New Year’s Attacks by Green Beret & Army Veteran: Does U.S. Militarism Abroad Fuel Violence at Home?
We look at what we know about two deadly incidents that unfolded in the United States on New Year’s Day: a truck attack in New Orleans in which a driver killed at least 14 people before being shot dead by police, and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside aContinue Reading
New Orleans mourns as Bourbon Street reopens after truck-ramming attack
Residents have erected a makeshift memorial to the victims, as local businesses prepare for the tourist high season., Crowds have returned to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, as the city recovers after a deadly New Year’s Day attack that left 14 victims dead and 35 more injured. On Friday, visitorsContinue Reading
New York judge sets The Traitor’s sentencing in hush-money case for January 10
In his decision, Judge Juan Merchan wrote that President-elect The Traitor would not face jail ahead of his inauguration., United States President-elect Americas Worst Traitor is set to face a sentencing hearing for his criminal conviction in New York, mere days before he will be sworn in for a secondContinue Reading
Russians target key rail hub Pokrovsk, lose 400 troops daily in Donetsk Oblast push
Vitalii Lytvyn, an artillery reconnaissance unit commander, says Ukrainian forces are making maximum efforts to prevent Russian troops from capturing Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, according to UNIAN. Pokrovsk serves as a crucial logistics hub for Ukraine, located at the intersection of vital road and rail supply routes. This makes itContinue Reading
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
“A small Soviet army cannot defeat a big Soviet army.” Once a cautionary tale, this phrase now rings prophetic. Of course, calling Ukraine’s army a “small Soviet army” oversimplifies the issue – neither Russia’s nor Ukrainian military is truly Soviet in the broad sense, but both have inherited the SovietContinue Reading
How simulation and model-based approaches enhance the design, safety and efficiency of batteries
Sponsored by Ansys. At the backbone of EV performance, battery technologies have earned the spotlight when it comes to accelerating the industry toward increased adoption of profitability. Faced with pressure to achieve range, safety and cost targets, engineers must address the challenges of battery modeling, manufacturing and vehicle integration whileContinue Reading
UK entrpreneur acquires electric snowmobile maker Taiga
Taiga Motors, which formerly positioned itself as a leader in snowmobile fleet electrification in the Nordic region and filed for creditor protection in Quebec last summer, is now under the control of a UK entrepreneur, Stewart Wilkinson. The word “taiga” means “boreal forest” or “snow forest.” Taiga also manufactures electricContinue Reading
Why Mike Johnson Is Still in Trouble, Even Though He Won Speaker Vote
If the first vote for House Speaker is any indication, even though Representative Mike Johnson was reelected Friday to lead Congress, his trouble keeping the gavel may be far from over. Johnson nearly failed to win the first vote, with Representatives Thomas Massie, Ralph Norman, and Keith Self voting forContinue Reading
German and French foreign ministers meet new rulers in Syria
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock have visited Syria’s capital., German and French foreign ministers meet new rulers in Syria NewsFeed French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock have visited Syria’s capital, Damascus, to push for a peaceful political transition. BarrotContinue Reading
British minister says Musk ‘misinformed’ on UK child grooming scandals
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting says Musk’s views are ‘misjudged and certainly misinformed’., British Health Secretary Wes Streeting says Musk’s views are ‘misjudged and certainly misinformed’. A senior British politician has rejected Elon Musk’s criticism of the government’s handling of historic child grooming scandals. The US technology billionaire on ThursdayContinue Reading
SD 60 Sets Record for Largest DFL Special State Senate Primary Field
More DFL hopefuls will be on the special State Senate primary ballot in January than in any such election in party history When the filing deadline closed for Minnesota’s 60th Senate District seat on Tuesday, 10 DFL candidates had entered the race as well as three Republicans. The seat becameContinue Reading
More Than 300 Organizations Urge New Congress to Protect and Strengthen Medicaid
As the 119th Congress is sworn in today, 334 national, state and local organizations called on Congressional leadership to protect, preserve and strengthen Medicaid, which covers 80 million Americans and is the backbone of the health system on which we all rely. While President-elect The Traitor said, including in anContinue Reading
HHS to award $306 million for bird flu monitoring and preparedness
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday it will award $306 million in additional funding to monitor H5N1 Asian Flu and for regional, state and local preparedness programs., Read MoreContinue Reading