Democrats have also zeroed in on Trump putting tech billionaire Elon Musk in charge of the US Department of Government…
Continue ReadingDay: February 9, 2025
A controversial golf outfit and North Korea’s unique tourist attractions
One of basketball’s biggest stars had a big shock, North Korea reopened to tourism with an unusual itinerary, and the…
Continue ReadingThe families of L.A. wildfire victims confront the failures that prevented escape
One month after the Los Angeles wildfires, the public and California’s government are being forced to confront weaknesses in their…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 7.6 earthquake shakes western Caribbean
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked the western Caribbean on Saturday night, prompting a tsunami advisory for Puerto Rico and the…
Continue ReadingAnxious travelers are sharing calming messages from flight crews in the aftermath of plane crashes
Flight anxiety-related videos have populated TikTok in the past few weeks, with users documenting recent encounters with flight crew members…
Continue ReadingPlanet parade: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury make for a skywatching spectacle
Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the…
Continue ReadingA Wall Street trader disappeared, then wound up dead in a U.S. Border Patrol shootout
Ophelia Bauckholt was killed in a shootout with U.S. Border Patrol agents in northern Vermont — an unlikely end to…
Continue ReadingInside DOGE’s takeover of the Education Department
Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team have obtained “administrator” email accounts at the Department of Education.
Continue ReadingNIH announces it’s slashing funding for indirect research costs
The National Institutes of Health announced that the agency is making cuts to grants that support research institutions by limiting…
Continue ReadingForeign cargo vessel stranded near Sakhalin
No fuel spill was observed and the operation on getting the ship afloat was in the works
Continue ReadingUSAID freeze risks ‘deadly consequences’ as work halts in Gaza, agencies warn
Aid agencies are sounding the alarm about Gaza after President Donald Trump suspended the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Continue ReadingEcuador to hold presidential, parliamentary elections
Incumbent President Daniel Noboa is running for the main office again, in addition to him, 16 other politicians have joined…
Continue ReadingTrump plans to strip security clearances of Blinken, Sullivan — NYP
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg who were previously involved in legal cases against…
Continue ReadingArmy considering changing name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg
Army officials are considering changing the name of Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg, according to two…
Continue ReadingMusk claims US Treasury annually pays $100 bln to unidentified individuals
He noted that the DOGE team and the US Department of the Treasury had agreed to require “that all outgoing…
Continue Reading