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One of the first major snowstorms this season blanketed parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan over the weekend, in the midst of hectic post-Thanksgiving travel and discount shopping sprees. Forecasters expected very cold temperatures and heavy snow to persist through the beginning of the week and potentially pose dangers to travelers in the Great […]
Amazon workers in more than 20 countries, including the U.S., plan to strike during the busy pre-Christmas shopping days between Black Friday and Cyber Monday to “make Amazon pay,” strike organizers said Thursday. The “days of resistance” aim to “hold Amazon accountable for [labor] abuses, environmental degradation and threats to democracy,” according to organizers UNI Global Union and Progressive International. “No […]
CNN — The USS Beloit, a littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with African American trailblazer Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson as the ship’s chosen sponsor. Anderson is nationally recognized for being the first Black woman to achieve the rank of major general in the United States Army Reserve. The 2011 promotion made […]
CNN — The Biden administration has approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine for the first time in another major policy shift, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday. The decision comes just days after the US gave Ukraine permission to fire long-range US missiles at targets in Russia, a shift that only occurred after […]
As the Black Friday countdown begins, excitement builds among shoppers across the globe. Known as the biggest shopping event of the year, Black Friday offers significant discounts on a variety of products from major retailers. But how long does Black Friday last, and why is it called Black Friday? Let’s dive into the details while […]
A cloned black-footed ferret has given birth, becoming the first-ever cloned animal of an endangered species in the US to successfully produce offspring in what officials recently hailed as a “major milestone”. In an announcement at the beginning of November, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) said that a cloned black-footed ferret named Antonia […]
The United States added just 12,000 jobs last month, a figure economists say was impacted by two hurricanes and a strike. Yet, even with those caveats, the report pointed to a cooling labor market. The latest payrolls figure marked the fewest monthly job gains since December 2020, during the depths of the Covid pandemic, with […]
More black mass is headed to Lancaster, Ohio, thanks to beaucoup government bucks and an innovative battery recycling process from North Carolina-based Cirba Solutions. Canary Media reported that the company has opened its expanded lithium-ion power pack recycling facility in Ohio in part with $82 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The $400 million total […]
Photo Credit: Cirba Solutions More black mass is headed to Lancaster, Ohio, thanks to beaucoup government bucks and an innovative battery recycling process from North Carolina-based Cirba Solutions. Canary Media reported that the company has opened its expanded lithium-ion power pack recycling facility in Ohio in part with $82 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes, space weather forecasters said Wednesday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday into Friday after an outburst from the sun […]