Daily Express US • 25th December 2024

Drone warning issued as mystery sightings surge - new tech used to fight back

"Most people didn't really think about it until two weeks ago but drone violations happen every single day. Not just one, thousands of them every day," said Mary-Lou Smulders, the Chief Marketing Officer at Dedrone.Generally, a drone cannot be flown within a controlled airspace around an airport without FAA authorization, over national security sensitive facilities and military bases, national landmarks as well as over airspace covered by Temporary Flight Restrictions that are imposed by the FAA...

Daily Express US • 25th December 2024

Denmark increased defense budget after Trump's Greenland plan — 'No coincidence'

"For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity," he said.However, Greenland's elected Prime Minister released a statement where he said: "Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom."Greenlandic reactions with the US are "worth noticing," said Jacobsen.During his first term, Trump had expressed similar...

Daily Express US • 18th December 2024

Expert pinpoints four warning signs of a child plotting mass murder

In the aftermath of the violent school shooting at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, carried out by a 15-year-old student, an expert discussed the various stressors and signs that might indicate the unfolding of such a tragedy. Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name Samantha, according to Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes, opened fire in the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday, killing two-  a teacher and a student - and injuring seven. She later pulled the gun on herself, and...

Daily Express US • 18th December 2024

First severe human bird flu illness from dead bird found in backyard

A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu virus in Louisiana, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in a statement.This is the "first instance of severe illness" linked to the H5N1 virus in the United States which was confirmed on Friday, Dec. 13.Since April, there have been a total of 61 human infections in the nation. The investigation into the source of the infection is underway. However, the CDC determined that the patient was exposed to sick and dead...

Daily Express US • 15th December 2024

New 2025 lawsuit challenge the meatpacking industry's

Following Donald Trump's first term that led to several deregulatory measures in the meatpacking industry including ones that would "cost taxpayer dollars," an animal law expert is concerned about what a second Trump term might mean for the meatpacking industry.As a result, a new lawsuit will appeal against a 2019 US Department of Agriculture deregulation that threatens the spread of zoonotic diseases in humans.President-elect Donald Trump's second term is worrying her, admitted Delcianna Winder...

Daily Express US • 14th December 2024

Luigi Mangione's 'halo effect' led to cult-like popularity after UHC's murder

"Unfortunately, we cannot comment on news reports regarding Luigi Mangione," his family said in a statement posted on X by Mangione's cousin, Nino Mangione, a Republican member of the lower house of Maryland’s state legislature."We only know what we have read in the media," the statement continued, adding, "Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson, and we ask people to pray for all involved."While Mangione is yet to be convicted...

Daily Express US • 8th December 2024

Syria's fallen First Lady who bought $4,000 crystal shoes as her people starved

Assad was not alone. His wife, the disgraced First Lady, Asma al-Assad was also seen indulging in decadence and opulence as more than 300,000 Syrian civilians died with another 6.7 million displaced.Here's what we know about Asma al-Assad, President Assad's wife.Who is Asma al-Assad? When did she become the First Lady of Syria?Asma al-Assad, 49, was born and raised in London to Syrian parents. She graduated with a degree in computer science and French literature from King's College London and pu...

Daily Express US • 2nd December 2024

Israel threatens total ban on Muslim call to prayer as tensions explode

Ben-Gvir told Channel 12 that he was "proud" to move forward with the policy of "stopping unreasonable noise from mosques and other sources that has become a hazard for Israel’s residents."Arab Islamist Ra'am party chair Mansour Abbas appealed to the Israeli government to "restrain the instigator of the religious war" on X."I appeal to the sane in the government and the State of Israel to restrain the instigator of the religious war Ben-Gvir who is trying to fan the flames and drag the Muslim Ar...

Daily Express US • 27th November 2024

Israel warned over 'extremely dangerous' next move

Following months of neverending airstrikes, the proposal includes a 60-day ceasefire term that will see Israeli troops withdraw from Lebanon and Hezbollah militant fighters and weapons removed from the south of the Litani River."Any ceasefire, regardless of the conditions under which there was an agreement, it's good. The moment you stop killing people, the moment you start destroying properties and infrastructure is good," Dr. Ben-Meir said. "The question will be, can we build on it?" freestar....

The New York Times • 27th November 2024

The Sidewalk Fruit Vendor Who Sold a $6.2 Million Banana for 25 Cents

At the fruit stand where he works on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Shah Alam sells dozens of bananas a day at 35 cents a piece, or four for a dollar. He does a brisk business in cheap fruit outside Sotheby’s auction house; inside, art can sell for millions.But last Wednesday, Mr. Alam sold a banana that a short time later would be auctioned as part of a work of absurdist art, won by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur for $5.2 million plus more than $1 million in auction-house fees.A few days after the...

Daily Express US • 24th November 2024

NATO issued warning as 'nuclear dice' thrown with 'Zelensky fatigue' setting in

The problem with this "axis" is that it reverberates through the nations when either one is impacted."I think it's a worst-case scenario threat. It's unfortunate but this conflict is indeed escalating and indeed going more and more global," McFate explained. freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({placementName:"the-express_fs_articles_incontent",slotId:"the-express_fs_articles_incontent-1"}) However, both experts agree that it is a "bit of a stretch" and "premature" to call this the start of World...

Daily Express US • 23rd November 2024

Expert says AI solar-powered 'electronic nose' can prevent wildfires

With Dryad, they came up with a "novel" idea that "nobody has done before." freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({placementName:"the-express_fs-in-line-secondary-slot",slotId:"the-express_fs-in-line-secondary-slot"}) "This device, it's an electronic nose," Brinkschulte said, pointing to the Silvanet Wildfire Sensor, a small, solar-powered device that is used for ultra-early detection of wildfires within minutes of inception to minimize impact and damage.He drew parallels between the device and a f...

Daily Express US • 16th November 2024

Expert warns on Trump's chilling climate impact - 'like giving gun to a child'

While this will reduce prices and increase consumption, emissions will also go up.In an interview with Daily Express US, Benjamin Leffel, assistant professor of public policy and leadership at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, sounded the alarm for the impact Project 2025 policies might have in real life.Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is a policy blueprint that lays out plans for Trump’s second term to “break up” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, privatize the National...

Daily Express US • 11th November 2024

Inside Stephen Miller's plans to detain immigrants and revoke visas

Trump, like Miller. has said that he would have "no problem" in using the military, including the National Guard to detain undocumented immigrants."When we talk military, generally speaking, I talk National Guard," Trump said.During Trump's 2016 term, Miller served as a mastermind behind Trump's hardline immigration policies, including reducing the number of refugees allowed into the US, separating migrant children from their parents, blocking reports that show the benefit of refugees on governm...

Buffalo News • 9th June 2024

'A big part of who I am': Sweet Home senior fights to wear Pride tassel at graduation

“I’ve never been afraid to be unapologetically me even through all the bullying I’ve faced,” Poydock said. “It saddens me because it’s almost saying I have to take away a part of my identity to make things more uniform, to make things less controversial. ... Someone like me, I have nothing else to show,” they said. “I don’t have sports. I don’t have any other fancy tassels. It’s just this one. To have this little part of me be unique and be different, it means a lot.”Baker said by email that it...

Buffalo News • 29th March 2024

25-mile walk Saturday from Niagara Square to Niagara Falls aims to draw attention to Gaza, cease-fire efforts

Hasan Abuolba was 14 when he escaped Gaza and sought asylum in Rochester. He left behind his mother, his five sisters and several other relatives but brought with him severe PTSD and memories of the 2014 war.

A decade later, with almost 150 family members dead, Abuolba is back on the same prescribed PTSD medication as he seeks to rescue what is left of his family in the Middle East.

“This war is just a lot different than any war we’ve seen,” he said of the Hamas invasion of Israel on Oct. 7 an

Buffalo News • 28th March 2024

Safety advocates say to keep pedestrians safe, redesign streets

“It’s been designed over the past 80 years to just be automobile dominated,” said Jones, a planner for GObike Buffalo who was once a licensed civil engineer for the Town of Tonawanda. “People outside of a vehicle have been marginalized physically and literally to the edges and funding mechanisms have not been in place or have been at the lowest priority to provide walkability and the ability to bike.”

The issue has taken on a renewed sense of urgency in recent months. Since November, at least 1

Buffalo News • 2nd March 2024

'This is a crisis': Pedestrian fatalities on the rise nationally and in Western New York

Since November, at least 11 pedestrians in Western New York have died after being hit by a motor vehicle. The fatalities have often happened on busy thoroughfares, but not always. They have involved cars, trucks and motorcycles.

A new analysis from 2023 showed a slight drop in the rates with around 3,373 pedestrian fatalities in the United States in the first half of 2023. Despite the “modest 4% decrease,” pedestrian deaths have risen at a steady 14% rate since 2019.

Local communities have bee

Buffalo News • 13th January 2024

For recent arrivals to Buffalo, the Bills started as a curiosity. But the passion found them

As difficult as this may be for members of Bills Mafia and even casual football fans to understand, I am far from the only person living in Western New York who not only didn’t know how to complete the sentence “The Bills make me wanna ... “ but could watch an entire Bills game and have no clue what is happening.

I, like thousands of recent immigrants to the United States who call Buffalo home, am not from here. I spent the first 22 years of my life in my hometown of Kolkata, India, population

Buffalo News • 2nd January 2024

Erie County's homeless need to travel to downtown Buffalo to keep housing. Do they have the means?

The distance between these hotels and the DSS office has proved to be a “transportation nightmare” for residents due to the lack of adequate public transportation, she said. Some have to walk for more than 40 minutes to get to a bus stop, and many of the suburban hotels are on busy roads with no or sporadic sidewalks.

“It is generally not an issue that local government has the capacity to address,” Silverman added. Local governments usually apply for funding at the federal and state levels to p

Buffalo News • 23rd December 2023

'Take a stand': Parents, teachers frustrated at Sweet Home's response to antisemitic acts

“I am still devastated that my children had to leave the school district that we reside in,” Shoshana Milich, who has pulled two of her children from Sweet Home schools, told The Buffalo News in a series of text messages. “It seems like no one cares. My children have questioned their self-worth. I, myself, have struggled with big decisions and weighing priorities regarding their safety, emotional health and education. It has been a very trying time.”

Buffalo News • 1st December 2023

Momentum Choir fosters friendship and belonging as members raise their voices

Momentum Choir, previously known as Momentum Western New York, was established in 2016, modeled after the Canadian group Momentum Niagara. The group is made up of 13 members, ranging in age from 22 to 69, all of whom have disabilities. Founded by Dr. Joni Milgram-Luterman, the group initially started off with 10 members. While Milgram-Luterman wanted to grow the choir exponentially, the pandemic changed that plan. But it had one positive outcome: It let people who were otherwise unable to be a p

Buffalo News • 25th November 2023

'It's changed me in a good way': Pastor reflects on 25 years of spending Thanksgiving week with homeless

The face of homelessness has changed over the years. When he first started, Johns remembered seeing more single, middle-aged men on the streets. Over the years, the number of unhoused women and children has increased. While the population went down before the pandemic, there are nearly 1,594 homeless people in Western New York, according to the Homeless Alliance of Western New York’s January Point In Time data.

Johns’ team had a hard time finding a place to sleep. Their usual go-to spot, the Ex

Buffalo News • 20th November 2023

'It really breaks my heart': Palestinian Americans in Buffalo worry about the Israel-Hamas war impact here, abroad

The New York chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, CAIR-NY, reported receiving more requests for help in the first four weeks after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 than in the previous four months. As of Nov. 4, the national organization received 1,283 complaints nationwide since the war began, claiming an “unprecedented” rise in anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias-related incidents.

“It hurt me to do that, but I did it for the safety of my family,” said the man, who recalled ve