Two people died and 19 were injured after a Mexican navy tall ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on X. The New York Fire Department said it received a call that the boat, called the Cuauhtémoc, struck the Brooklyn Bridge at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, May 17. There were […]
Morrisey, the frontman for the iconic 80s alternative rock band The Smiths, famously proclaimed that “There is a light that never goes out.” While the light Moz was referring to is up for debate, when it comes to living beings, a group of scientists is saying that there is indeed a light that goes out, […]
Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, has had something of a tumultuous May. Earlier this month, 404 Media reported that X users were asking Grok to undress women, to which it obediently obliged. Then, Grok began spouting widely debunked conspiracy theories of a “white genocide” in South Africa on X threads […]
Police in Thailand arrested a man suspected of wildlife trafficking after they found him with two baby orangutans at a gas station. Thai police said in a statement that the 47-year-old suspect was apprehended on Wednesday, May 14 as he was about to deliver the orangutans to a customer, according to CNN. Copy URL Save image […]
While Walmart will absorb some of the costs from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, “some may get passed on to consumers,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, May 18, on CNN. During his interview on “State of the Union,” Bessent said he talked to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Saturday, May 17. In another appearance on […]
The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) responded to a car explosion on Saturday, May 17, that left at least one person dead and five injured at a reproductive center in Palm Springs, California. Lt. William Hutchinson with the Palm Springs Police Department told The Palm Springs Post it was a bomb in or near a […]
The House of Representatives’ Budget Committee is slated to meet Sunday night, May 18, to discuss what President Donald Trump called a “big, beautiful” budget bill. Just days before, that bill had been shot down in the same committee in a 16-21 vote. GOP holdouts oppose the bill As Straight Arrow News previously reported, Republicans need […]
In recent years, people have reported feeling more distracted and less able to focus. It’s an issue that has impacted people in their everyday lives, from students in school to drivers on the road. Researchers at the University of California who studied this for decades found that the average person went from being able to […]
Following nearly three months of a humanitarian aid blockade that exacerbated widespread starvation across the Gaza Strip, Israel announced Sunday, May 18, that it would allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into the region. Israel has blocked all humanitarian aid from entering the beleaguered territory since March 2. According to The Associated Press, Israeli […]
Days after Walmart’s chief financial officer said prices will go up at the end of May due to tariffs, President Donald Trump responded by going after the retailer on Truth Social. “Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,” Trump posted on the social media site on […]
