Year: 2021

A second time capsule was found underneath where the Robert E. Lee statue stood in Richmond, Virginia. Conservators studying the capsules and the historic period were looking for a time capsule under the statute, and it’s […]

CDC Halves Isolation Periods from Covid

As the Omicron variant spreads quickly across America and has Covid cases soaring, federal health officials have shortened the recommended isolation period by half. The move is meant to minimize the increasing disruptions to both […]

Mark Zuckerberg Buys More Hawaii Land

Mark Zuckerberg now owns a whopping landmass of 1,500 acres on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The Facebook CEO and tech billionaire made an additional purchase this week of 110 more acres of land, adding […]

The Motorola Razr is Back, Again

The Motorola Razr is coming, and no, it’s not the mid-2000s. Motorola is working on a brand new version of the classic foldable phone, the Razr. It’s the third time the company has launched the […]

Biden’s Pick for Ambassador to Bahrain Used Racist Slurs against Arabs

A diplomat infamous for his disparaging remarks about Arabs and for being disrespectful towards Arab personnel during his service in the UAE between 2017 and 2019, is among the 40 high-ranking diplomats picked by Biden […]

Beginning in 2022, Ali Express Will Not Serve Palestinians

According to a text message that many buyers received from Alibaba on Monday, the Chinese e-commerce giant will no longer serve Palestinians that want to make purchases on AliExpress.com. According to the announcement from the […]

Biden Signs into Law Enormous $768bn Military Spending Bill

After Democrats and Republicans rejected his initial Pentagon plans and endorsed a major boost to military spending, President Biden signed on Monday a $768 billion defense package, marking the 61st consecutive year Pentagon policy legislation […]

US Blood Banks Run Short on Blood Due to COVID Pandemic

As the Covid-19 pandemic reduces donations and disrupts their staffing, the blood banks in the United States are reportedly running short of supplies with American Red Cross executive Chris Hrouda noting it’s the biggest challenge […]

US, Russia to Discuss Proposed Security Guarantees on January 10

The negotiations between the United States and Russia regarding security guarantees, their respective military activity, and confront rising tensions over Ukraine, will take place on January 10, a spokesperson for the Biden administration announced late […]

Polish President Vetoes Media Bill Targeting US Company

Underscoring that it is a matter of honor for Poles to keep contracts, Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoed a media bill on Monday that would have required the US media company Discovery to renounce its […]

Biggest 2021 Climate Disasters Cost $170 Billion

The top 10 of this year’s most extreme weather events and disasters that were caused by climate change cost a whopping total of $170.3 billion in damage. Extreme weather brought misery to millions of people […]

NASA James Webb Space Telescope Launched

NASA’s latest, biggest project is finally up in space. The James Webb Space Telescope launched on Christmas Day, beginning a long-delayed and highly anticipated space and science mission. The new $10 billion telescope will study the […]

U.N. Official Condemns Myanmar Killings

A top U.N. official condemned recent reports of killings of civilians in Myanmar, stating that they were credible reports, and called on the Myanmar authorities to investigate the horrific violence. Footage of the aftermath of […]

Thousands of Flights Canceled Because of Omicron

If you made it home for the holidays, you might not make it back when you had originally planned. More than 1,000 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Sunday alone, and thousands more were canceled […]

NFTs Brought to Politics by Arizona Senate Candidate

The Republican US Senate candidate in Arizona Blake Masters, co-author of tech pioneer Peter Thiel’s blockbuster “Zero to One,” is offering NFTs with a limit of 99 copies in an effort to attract support from […]

Though at Rock-Bottom Level, US-Russia interaction on Syria Continues

Although the current level of relations between the United States and Russia is very low – a rather explosive one – Washington is continuing its interaction on Syria with Moscow,” Russian Special Presidential Envoy for […]

It’s a Lie that Russia’s Causing Gas Shortages in EU, Gazprom Argues

All the accusations that Russia and Gazprom are delivering insufficient amount of gas to the European market and deliberately causing natural gas shortages are absolutely baseless, unacceptable and untrue – in other words, a pack […]

First ‘Direct-Thought’ Tweet Posted by Paralyzed Man with Brain Chip

Australian patient (62) with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the first person to communicate thoughts with others with no muscle activity involved, tweeting last Thursday a message to the world using only direct thought via […]

Cost-of-Living Allowance Cut for Thousands of Troops by Pentagon

Starting Jan. 1, US troops stationed in 15 metropolitan areas and 21 continental non-metropolitan counties will be cut off from a cost-of-living allowance, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced last week. In line with the […]

Taking Pfizer’s COVID-19 Pill with Other Meds Can Be Risky

Although recently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) along with Merck’s pill, making them the first at-home COVID-19 treatment, Pfizer’s Paxlovid – touted as a game changer in the fight against the pandemic […]

Staffing shortage at airlines cause delays

Staffing Issues Due to Omicron Strain Causes Flight Cancellations

Due to various concerns, including staffing issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, airlines continued to delay hundreds of flights on Saturday, interrupting holiday festivities at one of the busiest travel times of the year, AP […]

Holiday Sales up by 8.8% Despite Supply Shortages

Despite a series of setbacks in the retail industry, holiday sales soared this year, The Hill reported citing AP. This year’s Christmas season had the highest sales growth in 17 years, up 8.8 percent over […]

Man beats lumber store employee over mask rule

Man Who Beat Lumber Store Employee over Mask Rule Gets Jailtime

According to the Associated Press, a man from Minnesota was given a year-long jail sentence after assaulting a Menards employee over a mask rule, The Hill reported. After disagreeing with the business’s mask rule, Luke […]

Winter Storm Warning Issued for Sacramento Valley, Sierra Nevada

Due to harsh winter weather, a 70-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in California has been closed, with experts issuing a Winter Storm Warning and prompting that travel might be difficult over the next few days, […]

Pramila Jayapal urges executive action for Build Back Better

Rep Jayapal Urges Exec Action on ‘Build Back Better’ Bill

Despite Senator Joe Manchin’s open refusal of the idea, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, a senior liberal House Democrat, has requested President Joe Biden to keep concentrating on his social spending bill called “Build Back Better” […]

New Poll Shows Trump is Beating Biden by 6 Points

News NPR/PBS poll conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies has found that, as inflation is beginning to pinch, just 41% of Americans approve the job President Joe Biden’s doing , which is near-historic low point […]

New York Times Ordered to Return Project Veritas’ Internal Memos

In a restriction the New York Times said violates decades of First Amendment protections, the newspaper was ordered on Friday by a New York state judge to return internal documents to the conservative activist group […]

Bannon’s FJB Crypto Volume Skyrockets Over 1000%

The price of the new “alternative” cryptocurrency FJB that Steve Bannon, White House chief strategist during the Trump administration, has recently promoted to help Trump’s supporters to fight for America skyrocketed in the last two […]

Poland’s Deputy PM Accused Germany of Turning EU into Fourth Reich

Germany is trying to create a Fourth Reich, taking advantage of the EU to force other nations into a modern form of serfdom by depriving them of their sovereignty, Poland’s deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczynski […]

N.C. Police Chief Helps Officers Dodge Jab Mandate, Gets Suspended

A North Carolina police chief that has allegedly told his officers about a ‘clinic’ that could help them obtain Covid-19 vaccine certificates without actually getting the vaccine has been placed on unpaid leave. Police Chief […]