Tim Pearce Republish Reprint PG&E, California’s largest utility, is reportedly considering shutting off power to as much as an eighth of Californians during times of high fire danger. PG&E’s service area covers 5.4 million people in fire-prone areas. The utility might initiate a blackout to keep its electric lines from sparking and starting fires during high winds….
Jason Hopkins on April 24, 2019 The acting secretary of Homeland Security pushed back on the narrative that President Donald Trump’s border wall is not being built, pointing out that construction has actually been going at an aggressive pace. “So normally for a federal project of this scope, from the time you get funded to starting,…
Mary Margaret Olohan on April 17, 2019 Republish Reprint Seventy percent of Russians approve of former dictator Joseph Stalin’s impact on the country, according to a Tuesday survey, a record high for approval of Stalin while Russian President Vladimir Putin is in office. The poll, conducted by the Russia-based Levada Center, showed 51 percent of respondents…
Evie Fordham on April 21, 2019 Republish Reprint Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) won’t miss out on an Easter feast Sunday, although their holiday meal may not look quite like it would at home on planet Earth. The six station residents greeted a private cargo ship on Good Friday that brought Easter meal choices…
Joshua Gill on April 19, 2019 Republish Reprint The Vatican uncovered the stairs that Jesus walked to face Pontius Pilate’s judgement, revealing the bare marble for the first time in 300 years. Pope Innocent XIII ordered that the Holy Stairs, or Scala Sancta, be covered with walnut planks in 1723 to protect the marble, but Vatican caretakersremoved…
Michael Bastasch on April 17, 2019 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a video depicting a utopian future because of the Green New Deal. Democrats take control in 2020 and create a “society that was not only modern and wealthy, but dignified and humane too,” Ocasio-Cortez says in the video. Energy experts and economists are…
For a nation which is home to the world capital of gambling in Las Vegas, the United States has an approach to the activity that could well be described as conflicted. On the one hand there’s all the razzle dazzle of so-called Sin City. On the other there are states like Kentucky, home to one…
A member of the Satanic Temple in the state of Missouri is currently challenging the state’s abortion law on the grounds that it is a violation of religious liberty, according to the Associated Press. The Satanic temple does not believe in the literal existence of the being of Satan, but sees Satan in the Biblical…
Four in custody after two gunmen reportedly massacre dozens at New Zealand mosques.
Democratic Socialist Darling Ocasio-Cortez Says She Doesn’t Own A Chair Grace Carr on March 14, 2019 Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recorded a video Wednesday night about working long hours in her new congressional position, adding she’s barely even had time to buy furniture. “Okay guys, I’m just getting out of work. That’s my office…