The Pentagon stated Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is recovering after being taken to Walter Reed Medical Center on New Year’s Day owing to complications from an elective medical procedure. While the brief statement did not specify the treatment or difficulties, it did say Austin is “recovering well.” Austin’s Recovery: Pentagon Updates on Defense…
NASA is preparing for its Certification-1 flight test on January 8, 2024, using ULA’s Vulcan rocket. NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) effort aims to launch the first Astrobotic Peregrine commercial lunar lander to a highly elliptical orbit 220,000 miles above Earth to intercept the Moon. Five instruments contribute to lunar science in the cargo….
Florida mother Josie Ramos is frightened as her daughter, Daisy Link, becomes pregnant at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a murder charge. Daisy Link, 28, told her mother on Christmas Day that another convict gave her a semen-filled glove through an air conditioning vent. Link said she never met the man and only…
State safety officials said New Hampshire government buildings received hoax threats but are secure. New Hampshire Officials Dismiss Hoax Threats to Government Buildings The New Hampshire Department of Safety reported that the Secretary of State’s office received a state capitol violence email. After investigating, law enforcement found it was a fake. Additionally, the CIA recorded…
Astronomical discoveries and expeditions that illuminate the universe. Recent Space Discoveries: Globular Cluster’s Journey and Clues to Alien Life Globular Cluster’s Track to Milky Way Center: Stars linked by gravity form globular clusters in the Milky Way. One globular cluster traveling toward the galactic center was discovered recently. These clusters in the galaxy’s outer regions…
Walmart will launch fast-food-style poke restaurants in ten California stores. This collaboration involves Uncle Sharkii Poke Bar and Walmart under a Master Lease Agreement. The Hawaiian restaurant, with locations in Hawaii, California, Utah, and Texas with signed locations in Arizona and Nevada, will open ten California outlets at Walmart during the next five months. Uncle…
A disturbing event was filmed in a Las Vegas courtroom on January 3, 2024. Deobra Delone Redden abruptly attacked Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus during his felony violence sentencing. After jumping over a defense table and the judge’s bench, court officials, attorneys, and the assailant fought bloodily. Violent Courtroom Attack in Las Vegas:…
According to IRS changes, buyers of certain electric vehicle (EV) models can now claim the $3,750 or $7,500 tax credit at the time of sale. Buyers previously had to wait until tax filing to receive the credit, which reduced their tax payment by up to $7,500. Under the new method, the discount is added to…
Tuesday’s ruling by a Texas federal appeals court means the Biden administration cannot utilize EMTALA of 1986 to require hospitals to provide emergency abortions for pregnant women in danger. A series of judicial disputes over abortion limitations followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 abortion ban. In 2022, the administration informed hospitals that they must give…
As the Vulcan rocket prepares for its first of two certification missions, Elon Musk is exonerated for a joke bet. Musk promised to “eat his hat with a side of mustard” if ULA’s Vulcan rocket launched a national security mission before 2023. Musk made this prediction in 2018, and ULA’s certification missions have made him…