Wednesday, 9 December 2020

FOX NEWS: Portland police chief calls for return to peace and order amid standoff over barricaded home


Portland police chief calls for return to peace and order amid standoff over barricaded home



Portland’s police chief on Wednesday called for demonstrators attempting to block the eviction of a Black and Indigenous family to end the standoff peacefully by putting down their weapons and leaving the barricade so that the neighborhood could return to peace and order.

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FOX NEWS: SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, turns into massive fireball


SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, turns into massive fireball



SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.

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FOX NEWS: 2 hospitalized, 3 workers unaccounted for in Ohio power plant collapse


2 hospitalized, 3 workers unaccounted for in Ohio power plant collapse



Two workers have been hospitalized and three others are still trapped under rubble after a building at an Ohio power plant collapsed early Wednesday morning. 

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FOX NEWS: President Trump vows to join Texas lawsuit to halt Electoral College vote


President Trump vows to join Texas lawsuit to halt Electoral College vote



State AG asks Supreme Court to block votes from electors in four states; John Roberts reports.

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FOX NEWS: New Jersey officers rescue girl from doll stroller, then buys her a new one


New Jersey officers rescue girl from doll stroller, then buys her a new one



On Tuesday morning, 4-year-old Yasmeen “Nina” Saleh got her doll stroller stuck around her waist, so her mother, Iman Jabara, 43, called for help. Paramus Police Department Officers Robert Sobocinski and Ben Fox arrived at the scene and soon realized the best way to free the little girl would be to break the stroller.

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FOX NEWS: Uniform Wisconsin coronavirus school lockdown policies not serving districts, schools choice president says


Uniform Wisconsin coronavirus school lockdown policies not serving districts, schools choice president says



Amid the ongoing debate over coronavirus lockdowns in Wisconsin, the head of School Choice Wisconsin argued Tuesday that schools in the state want localized mandates instead of a "one-size-fits-all" approach.

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FOX NEWS: California restaurants defying regional lockdown as a means of 'survival'


California restaurants defying regional lockdown as a means of 'survival'



Two restaurant owners, hundreds of miles apart from each other in the Golden State, had followed rigorous safety procedures when they reopened their eateries this summer, the first time since March.

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FOX NEWS: Search continues for NYC vandals who targeted Republican club holiday party, put fake body bags on sidewalk


Search continues for NYC vandals who targeted Republican club holiday party, put fake body bags on sidewalk



The manhunt continued in New York City Wednesday for suspects accused of spray-painting anti-police messaging on the façade of the Metropolitan Republican Club on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

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FOX NEWS: Pornhub implements new rules as backlash intensifies over sex trafficking concerns


Pornhub implements new rules as backlash intensifies over sex trafficking concerns



Pornhub issued a series of new restrictions on user experience Tuesday as it faced backlash over an explosive report on underage sex trafficking victims being exploited on its platform.

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FOX NEWS: Swalwell's dad, brother no longer Facebook friends with Chinese spy after reports on continued ties


Swalwell's dad, brother no longer Facebook friends with Chinese spy after reports on continued ties



A suspected Chinese spy whose goal was to get close to up-and-coming U.S. politicians is no longer Facebook friends with Rep. Eric Swalwell’s father and brother -- or a handful of other people following revelations that their accounts remained connected.

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