A nearly five-year "unusual mortality event" involving the deaths of hundreds of gray whales along the West Coast is officially over, federal investigators have determined. During the event, which stretched from Dec. 17, 2018, through Nov. 9, 2023, about 690 gray whales died due to strandings, with peak strandings occurring from December 2018 to December 2020, according...
Ex-Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to a federal prison in Miami on Tuesday afternoon to begin a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. “They can put me in prison; they can put you in prison,” Navarro said during a...
To celebrate the first day of spring, participating Dairy Queen locations are offering a free small vanilla cone to each visitor.
The president of West Texas A&M University has canceled a charity drag show planned to be held by a student-led organization for the second time, following a recent denial by the Supreme Court of students’ request for emergency action to let the show go ahead. “Spectrum WT asked three courts to prevent the denial of...
While speaking with former CNN reporter Don Lemon, Elon Musk talked about his use of ketamine to treat possible symptoms of depression.
A former Mississippi sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the torture of two Black men. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee sentenced Hunter Elward on Tuesday, the first of six former officers to be sentenced for the racially motivated torture of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. Elward, along with fellow...
Two of the nation’s top former military officials will testify before Congress on Tuesday about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman retired Gen. Mark Milley and former U.S. Central Command and Department of Defense Commander retired Gen. Kenneth McKenzie are will appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Last...
For all her talk about opposing the cartels, Alabama Sen. Katie Britt actually campaigns for policies that would deliver more innocent people to their clutches.
Mary Trump says she’s ready to tell the story about what growing up in her famous family “did to her,” announcing a forthcoming memoir. “Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir” is poised to be released on Sep. 10, Trump and publisher St. Martin’s Press revealed Tuesday. The book is called a “heartbreaking memoir...
A group of progressive lawmakers is renewing its push to increase taxes on the country’s wealthiest people. The proposal, reintroduced Tuesday, would create a 2 percent tax on households that are worth more than $50 million and a 3 percent tax on households worth more than $1 billion. It would affect the wealthiest 100,000 households...
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is doubling down in his ongoing feud with former President Trump, mocking recent comments Trump made during a Fox News interview criticizing the comedian. "Donald Trump has said I'm not talented so many times, Eric is starting to get jealous," Kimmel said Monday night, taking a shot at one of the...
The country’s economy is crumbling fast, and Xi Jinping, the mighty leader, is determined to take China in the wrong direction.
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. Happy 45th Birthday, C-SPAN! We love you! Now, here’s what’s happening today: Congressional leaders agreed to a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)! Now, we just need them to write the text, pass it through two chambers and have Biden sign it by Friday. *Let me pause...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) took a swipe at former President Trump’s overhaul of the Republican National Committee, warning donors should “beware,” after the former president’s legal team said it was “impossible” to secure a bond for the damages owed in his New York civil fraud case. “It is just a coincidence that Donald Trump...
Progressive Rep. Katie Porter says she regrets calling the recent California Senate primary “rigged” after losing the closely watched Democratic contest to Rep. Adam Schiff. Porter sparked backlash for using the word that has become associated with Republican-led conspiracy theories and inflammatory rhetoric about election interference to characterize the outside influx of megadonor money into...
Practitioners and patients alike eagerly anticipate the powerful capabilities and practical benefits of artificial intelligence in the delivery of health care. It is essential to ensure that its imminent and explosive entrance into care settings is executed judiciously and strategically to maximize its positive impact for all.
The COVID-19 vaccine can cut the risk of heart failure and blood clots after a COVID-19 infection, a new study in the British Medical Journal found. Previous studies found that a SARS-CoV-2 infection can trigger cardiac and thromboembolic complications, and the risk for a person infected remains high for a year after becoming sick, researchers...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory in response to a rise in measles cases in the U.S. and abroad, with domestic infections this year already meeting the total seen in 2023. As of last week, the CDC has confirmed 58 measles cases across 17 states this year. The agency...
The Bipartisan Policy Center is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) curriculum and resources to educate Congressional staff about the latest developments in the technology with financial backing from Google. The AI 101 initiative will include a website that will be updated with new research and polls about AI, as well as a workshop program for...
The United Nations weather agency issued a “red alert” Tuesday, warning the Earth is at risk of surpassing the global warming limit following last year’s record-breaking temperatures and other environmental changes. The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) latest report, released Tuesday, confirmed 2023 was the warmest year on record, sitting at an average of 1.45 degrees Celsius...
This is a critical moment. We cannot afford to turn back the clock on the progress we’ve already made.
He may have been the most fervent basketball fan to occupy the Oval Office, but former President Obama says he decided to stop shooting hoops himself nearly a decade ago. “I have hung ‘em up,” Obama said on the inaugural episode of the “Ways to Win” podcast, released Tuesday. “I played all the way through the...
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is criticizing former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin over his effort to buy the social media platform TikTok. “I don’t see how America will be any more secure if the next owner of TikTok is a MAGA Trump crony backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund,”...
Abortion procedures rose in the U.S. last year, even with state abortion bans passed following the Supreme Court's overruling of Roe v. Wade, according to a study published Tuesday. An estimated 1,026,690 abortions were reported in the formal health care system in 2023, according to research from the Guttmacher Institute. It's the highest number measured...
Its leaders are so convinced of the righteousness of their cause that they developed a dangerous tunnel vision.
