Afghan charity educating girls amid Taliban school ban

The Taliban reneged on their initial promise to allow young girls above the sixth grade to return to school. The abrupt reversal hasn’t stopped Afghan women from keeping up the fight for girls’ education.  “August 2021 hit like a mountain,” Pashtana Dorani, the founder of LEARN Afghanistan, told Fox News Digital. TALIBAN CANCELS GIRLS’ HIGHER…

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Maine governor's climate council mulls paying people to attend meetings

The Maine Climate Council created by Gov. Janet Mills is considering a proposal to pay a stipend to “disadvantaged” and “overburdened” Maine residents to attend meetings to ensure “procedural equity” in the government planning process to address climate change. The council’s Equity Subcommittee, which was created last year as part of the state’s four-year climate…

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Arizona man accused of threatening mass shootings at high school, police station and movie theater

A 19-year-old Arizona man has been arrested after authorities say he terror” target=”_blank”>threatened mass shootings<, police said.  The FBI had contacted the Casa Grande Police Department regarding comments that Bowen made online in which he allegedly threatened to harm people by mass shooting. Police said Bowen threatened his family and friends, while also praising the…

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