Boy Scouts Opens the Door to Girls

Girls can now look forward to becoming Boy Scouts. The Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors unanimously voted yesterday to let girls join their ranks, beginning next year. Not only will young girls be allowed to become Cub Scouts, but older girls will be able to rise to the rank of Eagle Scout.

Trump’s new Iran strategy goes after ballistic missiles, terror support

THE PLAN FOR IRAN: President Trump will announce his decision regarding the Iran nuclear agreement and lay out the way ahead for dealing with Tehran in remarks scheduled for 12:45 p.m., according to the White House. The president has made no secret of his loathing for the agreement negotiated by the Obama administration, along with Britain, France, Germany, China Russia and the EU. All those other countries say Iran is in compliance with the terms of the deal, which is designed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability over the next decade. Trump’s own senior military adviser, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, told Congress last week, “Iran is not in material breach of the agreement, and I do believe the agreement to date has delayed the development of a nuclear capability by Iran.”

Ocean pollution threatens food supply: British mussels found to be full of microplastics

A study carried out by researchers at the King’s College London has revealed that a wide majority of mussel samples taken from different beaches are contaminated with microplastics. As part of the research, the scientists collected mussel samples from four beaches around Kent, U.K. and found that up to 60 percent of samples exhibited microplastic contamination on average.

Energy drinks leave new father with hole in his skull, fighting for his life during son’s birth

“After a two hour drive to the hospital, I learned that my husband, the father of my child, the person I am so deeply in love with, had had a brain hemorrhage. Why? The doctors concluded (after running his tox screen and ruling out drugs) that this horrible event was due to his recent excessive energy drink consumption (a habit he had built when he started working longer hours and commuting).”

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