From Jenna Orkin

The Secret History of the U.S. Diplomatic Failure in Afghanistan

‘It Cannot Get Any Worse’: Cornell Professors Decry Energy Costs of NY Bitcoin Mining

Life insurance payouts spiked in 2020 — largest rise since 1918 flu pandemic

Carbon Emissions That Don't Officially Exist

From "The Devil's In the Details" File

The loss of future carbon uptake due to the removal of forests, even the plumes chugging out of a biomass plant’s smokestacks—these did not go on the books."

Low-profile heiress who ‘played a strong role’ in financing Jan. 6 rally is thrust into spotlight How can schools detect potentially violent students? Researchers have an answer.

Scientists monitoring earthquake swarm off Oregon coast. More than 50 quakes recorded

Omicron Four Times More Transmissible Than Delta in New Study

Capitol Hill staffer arrested after bringing gun to House of Representatives building, Capitol police say

Inflation in November was the highest it's been in nearly 40 years

 

From Jenna Orkin

Utility giants agree to no longer share sensitive records ICE used to track the public

First lab results show omicron has ‘much more extensive escape’ from antibodies than previous variants

Two years into this pandemic, the world is dangerously unprepared for the next one, report says

California Is Addicted To Oil From The Amazon

Germany recommends only Biontech/Pfizer vaccine for under-30s

Alumni Withhold Donations, Demand Colleges Enforce Free Speech

Vietnam Suspen

ds Pfizer

Landsvirkjun skerðir til stórnotenda

Apparently, this says that Iceland's largest utility company is cutting services to crypto mining companies.

France arrests suspected member of Khashoggi hit squad, Saudis say man has no link to case

Hawaii governor orders the Navy to shutdown its WWII-era fuel storage facility at Pearl Harbor after petroleum leaks into water supply

1. How a local streaming service is holding its own against Netflix in the Middle East and North Africa using a robust payments strategy

   Bill Gates: 'Acute phase' of COVID-19 will be over in 2022
2. Pfizer: 3 of its shots work against Omicron, 2 much less effective

 

From Jenna Orkin

This Chemical Is in Short Supply, and the Whole World Feels It

New York City sets a sweeping vaccine mandate for all private employers.

Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion, alleging it helped perpetuate genocide in Myanmar

France detains suspect in murder of Jamal Khashoggi at Paris airport

5 Reasons to Believe the Deep State (or the NSA) Created Bitcoin

Finland Buying F-35 (Re: Russia v. Ukraine)

Countries around the world have sunk aircraft like the Boeing 747 to boost diving tourism — here are 6 intentionally submerged planes

but they're doing it in an eco-friendly way, we're sure.

COVID cases in South Africa spiked 400% in a week in the wake of Omicron being found there

Women earned $2 million less than men during 40-year careers as a doctor, a study finds

Elon Musk says there are 'not enough people' and that the falling birthrate could threaten human civilization

More than 300 scientists tell Mark Zuckerberg they want access to Meta's internal research on child and teen mental health because it doesn't meet scientific standards

Elon Musk said Neuralink hopes to start implanting its brain chips in humans in 2022, later than he anticipated

 

From Jenna Orkin

Next pandemic could be more lethal, vaccine researcher warns

‘Rife’ cocaine use reported in U.K. Parliament — just as Boris Johnson announces crackdown on drug crime

Myanmar court sentences ousted president in trial condemned as political

A White teacher taught White students about White privilege. It cost him his job.

China Seeks First Military Base on Africa’s Atlantic Coast, U.S. Intelligence Finds

The Taliban are courting Iran and China, hoping to avoid blackouts if other countries cut off power to Afghanistan for non-payment

The Omicron variant appeared to spread between two fully vaccinated people in separate hotel rooms in Hong Kong, early research suggests

See the bizarre list of banned words and phrases in Jeffrey Epstein's 'household manual'

metaverse land was sold in the last week alone. The co-founder of a virtual real estate company breaks down why the opportunity in digital properties could rise ​200x in 16 months.

SF restaurant flooded with 1-star reviews for refusing to serve police 

From Jenna Orkin

Do taxpayers have to fund religious education? The Supreme Court may say yes.

Bank of America execs warn junior staffers to ‘dress down’ as NYC crime surges

CNN Fires Chris Cuomo Amid Inquiry Into His Efforts to Aid His Brother

Brutal, brazen crimes shake L.A., leaving city at a crossroads

A California school district said two parents knowingly sent their COVID-positive child to class

A Southwest Airlines passenger opened a galley door and jumped out of a plane while it was taxiing, authorities say

See the bizarre list of banned words and phrases in Jeffrey Epstein's 'household manual'

Silicon Valley's metaverse will suck reality into the virtual world — and ostracize those who aren't plugged in

Experts say when AR glasses replace cell phones in 10 years, there'll be a turning point in the metaverse — "and it will not be good for humanity."

Omicron's 'wacko' combination of mutations has scientists split over whether it developed in humans or animals

Trump's new social media company is under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission

 

From Jenna Orkin

Russia planning massive military offensive against Ukraine involving 175,000 troops, U.S. intelligence warns

More states consider laws to punish parents if children fire unsecured guns

China Set to Create New State-Owned Rare-Earths Giant

California water districts to get 0% of requested supplies in unprecedented decision

• Stash of money found in bathroom wall at Joel Osteen’s megachurch
  
  

A Trump-loving former KKK leader who was jailed for beating a Black man is running for office as a Republican in Georgia, report says

A corporate Christmas party turned into the biggest Omicron 'super spreader event' outside South Africa, with up to 60 people infected

The jailed founder of The Silk Road dark web marketplace is minting NFTs for charity — and a DAO has been formed to buy them and protest his imprisonment

Kayleigh McEnany: Trump tested positive for COVID-19 before going on Hannity

Woman describes removal from Qatar plane, given forced internal exam

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Omicron's 'wacko' combination of mutations has scientists split over whether it developed in humans or animals

How Penn Medicine is replacing a Philadelphia hospital with doctors' offices and clinics to keep people out of emergency rooms

 

From Jenna Orkin

Omicron cases, hospitalizations surging among kids under 5 in South Africa

Trapped by rising water: Record floods linked to climate change have left the people of South Sudan in crisis

Parents of Michigan high school shooting suspect charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter

Omicron covid variant three times more likely to cause reinfection than delta, S. Africa study says

CIA Files Say Staffers Committed Sex Crimes Involving Children. They Weren’t Prosecuted.

A 2018 Study Found that the Defense Department’s Network Ranked 19th out of 2,891 Networks Nationwide in Peer-to-Peer File Trading of Child Pornography

Russia Deploys Missiles, Stations Personnel on Island in Middle of Chain Claimed by Japan

It's December and it hasn't snowed in Denver yet. That's never been recorded

CEOs and insiders sell a record $69 billion of their stock, and the year isn’t over yet

IMF warns of 'economic collapse' unless G20 extends debt relief

California has 50 times more monarch butterflies than last year — a puzzling blip in their path to extinction

Having severe COVID-19 doubled the chance of dying within a year for people in a Florida study — the risk was even higher for young people

Police say a FedEx driver dumped packages into a ravine in Alabama on at least 6 separate occasions

 

From Jenna Orkin

Scientists find clues to what triggers rare blood clots in AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

Fetal viability is at the center of Mississippi abortion case. Here’s why. Michigan school shooting prosecutor suggests she will charge parents

The bombshell about Trump testing positive also implicates the Trump family

France Sends Military Police to Caribbean Island Amid Vaccine Mandate Protests

Teenagers from remote NT community arrested after escape from Howard Springs COVID quarantine facility

New Zealand to send troops to quell unrest in Solomon Islands

Elizabeth Holmes Concludes Day 2 of Her Testimony

A college law professor who teaches critical race theory worries that educators are living through another 'Red Scare'

Elizabeth Holmes trial: Theranos founder's testimony turns the tide

The FBI still hasn't found proof that Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos' phone and isn't prioritizing that theory, report says

 

From Jenna Orkin

Cereal Killers: How 80-Hour Weeks and a Caste System Pushed Kellogg's Workers to Strike

Japan suspends new reservations on all incoming flights

		First US case of Omicron COVID variant confirmed in California

CNN suspends Chris Cuomo ‘indefinitely’ after documents detail help he gave his brother

Why the CIA is so worried about Russia and Ukraine

Justices hear arguments over Mississippi abortion law challenging Roe v. Wade

Oxford High School shooting: 3 killed, 8 hurt, 15-year-old in custody, officials say

'I find QAnon total nonsense': Michael Flynn DISAVOWS conspiracy movement he once  pledged allegiance to by saying its a 'disinformation campaign created by the CIA or the left' in audio released by lawyer Lin Wood

1. Port of Vancouver faces a backlog of over 50 ships as trucker union plans to strike

   Google has been ordered to unseal dozens of documents related to its secret anti-union campaign 'Project Vivian'

   Video: Oxford High School students realize they spoke to gunman

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns that the US is coming to the brink of an empire-ending catastrophe. Here's why he's worried, and how he says you should invest your money.

 

From Jenna Orkin

Chris Cuomo sought ‘intel’ on media coverage about accusations against his brother, text messages show

Netherlands says omicron variant was within its borders a week before South Africa revealed it existed

World's first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say

California ship pileup still piling up — but out of sight, over horizon

Disney’s Missing ‘Simpsons’ Episode in Hong Kong Raises Censorship Fears

Moscow says 27 more Russian diplomats due to leave U.S. in January

Chinese jets enter Taiwan zone as Xi holds talks to strengthen military

The Next Word Where will predictive text take us?

The FAA accidentally disclosed more than 2,000 flight records associated with Jeffrey Epstein's private jets

An Ohio school district said it closed all its schools for a day because of staff shortages. About 5,000 students were affected.