Data from CDC With a total death count of 1,088,481 accounting for 10% of the total infection count of 100,622,056 in the United States as of December 29, Covid-19 continues to mutate into many variants and subvariants. The variant of Omicron subvariant XBB has quickly spread throughout the United States during the Holiday season. According […]
Month: December 2022
President Biden signed into law legislation led by Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) to allow Native Hawaiian survivors of gender-based violence to access critical programs and resources provided by Congress through the Violence Against Woman Act (VAWA). According to the News release, The reauthorization of VAWA-which was signed into law in March, 2022-provides funding to […]
Over 3,000 flights were canceled and 5,000 were delayed as of Tuesday night in the U.S. Southwest Airlines is one of them. Southwest Airlines canceled 2,886 flights on Monday that indicated 70% of the flight schedule. Travelers were stranded at the airports and couldn’t make their Christmas dinner tables on time. DOT is investigating Southwest […]
The FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried (30) was released on Thursday with $250 million bail. He awaits trials for eight federal criminal charges related to alleged fraud which led to his crypto companies collapsing. He is under house arrest, and he will stay with his parents in California. Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas to Westchester […]
The hero of 2022, Ukraine President Zelenskyy visited the US to meet with President Biden and addressed both chambers of Congress. President Zelenskyy visited the U.S. for the first time and is greeted by President Biden and first lady Jill Biden in the White House on Wednesday. “It’s important for the American people and for […]
Photo from USGS On December 20, 2022, 10:34:24 UTC, and 2: 34 local time, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit approximately 14.6 km (9.1 miles) southwest of Ferndale, in the Humboldt county, CA near the coast of northern California in the vicinity of the Mendocino triple junction. This is the region where the Pacific, North America, […]
Throughout US history, winter storm blizzards date back as far as 1816 to as late as 2009. The most vicious winter storm in recent history was the 1940 Armistice Day storm, which left at least 150 people dead. Most frequently occurring between November to January, the storms are known to originate from the Z streams […]
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Auroras can be Hurricanes too!
Last year, scientists announced a spectacular phenomenon: space hurricanes. With 600 miles in diameter and multiple arms that rotate counterclockwise, with a calm center much like a real hurricane, this one is made from the aurora borealis or the “Northern lights.” Its “rain” is electrons. Auroras naturally occur near the poles during the winter months […]
(Photo from sportingnews.com) Argentina’s Messi will meet France’s Mbappé this coming Sunday to find out who the real winner of the World Cup is. Lionel Messi (35) and the rising star of the globe, Kylian Mbappe (23) will be the hot topic under the Holiday season food table worldwide this year. Argentina won over Croatia […]
A severe storm moves from the West coast to the central US. In some western states, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota are expecting snow up to 2 ft. In the meantime, the southern states of Texas, and Oklahoma were hit by flash flooding, hail, and tornadoes. This storm will affect more than 15 million Americans, […]