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Nearly entire island of Puerto Rico loses power in New Year’s Eve blackout
Hours before Puerto Ricans planned to start celebrating New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, Dec. 31, a blackout hit nearly all of the island, leaving more than 1.3 million customers without power. Officials said it could take days before power is restored to those impacted. Nearly 90% of the U.S. territory’s 1.5 million clients were reportedly… -
WHO urges China to share COVID origin data 5 years since pandemic began
The World Health Organization is once again asking China to share data on the origins of the COVID-19 virus that changed society, five years since the start of the pandemic in Wuhan. On Dec. 31, 2019, a WHO office in China noted a cluster of so-called “pneumonia” cases, which turned out to be COVID-19. About three… -
Smoking one cigarette takes 20 minutes off a person’s life: Study
A new study is offering new statistics about smoking ahead of 2025. As many people set New Year’s resolutions, whether it’s losing weight or saving money, there’s one goal that consistently tops the list but proves to be the hardest: quitting smoking. While giving up smoking isn’t easy, researchers at a UK-based study said that… -
How media covered NYC subway murder suspect’s illegal status: Bias Breakdown
A murder occurred Sunday, Dec. 22, in New York City when someone allegedly set a woman on fire while sleeping on a subway train. The suspect in the attack is a migrant from Guatemala who was in the United States illegally. However, the reporting of this detail has varied across news outlets with differing political… -
Poland mandates gun training in schools amid ongoing Russia-Ukraine war
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, neighbors in the West are enforcing new rules to keep the younger generation ready for anything. Children in Poland as young as 14 years old are now taking part in gun training sessions to learn how to cope with threats caused by war and the basics of tactical… -
Humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsening as gangs loot food supplies
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has intensified with reports of armed gangs raiding Palestinian food supplies. Now, Israel is being blamed for failing to stop these groups. Multiple U.N. and U.S. officials told Reuters that the Israeli Defense Forces pledged to crack down on the gangs in October 2024. However, it reportedly only took limited action,… -
National security watchdog punts $15B steel deal decision to Biden
The future of Nippon Steel’s $15 billion bid for U.S. Steel is in the hands of President Joe Biden. The president now has 15 days to decide whether to block the deal or do nothing, effectively approving it. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews deals involving foreign entities in the… -
5 sentenced in riot-related violence between Dutch and Israeli soccer fans
The first criminal sentences related to riots at a soccer match between a Netherlands club and an Israeli club in Amsterdam last month have been handed down. A judge leveled the sentences on Tuesday, Dec. 24. The judge handed down a six-month prison sentence to one man, while giving another defendant two and a half… -
Peru’s Grinch tackles ‘naughty list’ leading to 3 drug arrests
The Grinch is busy as Christmas approaches, not stealing gifts, no, he’s cracking down on the naughty list, according to Peru’s National Police. On Sunday, Dec. 22, a police officer in Lima, Peru, disguised as the Grinch, reportedly led a law enforcement operation aimed at putting suspected members of a drug trafficking gang behind bars.… -
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs facing two new sexual assault lawsuits
Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing two new sexual assault accusations. The new lawsuits comes as the rap mogul already faces a list of allegations that came to light earlier in 2024. In one instance, Latroya Grayson filed a $15 million lawsuit in New York Federal Court accusing Combs of sexual assault at one of his… -
Panama Canal, Canada, Greenland: Trump’s early foreign policy targets
In a series of posts over the weekend of Dec. 21, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the tolls that ships must pay to use the Panama Canal, a key waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The fees, set and collected by the Panamanian government, can range from $3,000 to $500,000 depending on a vessel’s size… -
Former DC police officer convicted of feeding information to Proud Boys leader
A retired Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty by a District of Columbia judge on Monday, Dec. 23. Shane Lamond was convicted of tipping off a leader of the Proud Boys group and then lying about it. Lamond now faces up to 45 years in prison for feeding Proud Boys leader, Enrique Tarrio, information… -
Iran hiring kids to attack Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe: Report
Intelligence officials said Iran is paying teens as young as 13-years-old to attack Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe, and there are concerns Tehran’s efforts may spread, according to a report from Bloomberg on Saturday, Dec. 21. Investigators said that several attacks in 2024 across Sweden, involving the Israeli Embassy and an Israeli defense firm,…
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