Stricter Supplement Scrutiny Leads Vitamin World to File Chapter 11
Stricter Supplement Scrutiny Leads Vitamin World to File Chapter 11
Hurricane Irma Batters Florida, Floods Downtown Miami
Hurricane Irma has already begun dealing damage to American shores, with large portions of Miami now underwater. Waves and storm surge worked together to overtake the city’s seawalls, even as 120 mile per hour winds tore shingles from buildings, toppled small structures, and even snapped the long arm of a heavy construction crane. Nearly 36
Senator John McCain Says North Korea Nuclear Tests Could Lead to Its ‘Extintion’
Arizona Senator John McCain publicly suggested that continued saber-rattling from North Korea could lead to the country’s eventual annihilation. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Republican congressman said that Washington needs to “make sure that Kim Jong-Un knows that if he acts in an aggressive fashion, the price will be extinction.” McCain made
Homeland Security Roundup of Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Canceled After NBC Report
After NBC News reported a planned Department of Homeland Security roundup of thousands of illegal immigrants, the agency announced it would cancel the raids. Described as being “the largest operation of its kind in the history of ICE,” the plan was set to target upward of 8,000 unauthorized aliens. However, after an NBC expose, the
State of Emergency, 650k Evacuations in Miami Ordered as Irma Moves Toward Florida
As Hurricane Irma continues on its course to Florida and the American Southeast, evacuations are being ordered in ever-growing numbers of counties. The Category 4 storm has already unleashed a deluge of rain, strong winds, and surging waters on the French Caribbean. The governors of St. Martin and Barbuda both said their territories had been
House Democrats Threaten Government Shutdown if DACA Recipients Aren’t Protected
Some Democrats in the House of Representatives have threatened a shutdown of the federal government unless Congress creates new legislation to protect the former recipients of DACA. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – often referred to simply by its acronym, DACA – was ended by President Donald Trump on Thursday. The decision was
143M Consumers Potentially Impacted By Equifax Data Breach
An alarming cyber security attack on Equifax has compromised personal information of an estimated 143 million people across the United States. To put that number into perspective, that’s nearly half of the country’s population. According to reports from Equifax, “cyber criminals have accessed sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver’s licenses.”
Extreme Recycling: Kicking It Up a Notch
We face many converging ecological, social, and economic problems, but real people are taking extreme recycling to a new level in a search for solutions.
School Supply Shopping Has Apparently Become A Little Too Stressful
School Supply Shopping Has Apparently Become A Little Too Stressful
Nevada Switching Up Its Lethal Injection Protocol
Nevada Switching Up Its Lethal Injection Protocol