Shamsud Din Jabbar Identified as Suspect in New Orleans Attack

Cybertruck ‘Explosion’ at Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas Being Investigated as Possible Act of Terrorism

Americans still waiting on Biden broadband plan; rural high-speed internet stuck in Dems’ red tape. Republican senators wrote to Mr. Davidson. “NTIA’s failure to resolve these concerns will prolong the digital divide and put billions of scarce taxpayer dollars at risk.” The letter outlines a list of stipulations for obtaining the funds that lawmakers say are not part of the law and should be eliminated. They include: Preference for hiring union workers, who are scarce in some rural areas. Requiring providers to prioritize “certain segments of the workforce, such as individuals with past criminal records,” when building broadband networks. Requiring eligible entities to “account not only for current [climate-related] risks but also for how the frequency, severity, and nature of these extreme events may plausibly evolve as our climate continues to change over the coming decades.”

Joe Biden spent the first half of his presidency enacting plans to steer at least $1.6 trillion to transform the economy and spur a clean-energy revolution — only to watch those programs become afterthoughts in the 2024 election. Now the core of his domestic legacy stands unfinished, with hundreds of billions of dollars left to deploy, and imperiled as Donald Trump prepares to take office.

FDA Says IV Fluid Shortage Will Last until March 2025

Morris Chang and the Origins of TSMC

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: With weeks left in office, the Biden administration is working to provide as much military aid to Kyiv as it can.

Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year’s Eve

CA Gov. Newsom is Banning Gas Cars, Gas Stoves, Gas Furnaces, Gas Water Heaters

The beginning of 2025 will be marked by the year’s first polar vortex, bringing snow, storms, and frigid temperatures that will impact the majority of the country and millions of Americans. The media forecasting company said that it is expected to create a surge in demand for heating, and warned cold air in the Southeast could result in rolling blackouts and power grid issues.

The panic about this is ramping up amongst the great and the good. The Cows in the Coal Mine

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 30, 2024

Signs Russian Fighter Jets Still At Syrian Base, Top Rebel Leader Pushes Back On Total Exit For Moscow

Tehran Bazaar Merchants Strike Over Rising Prices and Currency Surge in Iran

U.S. Treasury Reports Cyberattack by Chinese Hackers

New York State’s New Climate “Superfund Law”

Hibernation scientists studying squirrels could get humans to deep space

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 29, 2024

NYT noted that Unit 8200 scrambled to save their efforts in September when they collected intelligence that Hezbollah terrorists were concerned enough about the pagers that they were sending some of them to Iran for inspection. This led top intelligence officials to persuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give the order to detonate the pagers, setting in motion the campaign that culminated in the assassination of Nasrallah due to concerns that the operation would be exposed, the report claimed.

China’s Xi orders a stop to a spree of mass killings known as ‘revenge on society crimes’

The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.

When this came out awhile ago in the Wall Street Journal it made quite the splash. But I could not find a version that was not behind a paywall until now. Honestly, have red it did not seem like news but at the time official sources were not supposed to say these things. How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge

National debt grew by $2.5 trillion in 2024; projected to rise

The New FDA and the Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests

Former President Jimmy Carter Dead at 100

Dave Berry’s reviews are always the high point of the year ending but this one seemed particularly good to me. Dave Barry Year in Review: 2024 was an exciting year, and by ‘exciting,’ we mean ‘stupid’

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 28, 2024

China’s Xi orders a stop to a spree of mass killings known as ‘revenge on society crimes’

Should South Korea make nuclear bombs? Yoon said ‘yes’ in 2023, 73% citizens endorse it now

Afghanistan’s Taliban has targeted a number of points in neighbouring Pakistan, Kabul’s defence ministry said Saturday, in what seems to be a response to an aerial bombardment carried out by Pakistani aircraft on Afghan territory a few days ago.

Egypt’s Suez Canal has seen its revenues nosedive by more than 60 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, amounting to a staggering $7 billion loss, according to a statement released on Thursday.

Mexico Seems To Drop The Hugs And Embrace The Bullets As Cartel Violence Rages On

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2024

Everything We Know About What Led Up To The Azerbaijan Airliner Crash

Finnish Authorities Seize Alleged Shadow Fleet Tanker Suspected of Baltic Cable Sabotage

Russia Says Terrorist Attack Sunk Cargo Ship ‘Ursa Major’

Israel Conducts Retaliatory Airstrikes in Yemen, Hits Houthi-Held Airports and Ports

20 Big Cats at a Washington State Sanctuary Die of Bird Flu

Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 69 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan, over 30 survivors reported

Houthi Terror Offensive Continues Unabated as Israel Intercepts Another Missile and Drone

‘Massive’ Ballistic Missile Attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Europe’s Medical Students Being Trained to Consider Climate Impact of Inhalers and “Green Prescribing”

Millions Of Companies Must Register w/ Massive U.S. Database By Jan. 1 Due To Last-Minute Court Ruling

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 24, 2024

What We Know About The Russian Cargo Ship That Sank In Mediterranean

Iran-Backed Houthis Escalate Terror Offensive Against Israel, Fire Another Ballistic Missile

White House Says Pakistan Developing Long-Range Nuke-Capable Missile Which Can Reach US

China To Issue Record 3 Trillion Yuan In Special Treasury Bonds To Boost Economy

Japan’s Bond Market Is Set to Absorb Biggest Supply in a Decade

EU facts of the day

American Airlines technical issue sparks travel chaos on Christmas Eve as flights heavily delayed after being grounded

People Slam Those Who Didn’t Help Woman Set on Fire on NYC Subway. One critic: “There’s no doubt that people don’t want to get involved. It’s the Daniel Penny factor.

Million GPU clusters, gigawatts of power – the scale of AI defies logic

Study sheds new light on what causes long-term disability after a stroke, offers new path toward possible treatment

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 23, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: North Korean casualties in Kursk are climbing but more troops and weapons may be on the way.

Ex-Mossad Agents Reveal Details Of How They Turned Hezbollah’s Communications Devices Into Bombs

F/A-18F Was Shot Down By Friendly Fire As Jets Were About To Land On The Carrier

We talk about becoming more like a third world country but we are not there yet. NewsFour days gridlock hits Minna-Suleja, Maje-Jere and Abuja-Kaduna expressways

Honda and Nissan to merge, Honda will take the lead

Illegal Alien Accused of Setting NYC Woman on Fire Deported in 2018

Ethics Committee Final Report: ‘Substantial Evidence’ Gaetz Committed Statutory Rape

Cliff notes version of this theory: Time is expected to slow down around black holes so why would it not go faster where there is no gravity at all? Scientists Claim Dark Energy does not Exist, and Accelerated Expansion of Universe is an Illusion Caused by Gravity slowing down time

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 22, 2024

Netanyahu likely to choose IDF intel over Mossad on Houthis, delays direct strike on Iran

What the Pentagon’s New Report on Chinese Military Power Reveals About Capabilities, Context, and Consequences

US Fighter Shot Down In ‘Apparent Case Of Friendly Fire’ Over Red Sea

Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down

US Congresswoman Missing For Six Months Found At Dementia Care Home