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Hershey is cutting costs by relying on cheaper ingredients, risking the Reese's brand. CBS
VOA VIEW: Reducing quality.
Feral chickens, hens and roosters have been nuisances in Hawaii for years, but ways to deal with them, including proposals to let people kill them, are proving controversial. CBS
126 cases that were brought by federal prosecutors last year arising out of threats to public officials. CBS
VOA VIEW: There should be serious consequences for anyone making threats.
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Newark Liberty International Airport reopened Wednesday evening after an aircraft emergency caused a ground stop. CBS
A potential military strike on Iran could happen as soon as Saturday, according to top national security officials. President Trump has been putting military pressure on Iran to work out a nuclear deal by sending U.S. warships and fighter jets to the region. CBS
With the reversal from the FDA, Moderna said it is aiming to make the vaccine available for the 2026-27 flu season. CBS
UK police on Thursday arrested King Charles' brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office. CNBC
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement is largely opposed to glyphosate. CNBC
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its Jan. 27-28 meeting. CNBC
VOA VIEW: They have no clue.
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Makary pointed to three bottlenecks: hospital contracting; ethical reviews and approvals; and the Investigational New Drug applications process CNBC
VOA VIEW: They have to get their act together.
Third suspect arrested in alleged brutal North Carolina home invasion involving sexual assault, kidnapping charges. ICE detainers placed on two suspects. FOX News
JetBlue flight makes emergency return to Newark after engine failure and cockpit smoke. All passengers were safe after dramatic incident that halted operations. FOX News
Authorities say Morris Brown masqueraded as a U.S. citizen to join the National Guard and work as a prison guard before being caught in Operation Twin Shield. FOX News
VOA VIEW: That was not good.
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Gallup estimated that, according to data gathered in 2025 phone interviews, 9% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, a figure similar to data from 2024. FOX News
VOA VIEW: This is not good.
Delta flight makes emergency landing due to an allegedly unruly traveler on a flight from Houston to Atlanta, forcing the aircraft to return after takeoff. FOX News
Federal officials criticized Connecticut's sanctuary policies after a child predator was released despite an ICE detainer request in controversial case. FOX News
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The Republican National Committee on Wednesday sued to halt a Democratic-backed referendum on redrawing the commonwealth's congressional map. UPI
VOA VIEW: Dems are cheaters.
More than 550 driving training schools must close for violating the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's standards of safety, the Trump administration said Wednesday. UPI
As the Ukraine war nears its fifth year, more than a third of Ukrainian children remain displaced following Russia's invasion of its neighbor. UPI
A federal court gave a final ruling Wednesday negating the Department of Education's directive from February 2025 to prevent DEI in schools. UPI
VOA VIEW: As they should.
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Newly minted Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez has reportedly been in the DEA’s crosshairs for years — a “priority target” for playing a major role in the South American drug trade. She is a bad person.
Rodriguez was catapulted to power after deposed dictator Nicolas Maduro was captured in a daring US raid this month. Rodriguez met Thursday with CIA director John Ratcliffe in Caracas. The DEA’s file on Rodriguez accuses her of being involved in a swath of criminal activities from drug trafficking to gold smuggling. She appears in nearly a dozen DEA probes, conducted by agents around the globe — some of which remain ongoing.
Rodriguez is also the subject of an ongoing investigation regarding government contracts awarded to Maduro’s alleged bagman Alex Saab. Saab was arrested in 2020 on money laundering charges and accused of funneling $350 million into the US. He was pardoned by President Biden in 2023 as part of a prisoner exchange. The agency has also investigated Rodriguez for possible government corruption involving her long-time boyfriend, Yussef Nassif, and his brother Omar Nassif-Sruji.
Hong Kong companies registered under the brothers’ names received $650 million from the government of Venezuela in 2021 to provide food and medicine, according to armando.info. While Rodriguez continues to work closely with the Trump administration as she clings to power, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has blasted Rodriguez as a “communist” and ally of regimes hostile to America.
“Delcy Rodriguez, yes, she’s a Communist. She’s the main ally and representation of the Russian regime, the Chinese and Iranians. But that’s not the Venezuelan people,” Machado said. Machado, who was in Washington to give her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump, saying he “deserves it.”
