monte Kiffin, the legendary coach and father of Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, has passed away at the age of 84. Monte, who is considered the architect of the Tampa II’s defensive strategy, worked alongside his son as a player personnel analyst. “As his grandson Knox said, he is free from pain and smiling […]
Growing number of retailers remove self-checkout lanes
A growing number of retailers are reconsidering their reliance on self-checkout lanes in an effort to clamp down on the shrinkage and theft of their merchandise. Among those reworking its use of self-checkout lanes are bargain retailers Dollar General and Five Below, the former of which removed this option at 12,000 of its locations. Five […]
FL police arrest 3 anti-Israel agitators who blocked lanes near Disney World
Florida police arrested three anti-Israel agitators Saturday afternoon after blocking traffic on Interstate 4 near Walt Disney World. FOX 35 in Orlando According to reports, Florida Highway Patrol troopers were on the scene blocking traffic at Exit 67 in the westbound lanes of Interstate 4 when they spotted a woman holding a “Liberate Palestine” placard. […]
California bill could remove self-checkout lanes at grocers, certain retailers
A new bill proposed in California could prohibit grocery stores and some retailers from offering self-checkout options to customers in an effort to reduce theft. Senate Bill 1446 would “prohibit grocery stores and retail drug stores from offering self-service checkout options to customers unless certain conditions are met,” according to a summary of the proposed […]
San Francisco restaurant owner, Eiad Eltawil, on hunger strike protesting bike lanes
San Francisco restaurant owners are in the midst of a month-long hunger strike, claiming the city’s new bike lane experiment is alienating customers. Eid Eltawil, 41, plans to spend the next month in the park outside his store without eating to show his hatred for the controversial new bike path being built outside his store. […]
Iran Warship Enters Increasingly Contested Red Sea Shipping Lanes
Tehran said on Monday it had sent warships to the hotly contested Red Sea waters as other countries' navies worked to thwart attacks by Iran-backed Houthi terrorists. Semi-official Tasnim news agency report Iranian frigate alborz It was completed and released by the British company Vickers in 1969., The national flag will be hoisted along major […]