“You don’t spin up this kind of skyward muscle just to flex,” said one observer. Flight-tracking websites showed dozens of Air Force aerial refueling planes departing from military bases in the United States and heading to Europe on Sunday, fueling speculation of direct U.S. involvement in the widening Israeli-Iranian war. Military-focused news sites reported that […]
An international study has found that Earth’s glaciers will lose 76% of their 2020 mass under current climate policy pledges made by nations. Those pledges would lead to a global mean temperature 4.9 degrees Fahrenheit above preindustrial levels. Consequences of the glacier mass loss include a 9-inch sea level rise, changes in biodiversity and increased […]
[content id=”79272″] “How many more times do we have to wipe the blood off our streets before action is taken?” asked the Florida Democratic Party chair. On the heels of Maine officials confirming that the shooter who killed 18 people in Lewiston earlier this week was found dead, shootings in Florida, Illinois, and Indianapolis early Sunday fueled further calls […]
[content id=”79272″] “This is unacceptable,” said the gun control advocacy group Giffords in response to the massacre. “Our country is being held hostage by a gun lobby that makes record profits off record gun sales & gun violence. In yet the latest mass shooting involving a gunman and a military-style assault rifle in the United […]