President Donald Trump has signed an executive order classifying illicit fentanyl and its precursor chemicals as a “weapon of mass destruction” (WMD), a designation traditionally reserved for nuclear, chemical, or biological threats. The move marks a dramatic escalation in the federal government’s approach to the opioid crisis and has sparked immediate debate over its legality, […]
The delayed release of U.S. employment data for October and November presents a complicated picture of the American labor market as the economy moves toward the end of 2025. While November delivered modest job gains, those gains followed a sharp contraction in October and were accompanied by a rising unemployment rate, fueling debate among economists, […]
Health experts are cautiously optimistic following the emergence of new treatment options for gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection that has increasingly alarmed public health officials due to its growing resistance to existing antibiotics. According to recent reporting, researchers and regulators are now advancing several novel therapies that could significantly alter the trajectory of one of […]
On 13 December 2025, a tragic mass shooting unfolded at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in a classroom inside the Barus & Holley engineering building during a finals-week study session. The incident left two students dead and nine others wounded, and it has intensified national conversations about gun violence, campus safety, and trauma among […]
A major scientific report released Wednesday warns that four families of synthetic chemicals widely used in the global food system—phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides, and PFAS “forever chemicals”—are driving rising rates of cancer, infertility, neurodevelopmental disorders, and ecological degradation. The financial impact is staggering: researchers estimate the global health burden reaches up to $2.2 trillion per year, […]
PepsiCo announced Monday that it will cut prices, streamline its product portfolio, and shift toward simpler, more functional ingredients as part of a sweeping operational overhaul negotiated with Elliott Investment Management, the activist hedge fund that recently acquired a $4 billion stake in the company. Under the agreement, PepsiCo will eliminate nearly 20% of its […]
On Tuesday, 28 October 2025, a truck transporting rhesus monkeys overturned on Interstate 59 near Heidelberg in Jasper County, Mississippi. The cargo reportedly included rhesus monkeys being moved from a biomedical-research facility toward another location. In the immediate aftermath, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department issued public warnings that several “aggressive” monkeys had escaped and may […]
The wildfires in Los Angels County continue to burn and destroy property. The update to the property damage is staggering, making it the second largest disaster in California history, second only to the Camp Fire in Northern California that destroyed over 18,000 structures. As of Friday Los Angeles County reported over 12,000 destroyed structures, and […]
Hurricane force winds sparked an unprecedented weather disaster in Los Angeles County, California on Tuesday January 7th, 2025. Since then five major firestorms have impacted communities throughout the County and has sadly claimed the lives of five people. The disaster started in Pacific Palisades, the largest community impacted, that has now spread to over 17,000 […]
Hurricane force winds, super low humidity, and dry brush from the drought was the combination for a perfect storm to ignite a firestorm today that is now decimating entire communities in Los Angeles County. The storm started in Pacific Palisades with one hundred mile per-hour winds carrying flaming embers for miles. Within the first twelve […]