State Sen. Katrina Robinson (D–Tenn.) was found guilty of federal wire fraud. In July 2020, she was first accused of stealing $600,000 from federal grants, and the FBI searched her home. Sponsored: In 1944, an experiment was done in this Nazi medical center… The federal government had set aside this… Read More
New theory may explain the cause of California’s oil spill
Officials investigating one of California’s largest recent oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck an oil pipeline on the ocean floor, causing heavy crude to leak into coastal waters and foul beaches, authorities said Monday. The head of the company that operates the pipeline said… Read More
Engineer corps considers drastic measures for flood control
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But a new initiative seeks natural flood control solutions as climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather events that test the limits of concrete and steel. It only makes sense… Read More
Facebook whistleblower sounds alarm before Congress
A former Facebook data scientist told Congress on Tuesday that the social network giant’s products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S. while its executives refuse to change because they elevate profits over safety. And she laid responsibility with the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Frances Haugen testified to the… Read More
2 men fined over Coast Guard search
Two Rhode Island men authorities say touched off a needless and expensive ocean search-and-rescue effort when they fired maritime distress flares to celebrate a friend’s wedding have agreed to pay $5,000 each to settle the case, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. It was a wedding with… a flare. 1 Food Triggers… Read More
Local public libraries to stop charging late fees
New York City’s public libraries will no longer charge late fees and will waive existing fines for overdue books and other materials, city officials announced Tuesday. Late fees had already been suspended since March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and will now be permanently eliminated, elected officials and leaders… Read More
Biden downplays far-left harassment of Dem senator
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D–Az.) left the capital last week for her home state, Arizona. Over the weekend, activists followed her into a bathroom at Arizona State University, where she lectures. Inside the bathroom, the activists shouted their demands while videotaping her and her students. In a statement on Monday,… Read More
NIH director to step down by end of the year
The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he is stepping down by the end of the year, having led the research center for 12 years and become a prominent source of public information during the coronavirus pandemic. “There comes a time where an institution… Read More
Kamala Harris leaves D.C. for secret plane flight
Vice President Kamala Harris made a mysterious trip to Palm Springs, California and the press was barred from viewing her plane leave Andrews Air Force Base over the weekend. Now, she appears to have returned to the capital. But no one will say what she was doing while she was… Read More
Massive oil spill off California coast
Some residents, business owners, and environmentalists questioned whether authorities reacted quickly enough to contain one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, caused by a suspected leak in an underwater pipeline that fouled the sands of famed Huntington Beach and could keep the beaches there closed for weeks… Read More
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