Month: December 2021
The Conservative Case For Prison Reform
Jeremy Cady and I first met on the plush green grass in front of the Missouri Capitol. It was the spring of 2009, and once a week or so a group of capitol staffers, reporters, and even the occasional elected
Read More25 Years Later, the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Remains Unsolved—and Issues It Highlighted Persist
On Dec. 26, 1996, 6-year-old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of the family’s Boulder, Colo. home, along with a ransom note asking for $118,000. Autopsy results released in Aug. 1997 revealed that JonBenét
Read MoreThe FDA has authorized Merck’s COVID pill for home use — the second in two days
The medicine, called molnupiravir, is taken twice a day for five days and works by preventing the virus from replicating. Merck says it will have 10 million packs available by the end of the month. (Image credit: Merck & Co.,
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a news briefing
The briefing comes amid a spike of COVID-19 infections due to the highly contagious omicron variant.
Read More‘This speech is unhinged’: Russia expert explains why he was truly scared by Putin’s recent remarks
During a video conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, President Joe Biden warned that there will be “strong economic and other measures” from the United States and its NATO allies in Europe if Russia invades Ukraine. Michael
Read MoreTIME Expands World’s Greatest Places Franchise with Monthly Travel Series ‘TIME Destinations’
TIME Destinations kicks off with launch of video series ‘Destination Dubai’ on Dec. 28 (New York, NY – Dec. 23, 2021) TIME announced it will expand its World’s Greatest Places franchise for the first time with the launch of TIME
Read MoreBill Signed: HR 6256 – The White House
Bill Signed: HR 6256 The White House
Read MoreCiting ‘legal risks’, last monument for Tiananmen massacre removed in Hong Kong
A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was removed early Thursday, wiping out the city’s last place of public commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown.
Read MoreOver 2.5 million Israelis live in poverty, among them 1.1 million kids, report finds
Charity organization Latet also finds the number of households close to the poverty line, experiencing food insecurity and financial distress, rose nearly 25% since pandemic began
Read More‘They’re already on the threshold of our home’: Putin ramps up rhetoric against West
Speaking during his annual marathon news conference, Russian president refuses to commit to not invading Ukraine, demands NATO pledge on not expanding eastwards
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