President Biden caused some confusion at the end of the speech he gave Friday at the National Safer Communities Summit in Connecticut. Biden spoke to gun safety advocates and survivors of gun violence for about 30 minutes Friday afternoon at the University of Hartford and ended his speech with the phrase “Alright? God save the […]
Category: Domestic
Will the US ever send men back to the moon?
The United States has not landed a man on the moon since 1972, but that hiatus looks likely to end in the coming years. NASA’s Artemis program looks to surpass the heights achieved with the Apollo missions to the lunar surface in the 1960s and 1970s. Artemis I, an unmanned test mission to the moon, […]
First 3 people to contact Covid worked in Wuhan Lab
It is no longer a question that the COVID-19 virus leaked from China’s notorious Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory. What’s more, this week my colleagues Matt Taibbi, Alex Gutentag, and I broke the explosive story that the first three people sickened by the virus were the scientists experimenting with SARS-like coronaviruses. Sources within the US […]
World’s largest kidney stone removed from soldier
A kidney stone larger than a baseball was removed from a patient in Sri Lanka earlier this month, and officials just confirmed the mass broke multiple world records because of its immensity. The patient, a retired soldier, was identified as 62-year-old Canistus Coonge, AFP reported. Doctors performed surgery on Coonge on June 1 at the […]
Nukes possible in “dire situations” says Russia
Russia hasn’t ruled out the use of nuclear weapons as a way to defend itself amid the ongoing war in Ukraine which began last February. Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry, said in a news briefing on Thursday that Russia could possibly use nuclear weapons in certain dire situations. “Russia’s nuclear deterrence […]
Are US weapons for Ukraine ending up in Iran?
A high-ranking Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commander has told Newsweek that Israel is concerned over the risks of weapons provided by the United States and other Western nations to Ukraine ending up in the hands of Israel’s foes in the Middle East, including Iran. With experts too backing these worries, the situation could mark yet […]
Now only 1/2 of US supports Black Lives Matter
Support for the Black Lives Matter movement, which began as an online campaign a decade ago to combat violence and systemic racism toward African Americans and eventually resonated worldwide, has dropped significantly from its peak in the summer of 2020, according to a new report. Today, about half of U.S. adults, or 51%, said they […]
Man who shot himself during a dream faces charges
A 62-year-old man is facing firearms charges in Illinois after authorities say he accidentally shot himself in the leg in his sleep —while dreaming that he was defending himself against an “intruder” in his home. The man, identified as Mark Dicara of Lake Barrington, used a .357 Magnum revolver that he owned to fire the […]
US delivers another $325 million of weapons to Ukraine
The Pentagon will deliver a new package of military aid to Ukraine that totals up to $325 million and will include a wide range of rockets, missiles and other munitions aimed at bolstering the counteroffensive against Russia, the State Department said Tuesday. The aid will include missiles for what are considered critical air defense systems […]
Biden poll numbers compared to the Titanic
Joe Biden is more unpopular than Donald Trump was at the same stage in his presidency, according to a comparison of polling data conducted by political analytics website FiveThirtyEight. The website gave Biden a net approval rating of -14.6 percent on June 11, notably lower than the -10.9 percent Trump recorded the same number of […]
Danger! Volunteer firefighters are getting older
Jerry Scarborough is 69 years old, but that doesn’t stop him from jumping behind the wheel of a fire engine when there’s an emergency. Frequently, the 20-plus-year member of the Darlington Volunteer Fire Company in rural Maryland isn’t even the oldest firefighter on the scene. On one call last year, he raced to extinguish a […]
Miami braces for protests over Trump court appearance
The mayor of Miami has said police officials are bracing for large protests when Donald Trump makes his initial appearance in court later today. The former US president faces a 37 charges of hoarding classified documents. He denies any wrongdoing. In a joint press conference with the city’s police chief, Mayor Francis Suarez urged calm […]