Alaska’s rivers are turning bright orange, and scientists are working to figure out exactly why. In recent years, scientists have observed streams and rivers that have turned a vibrant orange color across Alaska’s Arctic region. The recent discoloration of the Salmon River, a designated national wild and scenic river in Kobuk Valley National Park, is […]
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Will young Americans fight in Central Europe?
Who bears the responsibility for the war in Ukraine? According to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, members of U.S. Congress, and even U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, it is the American people. Recently, Secretary Austin told America that if Congress fails to pass another $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, it will “most likely” result […]
Icelandic volcano furiously erupts
A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity. About 4,000 people were evacuated last month from Grindavik, a fishing town about 4km (2.5 miles) away. The eruption started north of the town at 22:17 local time (22:17 GMT) on Monday, the Icelandic Met Office said. A […]
Black & Latino voters don’t trust Biden economy
Of all the difficult questions Democrats face ahead of 2024, two storylines are particularly confounding. The first is the economy: Most Americans are still pretty pissed about its state, even though economists can point to plenty of positive indicators. And the second is in the polling: Joe Biden continues to underperform among Black and Latino […]
50% of the US says Biden polices have hurt them
Robert Gilbert is fed up with high prices for groceries and other necessities, and he has giving up hope that President Biden can help. “I don’t think he has really done much for us, nothing that benefits me really,” said Gilbert, 65 years old, a retiree living on a fixed income in Fenton, Mo. He […]
Supreme Court Jan 6 ruling could free hundreds
The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will hear a court fight involving the breadth of a federal obstruction law that has been used to prosecute scores of defendants for their alleged actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, as well as former President Donald Trump. An eventual decision from the […]
Senate Republicans say no to Ukraine aid pkg
Senate Republicans voted to prevent the Senate from starting debate on a $110 billion national security finding, including money for Ukraine and Israel, over demands that Democrats include immigration policy measures in the package. Lawmakers have privately hoped that the public failure will help them reset the troubled negotiations on a broader security bill ahead […]
Rep. George Santos could be history
For Rep. George Santos, the clock is ticking dangerously close to midnight. The House is set to vote Friday on a resolution to expel the embattled New York Republican, marking the third and most serious attempt to boot Santos from Congress amid his mounting legal and ethical troubles. The first-term Long Islander easily survived the […]
Fighting resumes in Gaza as cease-fire breaks
The ceasefire in Gaza ended Friday morning after Israel said Hamas fired rockets into Israel and it responded with airstrikes in the territory, following a weeklong pause in the fighting during which hostages were exchanged for Palestinian prisoners. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that Hamas violated the terms of the ceasefire […]
Do Cold medicines actually work?
When you stroll down the cold and flu aisle in a drugstore, it’s easy to get lost in the dizzying array of products promising to clear sinus pressure, dry up sniffles and stop plaguing coughs. Some concoctions even offer it all in one magical pill. But doctors say the science behind some of those claims […]
Record number of suicides in USA in 2022
More Americans committed suicide in 2022 than in any other year on record, according to data released by the CDC on Wednesday. The National Center for Health Statistics recorded nearly 50,000 suicides last year, up 2.6 percent increase from the prior year. The 2022 suicide rate of 14.3 per 100,000 Americans is the highest since […]
AT&T is secretly surveilling your cell phone calls
Imagine that every time you make a phone call, someone is listening in and recording your conversation. They also track who you are talking to, when, where and for how long. And they don’t stop there. They also monitor the calls of the people you talk to, the people they talk to and so on. […]