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VIENNA (AP) – Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe. HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was “greatly relieved” by the arrest, and would provide further updates as verified details come in. The Burgenland State Criminal Police Office, under the direction of prosecutors, said a probe was launched after poison turned up in a baby…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is being criticized for praising the blocking of a merger that might have saved now defunct Spirit Airlines. The news comes after the airline on Saturday announced it was out of business, a move that put 17,000 people out of work and stranded travelers across the nation. According to Breitbart News, the airline failed to secure enough funding from the federal government to avoid bankruptcy. In a 2024 social media post, Warren wrote, “I’ve warned for months that a @JetBlue–@SpiritAirlines merger would have led to fewer flights and higher fares. @JusticeATR and @USDOT were right to stand up for consumers and…

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher discussed the Supreme Court districting case and said that “what they were doing, and what the Voting Rights Act was saying, [is] we’re going to draw some districts where black folks can’t lose,” and that needs to be done because otherwise, you could draw districts where, for black voters, “everywhere they vote, they only get 40% of the vote, assuming that they vote for the Democratic Party.” Maher said, “[L]et’s be honest, the Voting Rights Act itself is gerrymandering. We’ve always had gerrymandering. No computer ever drew a district. Humans…

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that the Western NATO military alliance is in jeopardy of “disintegration” in the wake of the announced U.S. troop drawdown in Germany. On Friday, the Pentagon said that around 5,000 soldiers would be relocated from bases in Germany over the next year amid a broader shift in the forward deployment of U.S. forces. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the drawdown in Germany would likely be much larger, though he did not specify how many more of the approximately 36,000 U.S. troops would be relocated from the country. President Trump has also…

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) condemned the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and said that while he dislikes rhetoric on both sides, “there’s also an asymmetry here. You have the president of the United States that sets the tone and tenor for this country.” And there’s “the sewer that we’re now living in, because of Donald Trump. And he’s allowed all of it — us to feel free to shove again.” Host Bill Maher asked, “As the heat gets heatier, it must worry you, what you saw this weekend in Washington,…

Creatives reportedly fear that the US-led military bloc is moving to influence TV and film industry professionals NATO is holding closed-door consultations with TV and film industry professionals across Europe and the US, The Guardian reported on Sunday. The move has prompted accusations that the bloc is working to leverage the arts for “fear mongering” and “propaganda,” it added.The military bloc has held three private meetings with directors, producers and screenwriters in Los Angeles, Brussels and Paris, and is planning to convene with members of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) in London next month, the newspaper wrote.The upcoming…

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) – Two U.S. service members are missing in southwestern Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) said Sunday. The service members are U.S. Army soldiers who went missing while on a hike, a U.S. defense official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity as they were not allowed to speak publicly about the issue. “They were not actively taking part in any training. The day’s exercises had concluded, and, from our understanding, they were out on a recreational hike,” the official said. AFRICOM…

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that people on the left used to argue that violent rhetoric can inspire “the borderline personality” to act, “But the shoe is on the other foot now. It’s on both feet,” and “if you really believe” that President Donald Trump is “Hitler McPedophile, then you kind of have to kill him.” Maher said, “[I]t’s funny, because I remember when the shoe was on the other foot, and the liberals used to always say — and they were right to say it — that a lot of this very violent…

The US president has vowed to reduce the American military footprint on the continent after feuding with European leaders over the Iran war The Pentagon has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 troops from Germany, with US President Donald Trump warning that the pullout could only be the beginning.The move comes amid a sharp divide between the Trump administration and European NATO members over the Iran war, Washington’s calls to increase defense spending, and a bitter aftertaste from the dispute over Greenland.‘Cutting a lot further’The withdrawal was announced on Friday, with the Pentagon signaling that the process would be over…

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that when you dehumanize someone, it does get used to justify violence, and the shooter at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner wasn’t insane to the point of delusion, but was listening to both social media “and media media.” Maher said, “Once you start with Hitler, it’s like, any time you do — we’ve seen it in many places in the world where they make someone into, whether it’s Rwanda or the Hutus saying the Tutsi were vermin or the Hutu — somebody was vermin I remember…whenever you dehumanize…