With winds finally turning in their favor, firefighters are throwing all their resources into boxing a California blaze that was scant miles from Lake Tahoe and neighboring Nevada. Three days of fiercely gusting winds had driven the Caldor Fire east through the rugged Sierra Nevada, forcing tens of thousands of… Read More
GOP congressman reportedly vanishes into Afghanistan
U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R–Okla.) has gone missing. Rumor has it that he’s in Afghanistan. On Monday, Mullin reportedly called the U.S. embassy in Tajikistan, two U.S. officials told The Washington Post. Mullin reportedly requested their help in moving a large sum of cash into the country. It was reportedly… Read More
Vandalism at historic site of dinosaur tracks
Two men were arrested on suspicion of digging in an area of protected fossilized dinosaur footprints, authorities in Massachusetts said. The men, from New Jersey and Connecticut, were seen by police on Saturday afternoon walking up the stairs at the site along the Connecticut River in Holyoke carrying out rocks… Read More
Firefighters report progress on wildfires in Western U.S.
Firefighters reported progress Wednesday in the battle to save communities on the south end of Lake Tahoe from an approaching forest fire after the stiff winds and searing temperatures they had feared failed to materialize in the California-Nevada alpine region. “We lucked out a little bit yesterday with some of… Read More
Outside NOLA, hurricane crushes Gulf town of Houma
Main Street of this southern Louisiana town resembles a canyon of rubble after Hurricane Ida. Metal roofs peeled off buildings cover the sidewalks, and red bricks from a collapsed building mingle with big chunks of broken glass on a corner. Sponsored: LIVER FAT food lurking in your pantry A man… Read More
Biden lied — and we have the truth
President Joe Biden promised to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until the last Americans are out. He failed. Then, during his speech on Tuesday, he omitted any mention of his broken promise. Instead, he offered the mealy-mouthed assurance that it’s never too late for U.S. citizens to leave Afghanistan —… Read More
No relief in sight for Hurricane Ida victims
Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled for food, gas, water and relief from the sweltering heat as thousands of line workers toiled to restore electricity and officials vowed to set up more sites where people could get free meals and cool off. There… Read More
Big Tech star prepares for felony trial
Jury selection in the fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes began Tuesday, casting a spotlight on the fallen Silicon Valley star now facing felony charges alleging she duped elite financial backers, customers and patients into believing that her startup was about to revolutionize medicine. But the Theranos technology, which… Read More
Pandemic recession pushed Social Security insolvency up a year
The sharp shock of the coronavirus recession pushed Social Security a year closer to insolvency but left Medicare’s exhaustion date unchanged, the government reported Tuesday in a counterintuitive assessment that deepens the uncertainty around the nation’s bedrock retirement programs. The new projections in the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees… Read More
Tailgaters cautiously optimistic but wary as season starts
This usually is the time of year that Mississippi alumnus Sid Seal is putting the final plans in place for the pregame tailgate parties he has organized for the last two decades. Ole Miss bills itself as the school that offers “the most iconic tailgating in college athletics” with fans… Read More
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