I’m not a big fan of clichés. There is one cliché, however, that I do like to use at this time of the year: religionis the reason for the season. Does my use of it betray a lack of creativity? Perhaps, but I can’t think of a better way to …
Read More »Israeli archaeologists find Roman, medieval treasures in ancient shipwrecks
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two archaeology” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>shipwrecks< Among the other artifacts recovered from the site near the ancient city of Caesarea were figurines, bells, ceramics, and metal artifacts that once belonged to the ships, such as nails and a shattered iron …
Read More »Progressives demand Biden act alone to implement agenda after Manchin kills massive spending bill
house-of-representatives” target=”_blank”>House< to use his executive power to implement parts of Democrats’ massive legislative agenda, which stalled out in the senate” target=”_blank”>Senate< “There’s too much at stake and there is a very powerful tool in the president’s ability to take executive action,” she said. White House press secretary Jen Psaki …
Read More »Russia will engage in US security talks as tensions escalate over Ukraine
world-regions on Wednesday said it will engage the U.S. in security talks at the start of the new year to discuss guarantees it wants from the West as tensions continue to escalate over Ukraine. “It is agreed that at the very start of next year bilateral contact between American negotiators …
Read More »Astroworld: Congressional committee launches investigation into deadly concert
A Congressional committee is launching an investigation into the deadly Astroworld music festival and the company that acted as the concert’s promoter. During the Houston, Texas event on Nov. 5, 10 people were killed during a massive crowd surge and attendees were packed so tightly that many could not breathe …
Read More »Mental health among athletes spotlighted in tumultuous 2021
Simone Biles understands now that she was struggling long before she arrived at the Tokyo Olympics, where the unofficial face of the Games and one of the greatest gymnasts of all time was unable to force a smile and push her way through on the world’s biggest stage. Biles had …
Read More »Last US slave ship mostly intact after wreck, report shows
Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship, buried in mud on the us-regions coast since it was scuttled in 1860, have made the surprising discovery that most of the wooden schooner remains intact, including the pen that was used to imprison African captives during the brutal journey across …
Read More »NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will launch a million miles to unwrap and explore the distant past
The James Webb is set to become the most complex object ever launched into space, and the most powerful time machine ever built. In a May interview with Fox News, air-and-space Administrator Bill Nelson said that the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope will “peer back in time” 13.35 billion years. …
Read More »Michigan middle school teacher accused of leaving threatening notes inside classrooms
A us-regions art teacher is facing charges after slipping threatening, hand-written notes underneath the doors of three rooms inside a middle school, prosecutors say. The allegations against Johnna Rhone – an instructor at Jefferson Middle School in St. Clair Shores – come as students around the U.S. have been arrested …
Read More »Former CIA officer surrendered life dream to help Afghan refugees resettle in US
Geeta Bakshi abandoned her lifelong dream of attending Georgetown Law after watching the towers fall on Sept. 11. Sensing a higher calling, she instead joined the CIA and spent years in Afghanistan hunting al Qaeda. Fourteen years later, Bakshi left the agency to once again pursue her goal. But when …
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