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Ireland Out of Gas

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Things have been dicey for a while on the Emerald Isle. But great googly moogly, do they look just awful right now. Mass protests have broken out across the country over the cost of living and the exorbitant price of fuel, with a paralyzed, intransigent government seen as unsympathetic and unwilling to do anything to relieve the suffering of the Irish working class. Fuel taxes, nut zero climate policies, and now the price shock of the Strait of Hormuz closure. For three straight days, convoys of farmers, their tractors, truck drivers, and many other angry citizens have been queuing on highways and city streets, effectively blocking traffic, although they have attempted to leave a lane free for emergency vehicles and the like.

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Cuba: Millions plunged into darkness as fuel crisis deepens

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Fuel shortages have been exacerbated by a US oil blockade since the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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CA Makes More Per Gallon of Gas in Taxes Than Oil Companies Do in Profit

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More than 350,000 vitamins and supplements recalled over poisoning risk

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Spring Lake Park schools closed Monday after suspected ransomware attack

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Former Miami-Dade high school teacher charged with multiple counts of battery, placed on house arrest

A former Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher is facing serious criminal charges after authorities say he was accused of multiple counts of battery involving students. According to court records, 53-year-old Rudolph Infante, a teacher at Miami Southridge Senior High School, has been charged with four counts of battery and one count of an offense against…

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All The Ways China and Russia May Be Aiding Iran Against The U.S.

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Edgewater firefighters rescue 8 ducklings trapped in storm drain

On April 7, members of the Edgewater Fire and Rescue’s crew 57 received a dispatch call about eight baby ducks trapped in a storm drain in the Florida Shores. When driver engineer Zach Shannon and firefighters Scott Schenke and Aidan Rivero arrived on scene, they saw exactly what the resident had described. “A mother duck…

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