Politics
How relocating Americans created new inflation hot spots
Americans moved around a lot over the past two years, and those destinations also now happen to have the highest inflation rates in the U.S. “We saw right away that inflation was highest in Phoenix and lowest in San Francisco,” Redfin deputy chief economist Taylor Marr told CNBC. The relationship between migration and inflation has […]
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Russia says it has sent 900 Ukrainian soldiers to prison camp; U.S. reopens embassy in Kyiv
Ukraine’s presidential advisor says the war is unlikely to end by fall Local boys sit on a swing in the yard of an apartment building destroyed by the Russian army airstrike in Ukraine May 13, 2022. The war in Ukraine is expected to continue through the summer and possibly beyond, presidential advisor Oleksii Arestovych said, […]
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Two maps show NATO’s growth — and Russia’s isolation — since 1990
A Swedish soldier takes part in exercises on May 17, 2022. Her country, along with Finland, now wants to join NATO. Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images Russia has become increasingly isolated from the rest of Europe over the last 30 years, and maps of the continent illustrate just how drastic the change has […]
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CDC now investigating 180 cases of kids with acute hepatitis of unknown cause
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Tami Chappell | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now investigating 180 cases of children who suddenly developed severe hepatitis across 36 states and territories, an increase of 71 cases since the public health agency’s last update earlier this month. […]
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U.S. Marshals providing ‘around-the-clock security’ at Supreme Court justices’ homes, DOJ says
Police stand outside the home of U.S. Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh as abortion-rights advocates protest on May 11, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The U.S. Marshals Service has been providing “around-the-clock security” at the homes of all nine Supreme Court justices since last week, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. […]
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Elon Musk says he’ll vote Republican, bashes Democrats
Trump advisor Steve Bannon (L) watches as President Donald Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, before a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House February 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk said twice this week that he […]
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Climate change has made India’s heatwave 100 times more likely, says U.K. weather service
A farmer pours water on himself while working at a wheat farm in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India, on Sunday, May 1, 2022. T. Narayan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The blistering heatwave in northwest India and Pakistan was made over 100 times more likely because of human-caused climate change, according to a new study published […]
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U.S. faces unnecessary Covid deaths if Congress fails to pass funding bill, top health official warns
Top U.S. health officials on Wednesday reiterated their calls for Congress to pass funding for the nation’s fight against Covid-19, warning that failure to act now would result in an unnecessary loss of life in the fall and winter. Their warning comes as new infections and hospitalizations are on the rise as the more transmissible […]
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Keeping Illinois nuclear plants open is saving some customers $237 a year on average
Byron, UNITED STATES: The Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Stations running at full capacity 14 May, 2007, in Byron, Illinois. (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images) JEFF HAYNES | AFP | Getty Images Nuclear energy pays in times of energy price fluctuations. In September, Illinois lawmakers passed a watershed clean energy law which […]
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Senate panel investigates Abbott tax practices after contamination shut down baby formula plant
The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday opened an investigation into Abbott Labs, the company at the center of a baby formula shortage in the U.S. Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to CEO Robert Ford requesting information on Abbott’s international tax practices and $8 billion in stock buybacks the company has authorized […]
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