Russia’s top investigator has ordered a criminal probe into popular Russian blogger Sergei Kosenko after a video of him throwing his 2-month-old son into a snowbank went viral.
Kosenko faced backlash this week after he shared the video of him tossing the child with his 6.9 million Instagram followers.
The blogger later deleted the video but he continued to receive threats of criminal prosecution, including from senior Russian lawmakers.
Alexander Bastrykin, who heads Russia’s Investigative Committee, has ordered criminal proceedings against Kosenko “following requests by members of state bodies and public institutions,” the law enforcement agency said. Read More...
Of all the urgent problems House Republicans could be tackling — gun violence, voting rights, climate change — they are using some of their power to fan the flames of a cultural war over gas stoves.
Last month the GOP-controlled House passed legislation that would prevent the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal money to regulate or ban gas stoves and block the U.S. Energy Department from making gas ranges and ovens less wasteful by setting stricter energy efficiency standards. Read More...
STANFORD, Ky. (CITC) — Parents in a Kentucky school district say they are heartbroken after their children with special needs were left out of their school's fifth-grade graduation celebration.
Lincoln County Schools (LCS) celebrated its oldest Stanford Elementary School students moving on to middle school last week. In asocial media post, Stanford Elementary School said it gave fifth-graders congratulatory yard signs featuring individual photos of each of the students.
However, Mikael and Brandie Ives told the LCS school board the next day that not all students received a sign. Read More...
