30 Taliban militants killed in explosion during bomb-making class At least 30 Taliban militants have died in Afghanistan after they blew themselves up during a bomb-making class. The
COVID sets high bar on workers’ comp Initial fears that COVID-19-related workers’ compensation claims would overwhelm insurance carriers and business groups haven’t panned out, with “a significant percentage
Europe’s oldest person, a 117-year-old French nun, survives COVID-19 Europe’s oldest person has survived COVID-19 after testing positive just a few weeks before her 117th birthday. Sister André,
Man arrested after attempting to rob exactly three tacos from an Akron Taco Bell A 36-year-old man was arrested in Akron, Ohio after he attempted to rob a
Scientists Have Taught Spinach To Send Emails And It Could Warn Us About Climate Change Through nanotechnology, engineers at MIT in the US have transformed spinach into sensors
Zoom snafu: Lawyer pleads not kitty With the kitty filter on the Zoom call capturing his every inflection, the lawyer at a Texas court hearing earlier this week
Archeologists find 120,000-year-old carvings in cattle bones near Israel’s Nesher Ramla; the artifact may be the oldest known use of symbols Because the markings were carved on the
Increasing the federal minimum wage to $15/hour by 2025 would lift 900,000 Americans out of poverty, but could also result in 1.4 million lost jobs According to the
The next energy revolution is near The Age of the Battery is upon us. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have undergone a rapid transformation in recent years, becoming more efficient,
January jobs rise by just 49,000 The U.S. economy added 49,000 jobs in January, partly reversing a drop in December but revealing continued weakness in a labor market
The U.S. agreed to a five-year extension of the New START ballistic missile treaty The treaty limits the U.S. and Russia to 1,550 nuclear warheads, and 700 missiles
The teacher who handcrafted Bernie Sanders’ viral mittens has signed a deal to mass-produce the gloves An image of Sanders with his mittened hands crossed over his chest
Facebook and Instagram users on iPhones may see new pop-up messages on the apps As part of an ongoing back-and-forth between Facebook and Apple over user tracking, Apple’s
Facebook and Instagram users on iPhones may see new pop-up messages on the apps As part of an ongoing back-and-forth between Facebook and Apple over user tracking, Apple’s
The movement to ban reality TV shows from working with Texas law enforcement There’s now a push to ban law enforcement in Texas from working with reality TV
72-year-old bottle of whisky fetches over $54,000 in auction A 72-year-old bottle of Glen Grant single malt whisky from Scotland fetched more than $54,000 in an auction in
Woman finds GoPro while scuba diving in Cozumel, learns it belongs to fellow Oklahoman A woman was 2,100 miles away on vacation for a scuba diving trip when
Gen Z poised to disrupt finance Watch out, millennials. Generation Z (roughly ages 25 and younger) is poised to be the “most disruptive generation ever,” according to a
An experimental nuclear reactor which could be coming to the Idaho National Laboratory in Boise, Idaho The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Resilient brands head to Super Bowl Brands that have been successful during the pandemic are making expensive gambles by advertising during the Super Bowl. DoorDash is using its
