Year: 2022

The US Navy announced Thursday it will temporarily suspend its so-called “up-or-out” policy of discharging veteran service members who haven’t performed well enough to get promoted in order to improve its retention efforts and fleet […]

At Least One Dead in Shooting that Forced Mall of America in Lockdown

At least one shopper ended up dead during the shooting on Friday, just two days before Christmas, which has sent the frightened customers the Mall of America racing into a lockdown for the third time […]

Musk Orders Removal of Twitter’s Suicide Prevention Feature

Twitter’s new owner and CEO Elon Musk has allegedly ordered in the past few days that Twitter removes a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, […]

China Faces Blood Shortages as Covid Spike to 37M Cases in a Day

Following Beijing’s decision earlier this month to abruptly relax its strict Covid mitigation policies, Covid cases are spiking in China where nearly 37 million people may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day […]

UN Expert Urges Libya to End Violence Against Women and Girls

Deeply disturbed at the widespread, systematic, and grave levels of violence faced by Libyan women and children, including girls, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women has called on Libyan authorities to take urgent […]

DeSantis Appoints Judge who Denied Abortion to Girl Over School Grades

Controversial rightwing Florida governor Ron DeSantis appointed a judge who was previously outside over a contentious, problematic ruling. Jared Smith has now been appointed to the newly established sixth district court of appeal, an appointment […]

What’s In the Congress-Approved Spending Bill for 2023?

It looks like a government shutdown will be avoided. The House has passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill that would fund critical government operations across federal agencies and provide emergency aid to Ukraine and natural […]

Culture

Does Avatar 2 Romanticize or Glorify Colonialism?

Thirteen years after the first Avatar film, the sequel has arrived. The original science fiction film broke box office records and became the highest-grossing film of all time for a decade. But are Avatar and its […]

Netanyahu Right Wing Government On Collision Course with West

The far-right government that will soon take power in Israel will be led by Benjamin Netanyahu. It marks a qualitative and alarming break with all other governments in Israel’s 75-year history. Experts say that Netanyahu’s government […]

Massive Sprawling Winter Storm Affects Millions Across U.S.

Driving snow and plummeting temperatures have formed a storm that spans some 2,000 miles, knocking out power from Texas to Maine. The storm is being described as a “once-in-a-generation type event.” About two-thirds of the U.S. […]

Afghan Pullout Helped Arm Ukraine, State Secretary Blinken Admits

The much-criticized, hectic withdrawal from Afghanistan helped Washington redirect resources to Ukraine just months later, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted on Thursday during his year-end press conference. Just two weeks after the US-backed […]

Target Recalls Kids’ Weighted Blankets Due to Risk of Asphyxiation

More than 200,000 children’s weighted blankets were recalled on Thursday by Target following reports that two girls reportedly got entrapped inside one and died of asphyxiation this spring. Back in April, a 4-year-old girl and […]

Washington Bans Exports to Wagner Group as Russia Increasingly Uses It

The US Department of Commerce plans to designate the Russian private military company Wagner as a ‘military end user’, potentially restricting the group’s access to equipment anywhere in the world. Founded in 2014 by Russian […]

FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Allowed in House Arrest with $250M Bond

A day after he was extradited from the Bahamas to the United States, the embattled crypto trader and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was released on $250 million bail and would have to remain under strict […]

The Rise of Invasive Strep A Infections in Children Prompts CDC Warning

After it was notified in November of a possible increase in strep A infections cases among children in a Colorado hospital, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alerted the medical community on Thursday […]

Report Says Marines Should Ditch ‘Gender-Specific’ Terms for Drills

A new academic report has recommended that the Marine Corps does away with its “gender-specific salutations” for drill instructions. The report was commissioned in 2020 by the Corps from the University of Pittsburgh and was […]

Zelensky Makes Historic Visit To US

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a historic visit to Washington, D.C., marking his first visit out of his country since Russia invaded it in February. His trip drew immediate ire from the Kremlin. Zelensky first […]

Study Finds Why Some Covid Patients Never Recover Sense of Smell

Why can’t some people smell things months after having Covid? Researchers have been working to find out why some people struggle to regain their sense of smell post-Covid. Scientists are saying that the reason could be […]

Trump Lawyers to Argue Law Allowing Rape Lawsuit is Invalid

Former president Donald Trump plans to argue that the New York State law that has allowed a writer to sue him over her claim that he raped her decades ago is unconstitutional. In a filing […]

Senate Passes Spending Bill, Goes On To House

The government spending bill has passed through the Senate and is now on its way to the House. The Senate passed a $1.66 trillion government spending bill, sending it to the House of Representatives to approve. […]

Report Shows More Than a Third of Executions in 2022 Were ‘Botched’

Even as capital punishment in the US remains near a 30-year low, 2022 can definitely be called “the year of the botched execution” after a report has found that mishandled incidents made up a record […]

FTX Founder Lands in US to ‘Face the Music’ of Federal Fraud Charges

The disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who is facing eight criminal fraud charges from the Department of Justice, landed in New York on Wednesday night after extradition from The Bahamas as federal prosecutors announced that […]

NATO’s Stoltenberg Allegedly Eyeing Top Washington Job – Leading IMF

According to information circulating in NATO, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is reportedly considered a favorite for a new top job in the American capital, Norwegian TV 2 broadcaster reported on Wednesday Citing ‘reliable’ sources […]

HHS Links Systemic Racism with Increased Risk of Dementia, Alzheimer’s

Non-white Americans have relatively high rates of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related diseases partly because of racism and inequities, the Biden administration says. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said this week in […]

New US Sanctions on Iran Officials after Execution of Two Protesters

As the State Department accused Tehran of using executions and sexual violence to stifle peaceful protests, the Biden administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on several Iranian officials. As the State Department spokesman Ned Price underscored […]

NY GOP Congressman-Elect Facing Mounting Conman Accusations

Who is the Representative-Elect George Santos? It turns out his resume may be mostly a work of fiction. Santos, a Republican from New York, claims to be the “embodiment of the American dream.” But he may […]

Congress Aims to Label Russia ‘Aggressor State’

Congress is working to condemn Russia as an “Aggressor State” rather than a state sponsor of terrorism. The Biden administration has been working with Congress over the last several months on legislation that would […]

Musk to Resign as Twitter CEO When He Finds Someone to Replace Him

Elon Musk said he will step down as the head of Twitter once he finds someone “foolish enough” to take over the reins. The billionaire said while he will step down as chief executive, he […]

House Committee Releases Years of Trump’s Tax Returns

Congress is opening up former president Donald Trump’s wallet, finally. For years, Trump has hidden his tax returns from the public, breaking precedence with every other president. Despite years of resistance, Trump’s income, deductions, and taxes […]

Saudi Energy Minister Says OPEC+ Leaves Politics Out of Decisions

The Saudi Energy Minister said that members of the oil bloc OPEC+ leave politics out of the decision-making process. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz said that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) […]