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Jul 08 2021
News
Fourth of July weekend saw more mass shootings than any other weekend this year
The number of mass shootings over the Fourth of July weekend topped any other weekend this year, new research shows.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 14 mass shootings over the holiday weekend with four or more people shot or killed.
The group also noted there have been 20 mass shootings so far in July and 336 this year.
CNN, citing data from the Gun
The HillMay 19 2021
News
Biden reappoints a top climate scientist who was removed by Trump.
The Biden administration has reappointed the scientist responsible for the National Climate Assessment, the federal government’s premier contribution to climate knowledge, after he was removed from his post last year by President Donald J. Trump.
The removal of the scientist, Michael Kuperberg, was part of an effort in the final months of the Trump administration to thwart the climate
New York Times (News)Nov 11 2021
News
How $6 billion from Elon Musk could feed millions on the brink of famine
The Twitter showdown between Elon Musk and the head of the World Food Programme has made headlines around the world.
In October, David Beasley, head of the U.N. food agency, tweeted a cheeky congratulations to Musk for reportedly earning $36 billion in a single day. "1/6 of your one-day increase would save 42 million lives that are knocking on famine's door," he wrote.
A few days
NPR (Online News)Oct 16 2021
Analysis
AP review: At least 13 auto safety rules are years overdue
After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if federal rules on rear seat belt warnings had been issued on time.
Four years later, with no rule and traffic fatalities spiking, they’re still at a loss over the inaction.
The teenager was riding in the back seat of a car to a Halloween party in 2017 just a mile from
Associated PressAug 03 2018
News
Freedom of Speech Is Important, the ACLU's Top Lawyer Explains to So-Called Liberals
David Cole defends the First Amendment's viewpoint neutrality, obliquely rebutting critics who question his group's commitment to it.
ReasonNov 25 2020
News
Georgia’s Senate Runoffs Have Seen $272 Million In Ad Spending In Just 22 Days
Campaigns in Georgia’s two Senate runoff races have spent over $272 million advertising since Election Day, according to an AdAge analysis.
Incumbent GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have reserved $168.5 million worth of ads up to the Jan. 5 runoff, while their respective Democratic challengers, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, have collectively reserved $102.5 million, the
The Daily CallerMay 07 2021
News
'Don't take questions': White House press secretary frowns on Biden's media interaction
President Joe Biden was fielding his fourth question from a reporter after delivering remarks on the pandemic last week when he apologized to the press corps.
“Look, I’m sorry. This is the last question I’ll take,” Biden said. “I’m really going to be in trouble.”
In trouble? Really?
In fact, yes, White House press secretary Jen Psaki divulged in a podcast interview this
USA TODAYDec 08 2021
News
Lockdown drills can harm students' mental health. Here's what one expert advises
Community members and national onlookers are still reeling from last week's deadly shooting at a high school in Oxford, Mich., for which one student and his parents are facing charges.
Video footage posted to social media showed students rushing out of first-floor windows rather than opening the classroom door to a person claiming to be a police detective, while other classrooms
NPR (Online News)Sep 08 2019
News
Trump scraps secret meetings with Afghan, Taliban leaders after deadly bombing
President Trump announced Saturday that he had canceled planned secret meetings at Camp David with Taliban and Afghan leaders after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bombing that killed a U.S. soldier, a Romanian soldier, and 10 civilians in Kabul earlier this week.
"Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of Afghanistan, were
Fox News DigitalApr 05 2021
Opinion
Bidenomics, explained
“If the formula doesn’t work, you change the formula.” — Arin Hanson
“The era of ‘big government is over’ is over.” — James Medlock
I know this post has a very Vox-like title, but in fact I’m not going to go through Biden’s new infrastructure plan point by point and tell you what’s in it. if you want that, you can check out the actual Vox explainer, or the always-excellent
Noah Smith