Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Italy Thursday, meeting with Pope Leo following weeks of tension between Washington and the Vatican. Rubio’s trip is the first meeting between the head of the Catholic Church and a Trump cabinet member in nearly a year. When asked whether he was visiting to “smooth things over” with the […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — May Mendoza is in need of water. But despite the fact that her restaurant, Perrin’s on the Water, is literally on the waters of the Texas Gulf Coast, drinking water is in increasingly short supply. On a sunny Wednesday in late April, she taped up signs in the bathrooms and on […]
A federal judge has released a note allegedly left by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein prior to his suicide. The note was purportedly found by Epstein’s cellmate after Epstein’s first suspected jail suicide attempt, less than two weeks before he ultimately died. Editor’s Note: This story contains descriptions of suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is available. Visit the National […]
The CDC says it is monitoring American travelers linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that is now heading toward the Canary Islands. The MV Hondius has been linked to at least three deaths, while health officials across multiple countries scramble to track passengers who have already left the vessel. The cases […]
Multiple tornadoes swept across Mississippi on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, damaging or destroying hundreds of homes and injuring at least 17 people. Copy URL Save image Email Facebook Twitter / X Reddit Unbiased. Straight Facts.TM About 1,200 tornadoes hit the U.S. every year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The storms […]
North America’s grid reliability watchdog is sounding the alarm over data centers and calling for immediate action from grid operators. This week, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a level 3 alert — its highest warning tier — over how data centers risk destabilizing the grid. The alert makes recommendations on managing how […]
The FBI has reportedly launched a criminal investigation targeting a journalist from The Atlantic who recently reported on allegations about FBI Director Kash Patel’s excessive drinking and unexplained absences from work. MS NOW first reported the investigation of Atlantic reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, whose April 17 article cited more than two dozen anonymous sources who were […]
Millennial fathers are becoming far more involved in childcare compared to older generations. Scholars told Straight Arrow that it’s all a product of society. An analysis in macroeconomics publication Home Economics found that millennial dads are outpacing older generations in time spent on childcare, according to numbers sourced from the American Time Use Survey. The […]
Almost a decade ago, Google employees protested the company’s role in Project Maven, a program that used artificial intelligence to assist with military targeting. Initially, it appeared that the protest worked, as Google cut ties with the drone initiative. Google employees were ecstatic and even more overjoyed when the company released new guidelines stating that […]
Jewish Americans were targeted last year by the highest number of violent attacks in 46 years, a new report says. And 2026 isn’t starting off much better, especially in and around New York City. The Anti-Defamation League released its annual audit of antisemitic incidents Wednesday, revealing that the number of physical assaults against Jewish victims […]
