Over 150 members of the U.S. military took their own lives in the third quarter of 2021 which represents a greater total than the number of service members who have died from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. According to data released by the Pentagon, 163 service members …
Read More »Monthly Archives: January 2022
Chicago Teachers Union president: 'Remote learning bad' is just a 'talking point' from mayor
chicago” target=”_blank”>Chicago< is a “talking point” during a press conference on Saturday. During the press conference where the Chicago Teachers Union unveiled their new proposal to the Chicago Public Schools to get back to in-person learning, Sharkey said that Chicago Mayor Lori Lighfoot’s opposition to remote learning is “just a …
Read More »Sidney Poitier: In his own words
As a trailblazing actor to generations of Black performers in Hollywood, Sidney Poitier often spoke about his larger off-screen role. Poitier, who died Thursday at the age of 94, entered the film industry at a time when portrayals of African Americans were generally stereotypical. But Poitier, who refused to play …
Read More »Florida police department gives 6-year-old cancer patient boat parade
The North miami” target=”_blank”>Miami<. What do you do when 6-year-old cancer warrior Kayson says he wants to captain a police boat? You dub him "Captain Kayson." (Photos by North Miami’s Police Department) The North Miami crime, Miami-Dade fire rescue, and other local agencies came together to celebrate “Captain Kayson” with …
Read More »Brazil rock formation collapse kills at least 6, injures at least 32; caught on video
At least six people were killed and dozens injured after a massive rock formation collapsed on top of three boats in world-regions in an incident that was captured on video and posted on social media. Brazilian authorities have confirmed the incident, which happened in the city of Capitolia in the …
Read More »NATO says it will not appease Russia with 'second class' allies as meeting looms
world-regions’s secretary general rejected any option to establish “second-class” alliances ahead of the meeting with world-regions next week as the Kremlin continues its military aggression along the Ukrainian border. Jens Stoltenberg made clear in a video conference Friday that Russia should have no say in which countries are permitted to …
Read More »South Dakota Sen. John Thune to run for reelection
Sen. John Thune, the number No. 2 senate” target=”_blank”>Senate<. Thune, 61, had considered retiring from the Senate, but amid public pressure from McConnell and other GOP leaders, the us-regions Republican said he’d seek a fourth term in office. “I’ve always promised that I would do the work, even when it …
Read More »James Webb Space Telescope is fully deployed
air-and-space announced Saturday that the air-and-space” target=”_blank”>James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)< “I’m emotional about it. What an amazing milestone. We see that beautiful pattern out there in the sky now,” Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s science missions chief, remarked. Early Saturday morning, NASA wrote in a blog post that the Webb mission …
Read More »Politico corrects story placing Justice Sotomayor alongside top Dems at DC restaurant
Politico on Saturday corrected its closely-watched Playbook newsletter after it mistakenly reported that Justice Sonia Sotomayor dined alongside top Democratic lawmakers at a fancy D.C. restaurant hours after remotely participating in Supreme Court arguments. The outlet had incorrectly reported that the liberal justice, who had participated in oral arguments over …
Read More »Iran Revolutionary Guard commander says 'revenge' coming for Soleimani strike from 'within' US
The leader of conflicts’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned that revenge for Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s crime will come for the United States from “within” the country itself. Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Forces, was killed in a Jan. 3, 2020, U.S. strike in Baghdad, days …
Read More »