Riding mass transit has been added to the list of activities that are too dangerous for our children. In fact, one father — Adrian Cook — was investigated by social workers because his kids rode the public bus to school. ...
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52 Percent Of Florida Without Electricity; It Could Be Weeks Before Fully Restored
Hurricane Irma exited Florida Monday, leaving more than 7 million homes and businesses without electricity – including more than 5.5 million customers in Florida who were still without power the next morning. A full 52 percent of all homes and ...
Read More »Hurricane Center Warns: Power Out For ‘Weeks To Possibly Months’ After Irma
Hurricane Irma is bringing confusion, hysteria and a dire threat of devastation of epic proportions to Florida. The superstorm is already much larger than 1992’s Hurricane Andrew and meteorologists predict it will not miss Miami, The Washington Post reported. ...
Read More »Irma Eyes The U.S.: ‘Everybody Is Panicked’; Shelves Empty; Gas Pumps Run Dry
Hurricane Irma had not reached Florida yet on Thursday, but it already was creating a major crisis in the form of empty supermarket shelves and lines at gas pumps. Shelves at some Publix supermarkets in South Florida were empty on ...
Read More »The Farmers’ Almanac Just Released Its Winter Forecast. And It’s More Reliable Than You Might Think.
The Farmers’ Almanac has some bad news for the West: Dry conditions, particularly in the Northwest, will continue through winter 2018. The rest of the country will experience a mixture of conditions. “From the Great Lakes into the Northeast, snowier-than-normal ...
Read More »North Korea ‘Begging For War,’ U.S. Ambassador Says After 6th Nuclear Test
The test of North Korea’s most powerful nuclear weapon ever and claims the nation has a hydrogen bomb mounted on a missile have inched the world closer to war. “War is never something the Unites States wants — we don’t ...
Read More »‘Columbus Day’ Changed To ‘Indigenous People’s Day’
Columbus Day will become Indigenous People’s Day this year in Los Angeles. The city council last week voted to remove the holiday from the official council. “This gesture of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day is a very small ...
Read More »Gas Shortage: Harvey Shuts Down Nation’s Largest Refinery; Stations Out Of Fuel; ‘Nobody Knows The Extent Of The Damage’
Hurricane Harvey devastated the Gulf region and soon could have a major impact at the gas pump. Gas stations throughout Texas are running out of gas. Meanwhile, America’s largest oil refinery, located in Port Arthur, Texas, will be closed for ...
Read More »Surprise: Most Americans (And Most African-Americans) Oppose Removing Confederate Monuments
A solid majority of Americans favor leaving monuments to Confederate leaders where they are, according to a series of new polls. One survey, by The Huffington Post/YouGov, found that only 29 percent of Americans want them removed. “Americans are generally ...
Read More »North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan; China Warns Situation ‘Approaching A Crisis’
The North Korean government deliberately fired a missile over Japan Monday to wreak havoc and create divisions between America and its allies, experts say. The ballistic missile flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific. “If North Korea had launched ...
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