PHOTO CREDITS: NOAA/AP According to CNN, two major storms are heading towards the Gulf Coast: Marco and Laura. ~ Marco, originally characterized as a hurricane, had been downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday night, but Laura experienced the opposite effect, being upgraded to a hurricane Tuesday afternoon. Marco is currently[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: NIC COURY/AP Thousands of lightning strikes combined with a record-breaking heat wave sparked hundreds of wildfires in Northern California and around the San Francisco Bay Area in recent days, according to a local ABC News station. ~ As of Monday, 250,000 people are under evacuation orders, according to[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: CBS 4 NEWS According to The Daily World, temperatures in Death Valley, California reached record-high temperatures on Sunday, August 16. ~ The National Weather Service tweeted Sunday claiming, “The temperature in Death Valley hit 130 degrees at 3:41 p.m.” This surge to 130 degrees Fahrenheit is the highest[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: FILM DAILY According to ABC, a dog has died due to a respiratory illness after testing positive for COVID-19. ~ The dog, who had been demonstrating signs of respiratory distress, was “brought to the NC State Veterinary Hospital on Aug. 3 after the owner noticed the onset of[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: GETTY IMAGES According to BBC, there has been an increase in mental health problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ~ Doctors are seeing a rise in people reporting severe mental health difficulties, a group of National Health Services (NHS) leaders says. During the peak of the pandemic, there[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: BUSINESS REPORT According to the CDC, the US saw a 40% jump in COVID-19 cases among children in the month of July, as the debate on whether or not schools should resume in-person in the fall rages across the country. ~ As of Monday afternoon, the US has[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: SHUTTERSTOCK Microsoft has begun talks with ByteDance about the possibility of purchasing TikTok in the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, just days after President Donald Trump levied the idea of banning the app from the United States (CNBC). ~ Microsoft stated that it intends to conclude talks[Read More…]

GRAPHIC CREDITS: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT The United States Space Force (USSF) released its new logo and motto last week (Space News). ~ According to the USSF website, the logo’s delta symbol “honor[s] the heritage and history of the US Space Force”, the border represents protection and defense, the spires represent[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF/AP  Former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, who was charged with the murder of George Floyd, was charged with 9 different counts of tax-evasion Thursday, including aiding and abetting filing false or fraudulent tax returns and aiding and abetting failure to file tax returns. ~ The[Read More…]

PHOTO CREDITS: PBS Federal officers sent to Portland, Oregon to protect a Federal Courthouse, under an Executive Order signed by President Trump on June 26, have clashed with protesters/rioters there in recent days (CBS). ~ There have been reports of federal officers using sharpshooters to maim protesters, using tear gas,[Read More…]