Business mogul Kevin O’Leary wants to invest in a US refinery, says fossil fuels will stick around
April 13, 2023
Following the congressional testimony that Facebook’s platform is harming children, the company will introduce a new set of features including encouraging teens to take breaks from using their partner app Instagram and “nudging” teens if they see content that is not conductive to their well-being. The California based company is[Read More…]
Wednesday morning, four people were injured in a shooting at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas. Arlington police say that multiple calls came into the station around 9:15 AM (CDT) of reports of a shooting on the second floor of the high school. According to the Arlington Assistant Police Chief[Read More…]
Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated President Daniel Ortega called Roman Catholic bishops “terrorists” Monday and said many countries would have arrested them. Ortega claims widespread protests that erupted in April 2018 were an attempted coup with foreign backing. During the 2018 protests, at least 325 people died during the clash between the[Read More…]
Archaeologists have claimed to have found the true location of Mount Sinai, the sacred mountain depicted in the Bible. They believe that archeological remains on the site in Saudi Arabia line up with the passage in the Book of Exodus, some of which are restricted areas by the Saudi government.[Read More…]
In an attempt to curb domestic terrorism, the Biden Administration released the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism, a first of its kind. The 30 page report plans to “address this challenge to America’s national security and improve the federal government’s response” [White House]. According to the White House, intelligence[Read More…]
Alphabet Inc’s Google is developing alternatives to the current standard for classifying skin tones which to dermatologists and researchers say is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against minorities. The current six-color scale known as the Fitzpatrick Skin Type (FST) has been used by dermatologists since the 1970s. This[Read More…]
On June 14th, the Senate approved the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Harvard Law student, to the federal appeals court in the District of Columbia. This is the first United States appellate court nomination under Joe Biden’s presidency. Jackson received a bipartisan 53 to 44 vote. Lisa Murkowski of[Read More…]
Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a private dinner for the 24 women – sixteen Democrats and eight Republicans – in the United States Senate the evening of June 15th at her residence at the Naval Observatory. All but three of the senators attended. According to ABC News, the attendants were[Read More…]