LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson Three “serious explosions” near a German soccer team’s bus Tuesday night led the Borussia Dortmund (BVB) club to call off its Champions League quarterfinal against AS Monaco. The incident took place by the player hotel, as the team got ready to travel to the stadium. Defender Marc…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Californians with gas-powered vehicles will pay more than double in gas taxes than wealthy Tesla owners, due partly to a recently passed fuel tax increase, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s calculations. Electric vehicle owners in the Golden State are required to pay $100 a year for upkeep…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Mars’ atmosphere is full of metal, potentially explaining how the planet became uninhabitable, according to new results from a NASA probe published Monday. NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) found metal ions capable of showing how the planet’s upper atmosphere behaves. Mars doesn’t have a global magnetic…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson Stockholm terrorist Rakhmat Akilov claims he received direct instructions from the Islamic State to carry out Friday’s truck attack in the Swedish capital, which left four people dead. Akilov pleaded guilty to “terrorist crime” when the court hearing started Tuesday. He was scheduled to be deported after getting…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said that ‘a bunch of people sitting in a room in California is not going to be the best way’ to reflect the world’s values, in an interview published Tuesday. The tech leader’s original lengthy mission statement called “Building Global Community” addressed a number…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A Slovakian startup called AeroMobil will soon be accepting pre-orders for a flying car after it reveals its latest version of the vehicle during a supercar show April 20. AeroMobil, the eponymous name of the aircraft, is a “fully functioning four-wheeled car, powered by hybrid propulsion,” according to its official…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett NASA scheduled a major press conference Thursday that may announce the discovery of alien life on an ocean world in our solar system. The press conference will unveil new data about “ocean worlds exploration — including NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission planned for launch in the 2020s — and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Political statistician Nate Silver ordered Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff to stop using his name in fundraising emails in a Tweet Monday evening. Ossoff sent a fundraising email to supporters that argued Silver had claimed Ossoff’s win was the only way for Democrats to retake the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Lawmakers are taking steps to protect residents who consume legally procured marijuana in Oregon from the threat of a federal crackdown by the Department of Justice. It is unclear how aggressive the administration will ultimately be on the issue, but officials in Oregon want to ensure their…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The Air Force is facing such a flight of pilots from the service that it’s considering forcing some to stay in the service against their will by means of a contract stipulation known as “stop-loss.” The stop-loss option is one of several on the table for discussion…