Las Vegas is known for extravagance, big money and of course, gambling. Major League Baseball’s A’s are seemingly involved in all three. The team’s new stadium could become the most expensive non-casino structure ever built in Sin City. What is the new cost for the A’s stadium? A’s owner John Fisher told the Nevada Independent […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
