close Video Jim Jordan says Trump should lead GOP after keeping promises over four years in office California’s overturned ban on high-capacity magazines could be reinstated on appeal after a federal court’s split-decision found it unconstitutional last year. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California announced Thursday that an 11-member panel will rehear the case. In Duncan v. Becerra, a three-judge panel in August ruled 2-1 that the ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds violated the Second Amendment right to bear arms. GUN CONTROL BILL FROM REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE WOULD CREATE NATIONAL FIREARM REGISTRY California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who would leave office if the Senate confirms him as the Biden administration’s health secretary, filed a petition shortly after the ruling, seeking review of the panel’s decision. He argued that it was "inconsistent with existing case law" and a threat to public … [Read more...] about California’s liberal Ninth Circuit to tackle gun rights, mull reinstating high-capacity magazine ban
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RIL to spin off oil-to-chemical biz into separate arm with $25bn loan
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has announced the contours of carving out of its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business into an independent unit with a USD 25 billion loan from the parent, as it looks to unlock value by selling stakes to global investors like Saudi Aramco. IMAGE: RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani. Photograph: ANI Photo. The reorganisation will enable the focused pursuit of opportunities across the O2C value chain, improve efficiencies through self-sustaining capital structure and a dedicated management team, and attract dedicated pools of investor capital, according to a company presentation filed with the stock exchanges. The O2C business unit holds Reliance's oil refinery and petrochemical assets and retail fuel business but not upstream oil and gas producing fields such as KG-D6 and textiles business. Once completed, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) -- the company founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in the late 1960s -- will house only the upstream oil and gas … [Read more...] about RIL to spin off oil-to-chemical biz into separate arm with $25bn loan
The 25 Best Science-Fiction Movies on Netflix, According to Critics
It may feel like we're already living in a dystopian world but science fiction will always capture our imaginations. As a genre, sci-fi is so sweeping and vast it seems limiting to place so many titles under the same umbrella. From E.T. to Bird Box , whatever your favorite flavor of futuristic fantasy, Netflix has a pretty decent offering to stream. The list below reflects sci-fi films that are ranked by either Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes and are currently on Netflix U.S. The 25 Best Science-Fiction Movies on Netflix, According to Critics E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Metascore rating: 91 A Steven Spielberg classic. When an imaginative boy meets a lost alien, it is the beginning of one of cinema's most endearing friendships. Elliott (Henry Thomas) helps the marvelous creature he calls E.T. find his way back home before government agents can capture him. Snowpiercer Metascore rating: 84 Directed by Parasite Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer is set … [Read more...] about The 25 Best Science-Fiction Movies on Netflix, According to Critics
Teenager gets probation for robbing shop while armed with knife
SINGAPORE: A teenager planned a robbery by writing down details in a notebook of what he would wear, what he would steal and how he would carry it out. He turned up at a minimart in Kembangan in a surgical mask, jacket and cap, wielding a knife and said "da qiang" or robbery in Mandarin. In response, the cashier told him to go into the shop and fled to another store for help. The teen, who cannot be named under the Children and Young Persons Act as he was under 18 at the time of the crime, was given 27 months' probation on Wednesday (Nov 25). His lawyer said in mitigation that his client had problems coping in school. The 16-year-old will have to stay at the Singapore Boys' Hostel for six months, undergo regular urine tests and psychiatric or psychological assessments for his drug and alcohol use. The court heard that the teen detailed in his notebook that he would wear a cap, sunglasses, a mask, a hoodie, pants and covered shoes during the robbery. He planned to bring a … [Read more...] about Teenager gets probation for robbing shop while armed with knife
Haiti prison breakout leaves 25 dead as 400 escape — Official
Kindly Share This Story: More than 400 prisoners were on the run in Haiti on Friday a day after they escaped from jail in a violent breakout that left 25 people dead, including the prison director, officials said. AFP photographs showed at least three dead bodies lying outside the prison on Thursday and some captured prisoners under armed guard in the back of a truck. “Twenty-five people died including six prisoners and Divisional Inspector Paul Hector Joseph who was in charge of the prison,” Secretary of Communication Frantz Exantus said of the Thursday’s mass escape from the jail in the suburbs of capital Port-au-Prince. “Among those killed were some ordinary citizens who were killed by the prisoners during their escape,” Exantus told a press conference, adding 1,125 of the 1,542 prisoners at the Croix-des-Bouquets jail were in their cells on Friday morning. One of the inmates who died was gang leader Arnel Joseph, who was gunned down on … [Read more...] about Haiti prison breakout leaves 25 dead as 400 escape — Official