America won’t be sad to say bye-bye Betsy

FEW, if any, will shed a tear when Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is turfed out of office.

No one has done more damage to America’s public schools than this useless billionaire.

Her works include redistributing Covid-19 funding from public schools to her pet private ones.

Her legacy, however, is assured by her attempts to keep children safe from mass shooters.

She justified her belief school teachers should be armed by saying they were needed “to protect from potential grizzlies”. It’s not just the bears breathing a sigh of relief she’ll soon be gone.

Imagine all your lottery numbers coming in, only to find out the £1.8million jackpot was to be shared by 49 other players. That what happened earlier this week when 50 punters scooped the top prize in Massachusetts’ Mass Cash game.

Each won just £36,000.

The head of the New York Police Department’s workplace discrimination office, Deputy Inspector James Kobel, could be in hot water.

He has been relieved of command amid a probe into allegations he made sexist, prejudiced and intolerant comments in an online chat room.

Someone is in for a hard time. Pharmaceutical distributor AvKare has recalled 100mg sildenafil tablets and 100mg trazodone tablets due to a “product mix-up”. One is for treating depression, the other for erectile dysfunction.

I hear several men are reported to no longer be sad that they struggle in the bedroom.

Walmart employees were surprised when a dog walked into their store in Dothan, Alabama – but the pooch knew where she was going. Mutt Abby went straight to checkout six, where her owner June Rountree was working. Abby had gone missing from June’s garden three weeks previously.

Ohio has been added to the Ohio Department of Health’s Covid-19 Travel Advisory map.

It means Ohioans should avoid travelling to Ohio, and those entering Ohio after travelling from Ohio are advised to self-quarantine in Ohio for 14 days.

A 12-year-old boy drove his seven-year-old cousin 100 miles after seeing a dare on social media.

The lad drove the little girl from Queens in New York, across New Jersey and to the Delaware border.

When he was eventually stopped, he told police he’d seen an online challenge to drive a car, only giving up when it ran out of petrol.

P.S.

Away from my local this week, exchanging New York for Alaska, where towns are known for getting their priorities straight. Take Homer, for example. Their welcome sign reads: “A quaint drinking village, with a fishing problem.”