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Denver unveils $250M plan to tackle rising homelessness
Denver has unveiled a $250 million plan to re-house hundreds of people and create more affordable homes as part of a 2023 action plan to combat homelessness. The city’s Department of Housing Stability detailed its latest five-year strategy to end the housing crisis. It includes creating 1,700 affordable homes, expanding pathways to homeownership, implementing encampment… -
FDA proposes new rules for packaged foods to qualify as ‘healthy’
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing updated criteria for when foods can be labeled with the term “healthy” on their packaging. This proposed rule would align the definition of the claim “healthy” with current nutrition science, the updated Nutrition Facts label and the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the FDA said. Under the current… -
DEA issues warning over rainbow fentanyl targeting young people
The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public of an alarming emerging trend of colorful fentanyl available across the United States. A new wave of multi-colored “rainbow fentanyl” pills, powders and blocks that look similar to candy have been seized in at least 21 states. According to the DEA, this trend appears to be a… -
Putin grants Russian citizenship to whistleblower Edward Snowden
Russia has granted citizenship to former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after he exposed information about the scale of U.S. surveillance programs that capture communications and data from around the world. Snowden, 39, was given asylum in Russia in 2013 after leaking secret files that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations… -
NASA will slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to test planetary defense
In an unprecedented, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to slam a spacecraft into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. It’s part of a test mission to determine if we can deflect dangerous incoming killer asteroids heading towards Earth and defend the planet from a potential future disaster. NASA hopes the impact will be… -
Russians rush for flights out after Putin declares a partial ‘military mobilization’
Large numbers of Russians rushed to book one-way flights out of the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” of 300,000 military reservists to continue the war in Ukraine. Putin said conscription would “prioritize people who served in the armed forces and those with military specialization and experience.” The decree took effect… -
Nearly every Alaskan just got $3,200 as part of state’s oil-wealth fund
Nearly every single Alaskan received $3,284 on Tuesday as part of a combined payout as the state began distributing oil-wealth checks from its permanent investment fund. The amount was announced during a livestream broadcast on Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Facebook page. Officially called the Permanent Fund Dividend, or PFD, the payments amounted to $2,622 — the… -
DHS allocates almost $700k to investigate extremism on gaming platforms
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $699,763 grant to a joint venture to investigate the rise of extremism in gaming. “Over the past decade, video games have increasingly become focal points of social activity and identity creation for adolescents and young adults. Relationships made and fostered within game ecosystems routinely cross over into… -
Queen Elizabeth’s death brings mixed feelings over history of colonial rule
The United Kingdom and the world said a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday with a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds in the streets of London — to honor the monarch’s 70-year reign. But as the queen is laid to rest, her legacy is… -
Prosecutors move to vacate conviction of ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed
The Adnan Syed murder case became a sensation across the U.S. in 2014 even though his trial, conviction and sentencing occurred 14 years earlier. Syed’s 2000 case was the subject of the hit podcast series “Serial,” which took the country by storm. Now, Syed’s case is in the news again. This time it is because… -
Lebanese woman holds up bank with toy gun to access her own savings
A Lebanese woman is being hailed a hero after going viral for holding up a Beirut bank with a toy gun. She pulled off the caper just to access $13,000 of her own money to help pay for her sister’s cancer treatment. She walked away from the bank with her cash in a plastic bag,… -
Republican nominees begin changing tune on abortion
A number of Republican Party nominees for office in 2022 are toning down their messaging on the issue of abortion just weeks before the November midterm elections. For years, Republicans have run on the issue of stopping abortion with the stated goal of overturning Roe v. Wade. Now that Roe is gone following this summer’s… -
US surpasses 1 million organ transplants, many more still needed
The United States recently hit a major medical milestone: 1 million successful organ transplants. But the work is far from over as more organs are desperately needed. In 1954, doctors performed the first successful kidney transplant. In 2021, the U.S. saw 41,356 organ transplants performed — a record-breaking number, according to the Associated Press. Now…
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New ethics report says Matt Gaetz used drugs, paid for sex with minor
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Former DC police officer convicted of feeding information to Proud Boys leader
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Baseball icon and Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson dies at 65
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Iran hiring kids to attack Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe: Report
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