Technology company Otherlab has announced a new product which aims to tackle one of the biggest consumer concerns with electric scooters, limited battery life. The company’s recently unveiled Lightfoot cargo scooter seeks to extend battery longevity by incorporating solar panels for continuous charging while on the move. “Around half of all the passenger trips taken…

Spirit Airlines is preparing to file for bankruptcy, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The low-cost airliner has been dealing with mounting losses and debt. Spirit already furloughed pilots and unveiled plans to begin selling close to two dozen planes. In addition, Spirit is expected to cut jobs as part of an…

Security concerns are heightened in Brazil after an explosion outside the country’s Supreme Court Wednesday, Nov. 13, less than a week before G20 leaders are set to meet in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s Supreme Court is in the nation’s capital Brasilia, about 700 miles northwest of Rio.  Authorities said a man killed himself while detonating explosives in Three Powers…

A prolific teenage “serial swatter” from California, has pleaded guilty to making hundreds of hoax calls about mass shootings and bomb threats to schools, religious institutions and government officials nationwide. The Department of Justice announced Wednesday, Nov. 13, Alan Filion, 18, pleaded guilty in a Florida federal courtroom to four counts of making interstate threats. He faces up…

President-elect Donald Trump has made his selection for attorney general: Rep. Matt Gaetz. Why it might be an uphill battle for the Florida congressman to get confirmed. And we now know in a clean sweep, Republicans won control of the House of Representatives. Who GOP lawmakers voted to lead them in the next term. These stories and…

After several years of back and forth, Meta will face trial in the antitrust case brought on by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. A federal judge denied Meta’s request Wednesday, Nov. 13, to drop the FTC’s case, which accuses Meta of buying the two social media platforms…

Members of congress say they’re continuing to “pull back the curtain” on UFOs. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., delivered the opening statement at a House Oversight Committee hearing on the subject on Wednesday, Nov. 13. “I’m not going to name names, but there are certain individuals who didn’t want this hearing to happen because they feared what…

Social media platform X is seeing record traffic since the election, but it’s also seeing some high-profile deactivations in a statement against the politics of owner Elon Musk. The Guardian, a left-leaning British newspaper, is no longer posting on X, saying the social media platform is “toxic” and home to “far-right conspiracies and racism.” Its…

A Michigan court has awarded nearly $13 million to Lisa Domski, a Catholic woman who was fired by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in 2021. She was fired after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. Domski sued her former employer after her request for a religious exemption was denied. She had…

Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., says that he will introduce a resolution that will, in his words, reaffirm Congress’ commitment and the Constitution’s clear definition that prohibits any president from serving more than two terms. Earlier on Wednesday, Nov. 13, President-elect Donald Trump told House Republicans, “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say,…