August 4, 2025

Global ‘plastic crisis’ costing $1.5 trillion per year in human health impacts: Report

As global consumption grows, the world is facing a “plastic crisis” that only seems to be worsening, according to a report published in The Lancet medical journal on Monday, Aug. 4. “Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health,” the study’s authors said, adding that plastics’ ill effects impact everyone […]

August 4, 2025

Trump responds after Charlamagne Tha God calls him out in Fox interview

Lenard McKelvey, better known as Charlamagne Tha God, used his recent Fox News appearance to criticize President Donald Trump, challenge the direction of the Republican Party and send a message to younger voters about the need for change. In a wide-ranging conversation on “My View with Lara Trump,” McKelvey didn’t hesitate to push back on […]

August 4, 2025

NASA and India’s NISAR satellite could revolutionize disaster prediction

The United States and India are teaming up on a new satellite mission designed to monitor changes to Earth’s surface and atmosphere. The satellite, known as NISAR, will scan the planet every six days for at least the next five years. The shuttle successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast on […]

August 4, 2025

Could Anduril’s AI-driven drones, subs help Taiwan counter China?

China’s potential launch of a military campaign to take control of Taiwan is driving diplomatic matters in the Pacific. So the self-governing island is upping its military readiness game with a new high-tech defense partnership. Taiwan’s leading defensive research organization, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with […]

August 4, 2025

UN to cut more than $700 million in spending as US support wanes

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is cutting more than $700 million in spending and developing sweeping plans to reshape the organization as the United States, which is its largest sponsor, draws back on its funding. Guterres’ proposal would implement 20% reductions in spending and staff. Budget would hit lowest level since 2018 Bloomberg reports […]

August 4, 2025

Despite campaign pledge, Trump IVF coverage plan has no clear path

A key promise from President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign to expand insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization is still on hold with no legislation in place, according to the Washington Post. In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is a medical procedure where an egg is fertilized by sperm outside the body, then implanted in the uterus […]

August 4, 2025

Does ICE have an arrest quota? It depends on who speaks for Trump

White House adviser Stephen Miller could not have been any clearer. He told Fox News host Sean Hannity in May that aggressive arrest quotas for Immigration and Customs Enforcement would achieve President Donald Trump’s goal of deporting 1 million immigrants a year. “Under President Trump’s leadership,” Miller said, “we are looking to set a goal […]

August 4, 2025

Texas governor wants to replace Democrats who fled the state. Can he?

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is warning the 51 Democratic lawmakers who fled the state over the weekend that he may try to remove them from office and replace them with someone of his choosing. The Democrats’ absence left the Texas House of Representatives without the quorum needed to conduct official business.  The Democrats went to […]

August 4, 2025

New findings suggest Shroud of Turin did not hold Jesus’ body

Did the Shroud of Turin really hold Jesus Christ’s crucified body? The long-time debate is now perhaps settled with the help of 3D technology, at least according to one study, and it may not be the answer believers were seeking.  The finding Researchers now theorize that the Shroud of Turin was not the result of […]

August 4, 2025

LeBron James eyeing new $5 billion NBA rival fueled by foreign funding

The race is on to capitalize on the popularity of U.S. sports entities in overseas markets. A meeting last week in France between LeBron James, his business partner, Maverick Carter, and the agent for NBA star Nikola Jokić has rekindled talk of a new basketball league that could rival the NBA.   Who are the new […]