Category Archives: Breaking News

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy regarding the alarming discovery that Amazon is peddling misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments through its search and “Best Seller” algorithms. This is the second time in six months that Senator Warren has identified Amazon practices that mislead consumers about COVID-19Continue reading “Senator Elizabeth Warren says Amazon is peddling Covid-19 misinformation”

U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued a statement on Monday in response to a new law in Texas that allows civil courts to get between American citizens and their constitutional right to privacy, as defined in the 1973 Supreme Court ruling known as Roe v. Wade. The new so-called Heartbeat Law implements across TexasContinue reading “Attorney General vows to protect abortion rights as Texas invades right to privacy”

GoDaddy will no longer host a site set up by the Texas Right to Life to collect anonymous tips about when the state’s new law banning almost all abortions was being violated. Texas enacted a law that makes it illegal for anyone to help women get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy — andContinue reading “GoDaddy bans Texas Right to Life snitch site”

Jacob Anthony Chansley, a.k.a. Jake Angeli, 34, of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty today to obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony, for his role in the crimes related to the attempted coup d’état at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Chansley was among the most visible of the Trump-loving terrorists who disrupted a joint sessionContinue reading ““QAnon Shaman” pleaded guilty”

There are certain rules that even the most extreme objects in the universe must obey. A central law for black holes predicts that the area of their event horizons — the boundary beyond which nothing can ever escape — should never shrink. This law is Hawking’s area theorem, named after physicist Stephen Hawking, who derivedContinue reading “Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time”

A grand jury on Thursday indicted a former Georgia prosecutor for her handling of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting, on allegations she helped shield men now charged with murder in a case that went for months without arrests until a viral video sparked a national outcry. Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson is accused of violating herContinue reading “Former prosecutor indicted for letter Ahmaud Arbery’s killer off the hook”

The Elizabeth Police Department is asking for help to locate Kelly Saniya, age 17, who was last seen August 11 getting into a white Ford Mustang convertible with tinted windows and temporary out-of-state license plates.  The missing teenager is 5 ft tall weighing about 123 pounds, with brown eyes, brown hair and a light skinContinue reading “Elizabeth Police seeking missing teenager”

The Marin County, Calif., elementary school had been conscientious about following covid-19 protocols. Masks wererequiredindoors, desks were spaced six feet apart, and the students kept socially distant. But the delta variant found an opening anyway. On May 19, one teacher, who was not vaccinated against the coronavirus, began feeling fatigued and had some nasal congestion.Continue reading “California teacher came to class with COVID, took off mask, infected half of her students”

by Dara Lind | ProPublica Fakhruddin Akbari is allowing his full name to be published because he is certain he is going to die. Akbari, his wife and his 3-year-old daughter fled their home in Kabul, Afghanistan, two weeks ago. They’ve been hiding with friends in the city, living on bread and water. He shouldContinue reading “Trump prevented Afghan visa lottery winners now stuck in Kabul from entering the U.S.”

Despite a suicide attack near the entrance to Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and injured others, the “noble mission” to evacuate American and eligible Afghans out of the country will continue, said the Joint Staff deputy director for regional operations. At a press briefing this morning, Army Maj. Gen.Continue reading “Afghanistan exit goes on after suicide attack”

Political spending in the 2020 election totaled $14.4 billion, more than doubling the total cost of the record-breaking 2016 presidential election cycle, according to OpenSecrets’ analysis of Federal Election Commission filings. An independent government watchdog, OpenSecrets previously estimated that the 2020 election would cost around $14 billion, an extraordinary spending figure that would still haveContinue reading “Candidates spent $15 billion in 2020 election”

There has been a large explosion at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, where evacuation is being conducted and there are reports of ongoing gunfire in the surrounding area. Details are scarce. Here’s what we know at this point. A hospital in Kabul says 30 people wounded in two explosions near Kabul’s international airport arrived forContinue reading “Deadly explosion near Kabul airport”

Beekeepers across the United States lost 45.5% of their managed honey bee colonies from April 2020 to April 2021, according to preliminary results of the 15th annual nationwide survey conducted by the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership (BIP). These losses mark the second highest loss rate the survey has recorded since it began in 2006 (6.1 percentage pointsContinue reading “Beekeepers still report high colony loss rates”

Body cameras are effective in holding police accountable according to a new study by researchers at Stockton University, American University and Georgia State University. The study of police complaints in Chicago found that body camera video decreased the number of investigations dismissed for insufficient evidence and increased the number of disciplinary actions against police officers.Continue reading “Body cameras help hold police accountable”

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Friday finalized a plan effective Oct. 1 to slow down some first-class mail deliveries as part of efforts to cut red ink. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy proposed in March to revise existing one- to three-day service standards to one to five days for first-class mail. USPS said in aContinue reading “Postal Service slowing down mail delivery”

Richard Trumka, who for more than a decade had served as president of the AFL-CIO, died unexpectedly this week only a day after he appeared via video to send solidarity to striking members of the United Mine Workers in Alabama. Trumka died on Thursday, August 5, 2021, surrounded by his family. He was 72 andContinue reading “AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka dead at 72”

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are again rising across the United States, with the highest spread coming in areas with low vaccination rates, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The increase in cases has come with the continued spread of the more contagious Delta variant. As a result, the CDC and Democratic and Republican leaders are urgingContinue reading “People who recovered from COVID-19 are not completely immune to the virus”

Financial instability, lack of infrastructure, a deteriorating sense of community and family fragmentation are key contributors to diseases of despair in American communities, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Highmark Health researchers. The researchers conducted four focus groups in Pennsylvania communities identified as having high rates of despair-related illnesses. Diseases of despair areContinue reading “Four contributors to diseases of despair”