Posts by Liam Redmond
Mt. Vernon lunacy and more: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 9, 2026
Mt. Vernon lunacy Just when you think you have lived long enough to have seen and heard it all, you read that a Mount Vernon deputy police commissioner drove a getaway car for her son’s gang shooting — with the help from her ex-con husband, no less (“Police brass ‘crime’ family,” Aug. 5). To say…
Read MoreDangerous Heat Grips the U.S. as Wildfires Ravage the West
A newly ignited wildfire and a punishing heat wave are converging across the western United States, prompting evacuations and testing the endurance of fire crews already stretched thin by weeks of dry, dangerously hot weather. The Bug Fire started Saturday afternoon near U.S. Route 395, close to the California-Nevada border in Lassen County, according to…
Read MoreIran Freezes US Talks Over Interim Deal
Iran has ruled out direct negotiations with the United States unless Washington first resolves what Tehran describes as violations of a June 2026 memorandum of understanding, reinforcing a diplomatic impasse even as indirect negotiations continue through Oman over maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran’s position remains unchanged, insisting…
Read MoreExecutive remuneration in Singapore: Paying for what, exactly?
[SINGAPORE] In a review of remuneration practices across listed companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the Centre for Investor Protection at NUS Business School in March 2026 found that more than half, or 55.7 per cent of issuers, failed to disclose the performance metrics used to determine bonuses for executive directors. SGX’s recent public consultation…
Read MoreAspial Lifestyle ups interim dividend by 125% to S$0.009 as H1 profit, revenue surge
Parent company Aspial Corporation posts 117% rise in H1 net profit to S$17.2 million [SINGAPORE] Aspial Lifestyle more than doubled its interim dividend after its profit and revenue surged for its first half ended Jun 30, 2026. Its board declared an interim dividend of S$0.009 per share, from S$0.04 a year earlier, representing a 125…
Read MoreNaked champion swimmer accused of beating security guard to death with water bottle at Hawaiian resort
A naked college swim star allegedly bludgeoned a security guard to death using a five-gallon water bottle during an overnight attack at a Hawaiian beachfront resort. Legend Storer, who was a student-athlete at Concordia University Irvine in California, was charged in the murder of Michael Dyer at the Sands of Kahana resort in Maui on…
Read MoreGreenback drops as weak US jobs data pushes out Fed hike expectations
Published Sun, Aug 9, 2026 · 04:24 PM [NEW YORK] The greenback fell against major currencies including the yen and euro on Friday (Aug 7) after US employment unexpectedly declined in July, fuelling concerns about the economy’s strength and undermining the case for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. The US economy lost 23,000…
Read MoreJetstar, Qatar Airways planes narrowly avoid collision at Sydney airport, 1 crew member injured
A Jetstar A320 and a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 narrowly avoided colliding on the tarmac at Sydney airport on Sunday, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau was told, it said, as it began an investigation into the incident. The Jetstar plane was taxiing for takeoff to Queensland state’s Gold Coast when its flight crew saw the…
Read MoreCarmen Electra says ‘Baywatch’ pushed boundaries without crossing the line: ‘It wasn’t porn’
Carmen Electra is reminiscing about her days starring in the original “Baywatch.” In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 54-year-old “Nation’s Dumbest” contestant discussed the success of the original series, saying all “the cast members made it special.” “It’s hard to replace Pamela [Anderson] and Yasmine [Bleeth] and all those people. And there was…
Read MoreDear Abby: My nephew lacks survival skills. How do I get out of this stinky situation?
DEAR ABBY: I suggested to my husband that he invite his nephew “Ryan” (age 26) to stay with us. Ryan definitely needed some male direction. He was homeless, jobless and didn’t even know how to apply for a job. Ryan is not mentally challenged. He simply was never taught anything until he was thrown out…
Read MoreWhy Free AI APIs Are Becoming Harder to Rely On
On December 6, 2025, developers started waking up to “quota exceeded” errors. Apps that had worked for months suddenly stopped working because Gemini 2.5 Pro had disappeared from Google’s free API tier. Eight months later, the outage itself is old news. The explanation Google gave for it is more useful. Logan Kilpatrick, Google’s product lead…
Read MoreFlorida business owners allegedly scattered 1,500 mothballs on beach to scare off endangered birds
Two Florida business owners have been charged with third-degree felonies after allegedly spreading about 1,500 “toxic” mothballs across a beach in hopes of keeping an “imperiled” bird species from nesting there. If convicted, they could each face up to five years in prison, fines of up to $5,000 and up to five years of probation. The problem…
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