Yashwi Thakur

[ad_1] Austin Metcalf's (left) family was swatted by a fake shooting call on Thursday. The family of Austin Metcalf allegedly killed by Karmelo Anthony at a track meet earlier this month was targeted by a sick prank as cops rushed to the Metcalfs' home acting on a fake shooting report. This took place hours after Metcalf's father was booted out if a press conference that Anthony's family held to clear the air about some misconception after their son walked out of prison on bond. The two families stay in the same area but did not know each other and neither did the teens know each other. Karmelo claimed he stabbed Austin Metcalf in self-defense as Metcalf put his hands on him first. Since the tragedy, the families have been indirectly attacking each other and that escalated after Anthony was released […]

[ad_1] A major outrage spread on social media over the identity of the woman caught abusing a black woman in California. A woman has gone viral for hurling the N word nine times in a 12-second viral video -- sitting inside a car in what looked like a parking lot spot. While the California Police opened a hate crime probe into the incident without revealing the name of the woman, social media users believe she is Natasha Chand, a 34-year-old Indo-Fijian. DailyMail also reported that she was born in Fiji but has Indian heritage, according to her social media. Jazlyn Garcia and her sister were at the receiving end of Natasha's abuses. The viral video and the abuses I only half of what all Natasha said, the two women confirmed to the police. They only started capturing when she used […]

[ad_1] White House X handle took a potshot at NYT headline of El Salvador news. The X handle of the White House kicked up a storm over the Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man referred to as the 'mistakenly deported Maryland man' but whom the Trump administration prefers to call a member of the notorious MS-13 gang. Amid controversy over the Donald Trump administration's unwillingness to bring him back from El Salvador, the White House X account Friday did the unimaginable.It picked an NYT report of Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen meeting Garcia in El Salvador, outside the prison, and proof-checked it. "Senator meets with wrongly deported Maryland Man in El Salvador," the NYT headline said. The White House X handle 'fixed' it and made it to 'Senator neets with Deported MS-13 illegal alien in El Salvador who's never coming […]

[ad_1] Majority of the students who lost their visas in Trump crackdown are Indians, a study revealed. The American Immigration Lawyers Association has revealed a study claiming that 50 per cent of the reported cases of US students whose visas got revoked are Indian. The association examined 327 reports of visa revocations by the Donald Trump administration and found out India leads the list followed by China with 14 per cent of Chinese students being at the receiving end of Trump's crackdown on visas. The study found out that a total of 50 per cent of visa revocations impacted those who were on Optional Practical Training (OPT), which means they had graduated and were employed in the United States.While the Trump administration has been reiterating that the visa crackdowns are not without any reason and most plausible reason is involvement […]

[ad_1] Anne Mari Eriksen (left) claimed to be the biological mother of Phoenix Ikner, the FSU shooter, seen with his stepmother Jessica Ikner in the (right) photo. The suspect shooter who killed two and injured several by opening fire at the Florida State University campus Thursday had easy access to his mother's gun as his mother is cop Jessica Ikner. While the revelation was shocking enough that a cop's son opened fire at the Florida State University campus with motives not yet known, another shocking revelation came when some Anne-Mari Eriksen took to social media claiming that she is Phoenix's biological mother. She blamed Jessica Ikner and Phoenix's father for the incident though she deleted those posts later. Who is Jessica Ikner, a star cop?Jessica Ikner is a star cop who was the employee of the mother in March 2024. […]

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump and his administration will "continue to study," whether it's possible to remove Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell, his top White House advisor said on Friday."The president and his team will continue to study that matter," National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told reporters, when questioned about the possibility of Powell's termination, following Trump's recent criticism.Although the US president lacks direct authority to remove Federal Reserve governors, there exists a complex procedure through which Trump could attempt to remove Powell by demonstrating sufficient cause.Trump has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with Powell, his own nominee, suggesting that the Fed chairman's decisions are politically motivated.During a Wednesday meeting, Powell indicated that Trump's comprehensive tariff policies could lead "a temporary rise in inflation," and reduced economic growth, potentially forcing the Federal Reserve to make difficult choices between managing inflation and […]

[ad_1] FSU shooter suspect Phoenix Ikner was kicked out of a political club because of his problematic views. Phoenix Ikner, the suspected shooter who stormed Florida State University on Thursday with his shooting spree, killing two, was not a social recluse as evident from his various social interactions. He was quoted in a news report on students' protest against President Donald Trump ahead of his January 20 inauguration; his social media posts are plenty leading to speculations over his political leaning that he was a MAGA supporter.Now an X post of a woman has gone viral who claimed to have known Phoenix Ikner when he was 16-17. They probably went to school together. "He's not an anti-trumper, pro-palistine, pro-LGBTQ+, he is someone filled with hatred, someone who has been openly homophobic, racist, sexist, and a bully. Idc if he was […]

[ad_1] Jessica Ikner (left) is FSU shooting accused Phoenix's step mom. His biological mom ranted on social media after the shooting. Phoenix Ikner, the 20-year-old accused shooter, who killed two at his Florida State University rampage yesterday, had a bitter past involving the custody battle of his parents. When he was 11 years old, his mother Anne-Mari Erijsen reportedly kidnapped her to Norway violating the custody agreement she had with his father Christopher Ikner. She told her husband that she was taking Phoenix to South Florida for spring break but flew to Norway, New York Post reported, citing an affidavit. Christopher came to know that his son had been taken to Norway when he revealed this to his father during a phone call. This led to a police case and the mother did not return to the US within the […]

[ad_1] A Twitter exchange between UK Labour MP Apsana Begum and YouTuber Mahyar Tousi has drawn public attention following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that defines “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 as strictly a biological female.Reacting to the ruling, Begum wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “Including the trans community is essential to ensuring that everyone in society is equal. Against the global backdrop of increasing attacks on trans people, rollbacks on their human rights & today’s court ruling, now more than ever before we must provide them dignity and safety.”Tousi replied with a pointed question: “Would you send ‘trans women’ to the male or female section of a mosque, Apsana?”—a response that triggered backlash and reignited debate over religious inclusion, trans rights, and gender identity in public spaces.The online spat came just hours after the UK’s Supreme Court unanimously […]

[ad_1] Image used for representative purposes (AFP) Hanoi, Apr 17, 2025 -Vietnam has dramatically increased its wind and solar targets as it looks to up its energy production by 2030 to meet soaring demand, according to a revised version of its national power plan.The Southeast Asian country has committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and the latest edition of its Power Development Plan 8 (PDP8), as it is known, maps out how it will reach those goals.The manufacturing powerhouse has been heavily reliant on coal to meet its rapidly expanding energy needs. But now it wants to "strongly develop renewable energy sources", according to the plan, which was published Wednesday on the government's news portal.With targets set at 73 gigawatts (GW) for solar and 38 GW for onshore wind energy by 2030 -- and a significant increase to […]