Trump scraps regulations that ban supersonic commercial air travel

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CONVERSEER) – United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to scrap regulations that ban supersonic commercial air travel. The supersonic flight regulation was imposed in 1973 due to noise concerns. Trump’s order “seeks to revolutionise supersonic aviation in the United States” by letting aircraft fly faster than the speed of…

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Miami-Dade teacher, husband arrested in child abuse and drug trafficking case

MIAMI (CONVERSEER) – A Miami-Dade County elementary school music teacher has been arrested on child abuse charges, while her husband faces multiple drug trafficking offences following an extensive undercover investigation by the Hialeah Police Department. Peder Larsen, 48, and his wife, Sharon Larsen, 47, were both taken into custody after officers uncovered an ongoing narcotics…

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Minneapolis grapples with pain 5 years after George Floyd’s death

MINNEAPOLIS (CONVERSEER) – Five years after the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct was set ablaze during mass protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd, the city still bears the scars—physical, emotional, and systemic—of that tumultuous time. Alfred Flowers Jr., a local youth sports coach who grew up in the neighbourhood surrounding the Third Precinct,…

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