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Amid backlash from residents, leaders in a Virginia town voted Tuesday to keep Purcellville’s police force a week after they tried to eliminate it to save more than $3 million, according to reports. The town of Purcellville, located in Loudoun County, Virginia, has found itself around $50 million in the red following the construction of a major wastewater treatment facility, and the council sought to tighten the town’s budget by disbanding the local police department and relying on the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement.The initial decision to dismantle the police department led to recall petitions to remove several council…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Boeing – The aerospace stock rose more than 5% after the company reported a narrower loss for the first quarter . Boeing said it had a net loss of $31 million in the first quarter, improving on the $355 million loss in the same period last year. Excluding items, the loss of 49 cents per share was better than the $1.18 loss expected by analysts, according to FactSet. CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company will ask the Federal Aviation Administration to approve increased production of 737 Max jets. Tesla – The…

Masculinity influencers are molding the views of young WA men, who have reported left feeling worthless and pressured to take part in risky behaviour such as using steroids and diet pills.

BANGKOK: Thailand will conduct tests of a cellphone disaster alert system, senior officials said on Wednesday (Apr 23), after criticism that no alarm was sent after last month’s deadly Myanmar earthquake caused damage in Bangkok. Director General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Phasakorn Boonyalak said the Cell Broadcast System (CBS) will undergo a test run next month in localised areas, including the sprawling capital, which was badly shaken by the 7.7-magnitude quake in neighbouring Myanmar. The system will use three mobile networks to send warning messages „quickly and with wide coverage, both on natural disaster and…

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. The New York Times A strong, 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the Sea of Marmara on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The temblor happened at 12:49 p.m. Eastern European time about 13 miles southeast of Marmara Ereğlisi, Turkey, data from the agency shows.As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Aftershocks…

FIRST ON FOX: The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is targeting a list of 25 „vulnerable“ Democrats in the House of Representatives, with a digital ad blitz offering to buy them plane tickets to El Salvador on the condition they „livestream the whole thing and snap plenty of selfies with their MS-13 buddies.“The ad campaign follows a Monday press release by the NRCC offering to foot the bill for any future trips by Democrat lawmakers to El Salvador, after several progressive lawmakers traveled to the South American country in protest of the Trump administration’s deportation policies.   „We’ll pay for the…

The former New Mexico judge who resigned last month after an alleged Tren de Aragua member was arrested at his home can never serve on a bench in the state again. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of New Mexico ordered that Joel Cano „can never hold a judicial office again, be a candidate for a judicial office, and cannot exercise any judicial authority in the state, including officiating at weddings,“ according to a spokesman for the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) told Fox News Digital. The court was scheduled to hear oral arguments on disciplinary cases this Thursday, but the argument…

Having worked in restaurants before opening their own, Vincent Morley and Kristyn Green always hated losing tips while not getting paid consistently. So, they came up with a new idea: to pay their staff more and get rid of tips entirely.“We have done away with tips because we don’t believe that our customers should have to subsidize the wages of our employees. That’s kind of the base level of what we’re doing,” says Vincent Morley, one of the co-owners of The Bonfire restaurant in Halifax.Currently, The Bonfire employs five staff members who receive $20 an hour in pay and 50…

Peter Dutton has pledged to lift defence spending by $21 billion within five years, but would dump Labor’s tax cuts to pay for the plan aiming to preserve peace and stability in the region.

“As of April, this year alone we recorded nearly 900,000 tourist arrivals from China. Last year, the total stood at four million,” he said, as quoted by NST. This is seen as a positive indicator for the government to continue such initiatives for the benefit of both countries, he said.  “China remains the top source of international tourists to Malaysia, followed by India. Among ASEAN countries, Singapore leads, followed by Thailand,” he added, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.  “Tourism continues to be a key contributor to the national economy, given its immediate impact compared to other forms…