The family of slain traveler Gabby Petito on Tuesday pushed back against the news media and asked they put the same energy into helping find other missing people as they did Petito, a 22-year-old woman who vanished on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend. Petito’s parents and stepparents spoke to… Read More
No. 25 Clemson looking for answers against Boston College
No. 25 Clemson is desperately looking for answers after its disappointing start to the season. Rising Boston College won’t be an easy solution to the Tigers’ problems. The Tigers (2-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) have lost twice in September for the first time since 2014. That was also the last… Read More
Takeaways from investigation of military gun tracking tech
A tracking tag that some units in the U.S. military are using to keep control of guns could let even low-tech enemies detect troops on the battlefield, an ongoing Associated Press investigation has found. Radio frequency identification technology — RFID, as it is known — is everywhere in daily civilian… Read More
Nancy Pelosi snapped when CNN asked…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become stressed about the infrastructure bill… and it’s showing. On Wednesday she gave a bizarre interview with CNN, where she snapped at normally friendly journalists. At one point, a reporter acknowledged that the Senate may kill the House’s latest version of the bill. The reporter… Read More
Skeptics united vs Big Tech over Instagram’s health effects
Political adversaries in Congress are united in outrage against Facebook for privately compiling information that its Instagram photo-sharing service appears to grievously harm some teens, especially girls, while publicly downplaying the popular platform’s negative impact. Mounting public pressure over the revelations have prompted Facebook to put on hold its work… Read More
Woman who survived Spanish flu, world war succumbs to COVID
She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, ground steel for the U.S. war effort and advocated for her disabled daughter in a far less enlightened time. She was,… Read More
Major flea infestation shuts schools for cleaning
Two elementary schools in Oakland will be closed for the rest of the week due to an infestation of fleas that may have been caused by raccoons in the area, school officials said Wednesday. “The move comes after a major problem developed with fleas on campus,” the Oakland Unified School… Read More
Catfish eaten before being measured, can’t qualify for world record
Uncertainty about the species of a massive catfish that was eaten before it could be vetted by authorities in August has led Connecticut to withdraw its awarding of a new state record. Connecticut Fish and Wildlife wrote in a Facebook post on Monday that because it was not able to… Read More
Dem senator still faces 5 charges in $600,000 theft case
A Tennessee state senator charged with stealing $600,000 in federal grant money from a health care school she operated has been acquitted on 15 of 20 charges, according to court records. U.S. District Court Judge Sheryl Lipman filed the order Sunday after lawyers for Sen. Katrina Robinson filed a motion… Read More
YouTube silences controversial vaccine claims
YouTube has banned all controversial vaccine information from its popular video-sharing platform. The website will retroactively wipe existing videos that promote claims outside the mainstream scientific consensus. The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free immunizations… Read More
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