Month: January 2022
Community Leaders Fear Eric Adams’ Plan to End Gun Violence Is Leaving the Public Out of ‘Public Safety’
Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York City, announced on Jan. 24 a detailed plan aiming to end gun violence in his city. Adams, a former police officer and Brooklyn borough president, made public safety one of the tentpoles
Read MoreScientists think they know why there’s a bizarre geological blackout from about 1 billion years ago
Scientists use ice-core samples and soil samples, drilling down deep, to discover what was happening on the earth millions and millions of years ago. But about 1 billion years ago something strange happened, scientists can’t find the data. Geological samples
Read MoreWe Can’t Blame Stock Market Volatility on COVID-19 Anymore
The market cares less about COVID-19 than you think. The recent volatility in global financial markets may seem like the latest pandemic-induced shocks, but there are signs that investors are growing accustomed to the idea that some form of the
Read MoreXiomara Castro to be sworn in as first woman president of Honduras
Xiomara Castro will be sworn in Thursday as the first woman president of Honduras, which is grappling with poverty, migration, drug trafficking and corruption, after apparently resolving a crisis in congress that threatened her leadership. The 62-year-old leftist former first
Read MoreSupreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is expected to step down in June
He’s written many of the court’s less glamorous but legally important decisions. Contenders to replace him are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger and federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Read MoreMan sentenced to 23 years in prison for 2020 attempted murder of wife
Court also hands Aviad Moshe an $80,000 fine and two years of probation after his near-deadly assault on Shira Isakov in front of their toddler son
Read MoreTrudeau to isolate after Covid exposure
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday that he had been exposed to Covid-19 and would isolate for five days, in accordance with health rules for vaccinated people. “Last night, I learned that I have been exposed to Covid-19,” Trudeau
Read MoreSpotify removes Neil Young following rocker’s protest over COVID-19 misinformation
Spotify says it will grant veteran rocker Neil Young’s request to remove his music from its streaming platform.
Read MoreDissidents hack Iran state TV, broadcast call for Khamenei’s death
Cyberattack linked to supporters of People’s Mujahedin of Iran, but opposition group does not officially claim responsibility
Read MoreNew Filings Shed Light on How Much Money Donald Trump Really Has in the Bank – PEOPLE
New Filings Shed Light on How Much Money Donald Trump Really Has in the Bank PEOPLE Donald Trump Reportedly Had A Lot Less Money In The Bank Than He Originally Claimed The List Trump Had $93M in Cash in 2020, Much Less
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