White House unveils proposal targeting Covid relief fraud – The White House announced a $1.6 billion dollar proposal to combat COVID relief fraud Thursday morning. Since the pandemic, the U.S. government has spent $5 trillion in COVID relief funds. Some experts predict hundreds of billions was misused. The White House’s plan targets fraudsters who took…

For all known history, when humans looked at the moon, they have seen Earth’s constant companion on their journey through the stars. In the next couple of decades though, the view could change dramatically. The United States and China are currently locked in a new space race to the moon. Each nation wants to be…

The federal COVID emergency will officially come to an end this spring; winter weather is again grounding flights nationwide; first responders involved in the Tyre Nichols case have been fired; and an appeals court rules that Johnson and Johnson cannot use a subsidiary to protect itself from lawsuits. These stories and more highlight the daily…

Former President Donald Trump will be reinstated to Facebook; autism rates in children triple; Russia retaliates after the West agrees to tanks; and an asteroid will zoom past earth this evening. These stories and more highlight your daily rundown for Thursday morning, Jan. 26, 2023. Russia responds to West sending tanks Russia has hit Ukraine…

Russia is sending an empty rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) next month. The rocket is being sent to bring home two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut who are essentially stuck on the ISS. The three space walkers need a new ride home, because a micrometeoroid damaged their old one. Video released in…

This week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded grants to 14 visionaries as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC). The grants will fund projects in experimental space technology. Each of the NIAC grants is worth $175,000. The 14 recipients are from nine different states. 10 of the recipients are first-time winners. UCLA’s…

According to a report released by a UN-backed panel Monday, the Earth’s ozone layer is healing at a pace that would see it fully mended in less than 50 years. The report found the ozone layer is expected to fully recover across most of the world by 2040, over the Arctic by 2045, and over…

Brittney Griner speaks on her release from Russian prison; JFK files revealed but redacted; Elon Musk’s Twitter suspension spree; Starbucks workers strike; and an officer is exposed to fentanyl; These stories and more highlight the midday rundown, aimed right down the middle, for Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.  Brittney Griner breaks silence Brittney Griner has taken…

We have an update on Brittney Griner since her return to the U.S. three days ago; a bombing suspect finally in custody; and a winter storm warning. These stories and more highlight your morning rundown for Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.  Update on Griner return, Whelan detainment “She’s at SA getting appropriate mental and physical healthcare…

For the first time in 50 years, a NASA spacecraft visited the moon Monday. One of the heads of the program said it’s the next step in the journey to make humans an extraterrestrial species. NASA’s Orion capsule came within 81 miles of the lunar surface as it whipped around the dark side of the…