Month: July 2022

Polytics

Trump Slams Electoral Count Act Rewrite, Admits ‘All Others’ Thought Pence ‘Had Absolutely No Right to Do Anything’ Else

Once Donald Trump believes something, it’s virtually impossible for anyone to change his mind. A perfect example was and remains his insistence that “[b]illions of dollars are being paid to the United States by China in the form of trade tariffs!” which is categorically incorrect; importers pay tariffs, not exporters. I’ll forego the “rigged” and “stolen” election as an

Covid19

BA.5 Symptoms and Everything Else We Know About the New COVID Variant

What’s happening The omicron variant of COVID-19 keeps changing, creating newer, more contagious variants. BA.5 seems to be the most contagious version to date and is causing most current COVID-19 cases in the US Why it matters BA.5 is causing more reinfection in people who already had COVID-19, including earlier versions of omicron. It’s also

Technology

Delaware will give free solar panels to low-income residents

The new pilot program will also cover 70 percent of rooftop solar costs for moderate-income participants. Rob Underwood has already fielded calls from over a dozen Delawareans interested in the state’s new solar equity program. The two-year pilot, which launched this month, aims to bring the benefits of home solar to a wider range of people by dramatically lowering

Science News

100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints found at restaurant in China

Dinosaur footprints dating back 100 million years have been discovered in southwestern China after a sharp-eyed diner spotted them in a restaurant’s outdoor courtyard. Several stone pits at the restaurant in Leshan, Sichuan province, contained the footprints of two sauropods, a type of dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period, said Lida Xing, a paleontologist and

News

In Tehran, Putin, Raisi and Erdogan vow to continue Syria cooperation

In \meeting with Russian leader, Iran’s Khamenei calls for strengthening ‘long-term cooperation’ with Moscow and blames West for outbreak of Ukraine war Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a trilateral meeting in Tehran on Tuesday, days after US President Joe Biden wrapped up a trip to

News

22-Year-Old Who Killed Indiana Mass Shooter Was Armed Because of ‘Constitutional Carry’

The 22-year-old man who shot and killed the would-be mass shooter at the Indiana Greenwood Park Mall was armed because of “constitutional carry.” The good guy with a gun has been identified as Elisjsha Dicken. WTHR indicates that the attacker entered the mall just before 5 p.m. and went into the bathroom where he put his cell

Climate

Biden could declare climate emergency as soon as this week, sources say

White House officials are scrambling to advance the president’s environmental agenda after talks with Sen. Joe Manchin III stalled President Biden is considering declaring a national climate emergency as soon as this week as he seeks to salvage his environmental agenda in the wake of stalled talks on Capitol Hill, according to three people familiar

Astronomy

Sleeping black hole discovered outside our galaxy for the first time.

An elusive black hole has been discovered in a nearby galaxy for the first time, according to a new study based on observations from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope. Dormant stellar-mass black holes, which form when massive stars reach the end of their lives, are especially difficult to detect because they have

Technology

Text scams surge as robocalls decline, report finds

You may have noticed receiving fewer robocalls over the past year, but a new report finds scammers are increasingly using a new way to reach consumers: text messages. A report from the Consumer Watchdog office of the nonprofit group U.S. PIRG is urging the Federal Communications Commission to pass new rules against robotexts, including requiring

News

Revealed: Bust Down star and comedian Jak Knight’s cause of death ruled as suicide from gunshot wound after passing away at just 28

An autopsy by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Cornoner confirmed that the comedian was found on a Los Angeles embankment on Thursday He suffered from a gunshot wound and his death was ruled as a suicide by the coroner He was best known for his stand-up comedy acts as well as co-crating and starring in