Orlando workplace shooting: Former employee kills 5, then himself
Jennifer Blevins panicked when she heard the news about the shooting at the business northeast of Orlando where her father works. She tried calling but couldn’t reach him. “I saw the post on Facebook, and my heart sank,” Blevins said Monday morning. Hours later, her worst fears were confirmed: Her father, 69-year-old Robert…
Awe-inspiring photos of the Earth from space in honor of World Environment Day
Our swiftly tilting planet Earth rotating at night. NASA Close your eyes and picture what the Earth looks like. You’re probably picturing a circle, mostly blue thanks to the ocean, with swirls of clouds and the occasional green and brown land mass. The entire sphere is floating in a mass of impossible black. You’re picturing […]
Michael Bloomberg Pledges $15Mil to Ensure U.S. Fulfills Paris Climate Accord
In response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that his nonprofit foundation would commit $15 million to fill the gap left by the U.S. government backing out of the 2015 global agreement. On Friday the billionaire announced the creation of “America’s […]
FBI arrests NSA contractor for leaking top secret report to press
A National Security Agency contractor named Reality Winner, 25, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with retaining and transmitting classified national defense information in violation of United States code 18 U.S.C. § 793(e). That’s according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Winner, who worked for the Pluribus International Corporation and […]
Bon Jovi to receive humanitarian award for fighting poverty
Jon Bon Jovi will be honored by the National Association of Broadcasters Education and receive a 2017 Service to America Leadership Award, the Asbury Park Press reports. He’ll receive the award at the NABEF’s Celebration of Service to America Awards ceremony June 20 in Washington. Bon Jovi opening community kitchen in Monmouth County, plans another […]
Afghanistan: Deadly Kabul truck-bomb toll rises
At 150 people were killed in a massive truck-bomb explosion in Kabul on May 31, President Ashraf Ghani said, an upward revision making it deadliest single attack to strike Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of 2001 to topple the Taliban. The Afghan leader told an international peace conference in the capital on Tuesday that the […]
Support For Trump Impeachment Is Higher Than Approval
Virtually every single poll tracking President Donald Trump’s approval rating showed the figure plummeting Monday morning, well below the margin of error compared to the rising level of support for impeachment, following his controversial decision to withdraw the United States from the global Paris Climate Accord and amid an ongoing investigation into his campaign’s possible […]