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New York City employees fired over COVID-19 vaccines reinstated
The New York Supreme Court ruled this week thousands of people who lost their jobs because they didn’t get a COVID-19 vaccine can now go back to work. Some will also receive back pay. Around 1,700 New York City employees lost their jobs for not being vaccinated earlier this year. Most of them were firefighters and… -
Nevada county hand-counting election ballots
It’s been almost two years since the 2020 presidential election. Around the country, some just can’t seem to get over the fact the election wasn’t stolen and Donald Trump lost. Conspiracy theories about voter tabulation machines are even prompting one Nevada county to count every ballot by hand. Last week, Nevada’s Supreme Court approved a plan for… -
St. Louis school shooting results in multiple fatalities
Three people are dead after yet another school shooting. The latest shooting happened at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis. The shooting happened just after 9 a.m. Monday morning. Video from local media showed students trying to get to safety by jumping fences and climbing walls. St. Louis Police Commissioner Michael… -
Jury selection starts in Trump Organization trial
Three years ago, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office launched an investigation into the Trump Organization. Last year, the organization was charged in what prosecutors called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme. On Monday, jury selection in that trial started. Donald trump is not on trial in this case. The holding company for the former… -
US Navy chief says China could invade Taiwan by 2023
U.S. Armed Forces need to be prepared for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by the end of the year. The warning comes from the head of the U.S. Navy, Admiral Mike Gilday U.S. forces were operating under the notion China was gearing up for a 2027 invasion, a timetable proposed by the former head of… -
Russia may destroy a dam in Ukraine as a ‘false-flag attack’
Facing another, potentially humiliating withdrawal in Ukraine, Russian troops might blow up a dam and blame it on the Ukrainians. That’s according to a new report from the Institute for the Study of War. The Russian-appointed governor of Kherson said in a video this week Ukrainian forces are planning to blow up the Nova Kakhovka… -
Medical marijuana is coming to Florida gas stations
One of the largest marijuana producers in the country just signed a deal that will make buying medical marijuana in Florida convenient. Green Thumb Industries and Circle K, the global convenience store retailer, are partnering on a deal to sell licensed medical marijuana products at 10 gas stations in Florida. The select locations are expected to… -
Report: US military strength declining, China’s increasing
The U.S. Navy is “weak”, the Air Force is “very weak”, and the Army is only “marginally” strong. In fact, the only U.S. armed service that could be considered “strong” is the Marine Corps. Those ratings came from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that studies U.S. military might and threats to the homeland. The… -
Putin: Annexed Ukraine regions under martial law, nuclear protection
It’s been about three weeks since Russia’s sham referendum to annex four regions in Ukraine. This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said those areas are now under the protection of Russia’s nuclear arsenal and declared martial law. When Russia illegally annexed Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, it essentially claimed sovereignty over 15 percent of Ukrainian… -
Amazon workers in New York reject unionization
The group trying to bring labor unions to Amazon, aptly named the Amazon Labor Union, is recuperating after workers in upstate New York voted overwhelmingly to reject unionization. The facility is in the town of Schodack, and according to Unionstats.com, it’s one of the most unionized metro areas in the country. The strong union numbers… -
Federal officials say Arizona’s ‘shipping container wall’ is illegal
In August, Arizona found a fairly cheap way to plug gaps in the border wall. The state double-stacked shipping containers and put some razor wire on the top. This week, the federal government ordered the containers removed. Gaps in the border wall around Yuma, Arizona made the area a recent hotspot of illegal migrant crossings.… -
A grassroots Oregon group wants to join Idaho
Division in America is about as old as the country itself. Differing ideologies or philosophies were the reasons why some of the colonies ended up with the borders that they did. So, it shouldn’t be surprising, around 250 years later, that political ideologies are once again driving some to try to change state borders. This… -
Radioactive waste contaminating Missouri elementary school
Radioactive material from nuclear bombs made during World War II is contaminating an elementary school Monday. It’s not happening in Nagasaki or Hiroshima, but in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. In August, samples were taken at Jana Elementary School. The school sits in the floodplain of Coldwater Creek, which was contaminated by nuclear waste in the…
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