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Blistering cold front slams U.S. heartland

Freezing rain and drizzle is disrupting travel from Central Texas to the Great Lakes, with ice-glazed roads leading to hundreds of traffic accidents, including one in Kentucky that killed a toddler. Hundreds of flights were canceled Wednesday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas braced for… Read More

[Image] Ukraine conflict escalates, prompting sanctions from Biden

On Thursday, amid the rapidly swelling war in Ukraine, Biden spoke with international allies, his national security team, and even some American citizens. He then announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia after its unprovoked invasion, charging that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “chose this war” and that his country… Read More

Judge: Sarah Palin is seeking new trial in defamation lawsuit

A Manhattan judge said Wednesday that lawyers for Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are seeking a new trial on her defamation claims against The New York Times, along with his removal from the case. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff made the disclosure during a brief telephone conference with lawyers…. Read More

More than half of abortions now done with pills, not surgery

More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery, an upward trend that spiked during the pandemic with the increase in telemedicine, a report released Thursday shows. In 2020, pills accounted for 54% of all U.S. abortions, up from roughly 44% in 2019. Sponsored: THIS… Read More

Report: Jen Psaki is preparing for a huge career change

Last year, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki committed to leaving the Biden administration sometime in 2022. She’s quickly approaching that deadline, and she may pivot to another industry: cable news. Sponsored: Cholesterol drug linked to memory loss Psaki finds herself “feverishly courted by CNN and MSNBC, among others,” the… Read More

NBC sees record low ratings for Olympics

The final scores are in, and NBC is no doubt happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror. The games reached an average combined audience of 11.4 million people in prime time on NBC, the USA cable network and Peacock streaming service, the network said. That’s the… Read More

Subaru buyers caught up in right-to-repair fight

Driving a rugged Subaru through snowy weather is a rite of passage for some New Englanders, whose region is a top market for the Japanese automaker. So it was a surprise to Subaru fans when Massachusetts dealerships started selling its line of 2022 vehicles without a key ingredient: the in-car… Read More

Honey supply plunges due to drought, pesticides

A drought has gripped Chile for 13 years and the flowers that fed Carlos Peralta’s honeybees around the central town of Colina have grown increasingly scarce. He said he had lost about 300 hives since the start of November and was left with a choice: try to keep the 900… Read More

State of the Union stunt by Ocasio-Cortez ally is…

On Tuesday, the Republicans announced their speaker for the State of the Union response. The next day, the far-left Working Families Party did the same… and they chose a member of President Joe Biden’s own party to criticize his message. Specifically, the Working Families Party tapped Rep. Rashida Tlaib of… Read More

Frustration grows as Hong Kong sticks with zero-COVID policy

Hong Kong residents are becoming increasingly annoyed with the administration’s insistence on sticking to China’s “zero-COVID” strategy as the city posted another record number of cases Wednesday, bristling at ever-stricter regulations and a plan to test everyone for the virus. Schools have already switched to online learning and summer holidays… Read More