Business mogul Kevin O’Leary wants to invest in a US refinery, says fossil fuels will stick around
April 13, 2023
Early Monday morning, an ex-convict attacked an NYPD officer in Brooklyn, leaving him with gashes on his head and neck. Bodycam footage shows a man wearing a rainbow-colored shirt approach the officer, begin to speak, and then, unprovoked, smash a glass bottle on his head. The officer’s partner chased the[Read More…]
U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II. The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse: three years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the calculations for 2020 early Wednesday. The drop[Read More…]
The single shot coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is much less effective against the Delta variant than it is against the original version of COVID-19, according to a new study posted online Tuesday. The study, which examined blood samples in a laboratory setting and has not yet been peer-reviewed, suggests that anyone who[Read More…]
The trial has commenced of a South Carolina man accused of the 2019 killing of USC student Samantha Josephson, who prosecutors say got into his car as she thought it was her Uber. Nathaniel Rowland allegedly stabbed and cut the 21-year-old student more than 100 times before dumping her body in a field[Read More…]
Top government epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul traded accusations of “lying” about gain-of-function research at a Tuesday Senate hearing, continuing the long-running feud between the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director and the Kentucky senator. In his questioning of Fauci, Paul stepped close to the line of accusing[Read More…]
A couple whose gender reveal celebration started the El Dorado Fire in California last year that killed a firefighter and left 13 others injured have been charged. Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez each were charged with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter, the San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson[Read More…]
Thomas Barrack, who acted as an advisor for former President Donald Trump and one of his top fundraisers, was arrested and charged Tuesday with not disclosing his lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. The Justice Department unsealed an indictment in New York federal court accusing three suspects, including wealthy[Read More…]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is set to be stripped of emergency powers she used during the coronavirus pandemic after a 76-year-old law was repealed Wednesday. The GOP-led state House followed the Senate’s lead on Wednesday in voting 60-48, largely towing party lines, to support an Unlock Michigan petition seeking to[Read More…]
The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo 2020 organizers have banned their social media teams from posting pictures of athletes taking the knee at these Olympic Games. The report, from The Guardian, comes hours after five women’s soccer teams kneeled prior to their matches. The USWNT, Sweden, Team Great Britain, Chile[Read More…]
According to new polling from Third Way, in partnership with UC Santa Barbara political scientist Matto Mildenberger, and using data from Data for Progress national surveys, voters from across the country in both blue and red states support the federal government moving the country to 100% “clean energy.” The polling[Read More…]