Manhattan DA to stop seeking prison sentences in slew of criminal cases

Drivers fret about food and fuel while stranded on highway

Miraculous $10bln profit erases Turkey’s Central Bank losses on last day of 2021

10% of adults have benign tumor linked with diabetes, high blood pressure

Verizon and AT&T cut a deal with the FAA, will hit the brakes on 5G C-band rollouts

Syrian Official Slams Russia for ‘Silence’ Over Alleged Israeli Strikes

DC Comics Is Done Forever

Global chip shortage: Engineer shortfall is the next big problem Not mentioned is that Taiwan is a rapidly aging country.

Check your status! 1,700 flights ALREADY canceled for Sunday after almost 2,700 were canned on Saturday sparking chaos at airports across the nation: Bad weather and staff shortages caused by Omicron are blamed as FAA warns of impending travel turmoil

The Zero Covid Problem

Germany’s Risky Decision To Phase Out Nuclear Power

An emerging understanding of why omicron is so much milder than earlier variants

Norway Arctic Oil Drilling Ends Up In European Human Rights Court

“Their highest-ranking executioners have a kind of uncanny clairvoyance that is not the product of intelligence but of demonic inspiration. At every crossroads, they will find the direction that leads to greater destruction.”

Facebook ‘permanently’ locks account of conservative children’s book publisher

Panicky Would-Be COVID Victims Line Up for Hours to Find Out if They’re Sick

Satellite Imagery of Syrian Port After Alleged Israeli Strike Shows ‘Astonishingly Precise’ Attack

Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor More, Threatening the First Amendment

How a Category 5 hurricane could wipe out New York City for good

Europe’s power crunch shuts down factories as prices hit record

New York nursing home operators file suit to block new staffing requirements, profit cap. The consequences of this law are so bad that Governor used her emergency powers to render take away its sting for now.

So the total contribution of ALL solar and wind, at noon, was 76 megawatts out of a theoretical 3,005 megawatts of supposedly green, renewable energy.

We have a powerful weapon to fight inflation: price controls. It’s time we consider it

As legal peril fades, is a Cuomo comeback possible?

Mexico To End Oil Exports In 2023

Why are attacks on Christians increasing in India?

2021: The Year the “Great Realignment” Became a Death Spiral for Democrats

What if Vitamin A could stop 70% of severe cases of Covid?

China Is Running Out of Water and That’s Scary for Asia

THE PRINCETON HISTORIAN MUGGED BY PRINCETON

Due to a shortage of fabric used to manufacture service dress uniforms, Airmen and Guardians graduating from basic military training will temporarily be issued fewer uniform items.

Federal prosecutors purposefully seemed to steer the case around the potential minefield of identifying figures they referred to as “third parties” who were in Epstein’s orbit. All the men have denied the allegations.

Moscow thinks Western countries will refuse its proposal to end NATO expansion

Novavax’s long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine authorizations offer an alternative to mRNA

Germany sees battle over cheap meat flare up

Pennsylvania Gets Christmas-Day Delivery of Illegal Aliens From Biden

Iranian Missiles Strike Israeli Sites in Simulated Attack

Ukraine’s acquisition and subsequent use of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 has been a cause of significant concern for separatist forces in Eastern Ukraine, and for Russia,

Regarding Israel’s recommendation to begin administering a fourth vaccine dose, Bennett said that “we have quite a few indications in this regard. We’re not talking about a vaccine for all Israelis but for vulnerable people and older adults. We’re definitely seeing a decline after a few months from the booster.”

The FINAL day of the USSR in people’s diaries

Russia says Nord Stream 2 loaded with gas, no alternatives needed

CDC Director Walensky Makes Revealing Admission on Why COVID Isolation Period Was Shortened

Myocarditis Under Age 40: An Update

Putin’s gas weaponization hits a hot spot in Berlin And this is related.

Study finds abrupt decline in the prevalence of cognitive impairment among older Americans

China closes ranks in battle for rare earth control

Massive New Bird Flu Outbreak Could Be 2022’s Deadly Pandemic

The American Dream is on Life Support in the Bay Area

China hoards over half the world’s grain, pushing up global prices

Rikers Island has been notorious for violence and neglect for decades. But detainees, corrections officers and officials tell us the New York City jail complex has plunged into a new state of emergency.

Covid is suddenly funny and cool now that all the right people are getting it.

The real story is how common carjacking is getting in some cities. Two Dems who support police reform carjacked less than 24 hours apart

The newfound structure sits within the masseter, a key muscle for chewing.

A New Way to Preserve Tomatoes?

Europe Faces Full Blown Energy Crisis As Gas Prices Smash All Records

Germany’s Reaction To The Energy Crisis Could Be Catastrophic

Science Should Never Shut Down Debate

UK: Omicron variant has 50%-70% less hospitalization rate

It’s a Pandemic of the Vitamin D Deficient:

When and why did human brains decrease in size 3,000 years ago?

US: Supreme Court to hear challenges to Biden vaccine mandate

On the Horn of Africa, a tiny ‘country’ has Congress’ ear

This Scientist Created a Rapid Test Just Weeks Into the Pandemic. Here’s Why You Still Can’t Get It.

Harassment Of Navy Destroyers By Mysterious Drone Swarms Off California Went On For Weeks

Gazprom halts gas transit to Germany via Yamal pipeline No US press yet that I have seen but there is also this.

The country’s total population of nearly 52 million is set to decline 0.18% by 2021 year-end, for the first time since the country began collecting census data, according to figures released by Statistics Korea.

The supply chain that is Japanese

Philippines typhoon death toll hits 375

Hair, beauty products may interfere with hormones during pregnancy

Israel to offer fourth COVID-19 booster dose

No, 73% of US COVID-19 cases aren’t Omicron yet: how the press got it wrong

According to reports, the IDF does not have the means to effectively and seriously damage Iran’s nuclear facilities right now.