‘Time to Cancel Everything’: LA Mayor’s New Lockdown Order Plagued by Absurd Inconsistency and Overreach

FBI lawyer who lied to surveil Trump aide asks judge to spare him from prison

Report says ex-PM Olmert played top-secret recording of Fakhrizadeh for President Bush in decisive 2008 meeting that boosted US-Israel cooperation against Iran’s nuclear program

224 killed, 186 aircraft lost. Military pilots worry about being ‘the next accident’

Alaska May Be Hiding a Huge Volcanic System

U.S. Marines Won’t Stop Taking LSD

How China Took Control Of Exxon’s Supergiant Iraqi Oilfield

Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti bans non-essential walking, and no we didn’t think he could do that either.

In October, the Seattle City Council floated legislation to provide an exemption from prosecution for misdemeanor crimes for any citizen who suffers from poverty, homelessness, addiction, or mental illness.

Sight restored by turning back the epigenetic clock

You could not be him and be a professor anymore, regardless of race. The Great Walter Williams, Radical Troublemaker

Biden’s Brezhnev vibes

A stunning tale of design genius.

Is China ripe for a subprime crisis? Regulator sees bank property loans as ‘biggest grey rhino risk’ for financial system

Ambulance companies at ‘a breaking point’ after receiving little Covid aid

“The militias always let us through the checkpoints,” says Saleh, the old beekeeper. “They are all afraid of the bees.” When 80 colonies grow nervous, he says, even the guy with the machine gun doesn’t stand a chance.

Is this a noble gesture on the part of white liberals or a cynical ploy to make brown and Black people be the test subjects for an unproven vaccine? Race and ethnicity may be deciding factors in essential workers getting vaccine prioritization

‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’ rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest

With Tanden Choice, Democrats Stick it to Sanders Voters

Democracy darkens: Hong Kong activists reel from Chinese moves

Kansas Confirms Mask Mandates Don’t Do Much To Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

How The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A Reality

Nuclear scientist’s assassination puts Tehran at crossroads Contrast the description of how he was killed with this Iran Says Scientist Was Killed in ‘New, Complex’ Operation: Top Official

Old and young, Chinese vent anger at move to raise retirement age

Report Claims CIA Controlled Second Swiss Encryption Firm
Speaking as somebody who crunches data for a living: everything I’ve seen about the PA, GA, MI, and WI elections stinks to high heaven.

101-year-old Italian grandma gets Covid THREE times

‘Hillbilly Elegy’, Class Conflict, & Mercy

Sudan boycotts Nile dam talks, further complicating negotiations

Government Model Suggests U.S. COVID-19 Cases Could Be Approaching 100 Million Test my math here. If we round deaths up to 300,000 and assume 100 million people have it when we hit that mark, we are at a point .003 case fatality rate. Flu is on average .001

Fabricator and fraudster

Late-Night SCOTUS Ruling Saves NY Religious Groups From Onerous COVID Restrictions

Vermont schools will grill students on their Thanksgiving celebrations, governor announces

Researchers link specific gut bacteria to irritable bowel syndrome

The Unprecedented Challenge of Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution