Study Warns Next Mass Extinction Under Way

A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that the Earth is already undergoing its sixth mass extinction and that it is “rapidly accelerating.” Researchers warned that animal species were going extinct 35 times faster than the average rate of …

GAO Finds ‘Poor Living Conditions’ in U.S. Barracks

A General Accounting Office report released Tuesday finds poor and potentially hazardous living conditions in U.S. military barracks, impacting the quality of life of the enlisted service members living in them.[#item_full_content]

Trump Lawyer Says N.Y. Attorney General Ignores the Truth

A lawyer for Donald Trump on Friday accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of ignoring “everything” as she pursues a civil lawsuit alleging that the former president ran a systematic fraud at his family business.Christopher Kise, Trump’s lawyer, made the accusation…[#item_full_content]

Massachusetts gov expands legal services for migrants in emergency shelters

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey this week announced that the liberal state will be expanding legal services for migrants who are living in emergency shelter — the latest move by liberal jurisdictions to cope with the surge of migrants they are facing. Healey announced that the state’s Office for Refugees and Immigrants and Executive Office of […]

Eagle Pass Mayor: Biden Admin ‘Abandoned’ Texas City

Amid the influx of thousands of migrants pouring into the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, Mayor Rolando Salinas Jr. said his city has been “abandoned” by the Biden administration and, furthermore, he “100%” believes the president bears “some responsibility for this crisis.”[#item_full_content]

Giorgio Napolitano, Italy’s first ex-communist president, dead at 98

Giorgio Napolitano, the first former Communist to rise to Italy’s presidency and the first person to be elected twice to the mostly ceremonial post, died on Friday, the presidential palace said. He was 98. A statement issued Friday night by the presidential palace confirmed Italian news reports of the death of Napolitano, who had been […]

Southern Yemeni leader stresses push for separate country at UN

The head of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council, an umbrella group of heavily armed and well-financed militias, said Friday that he will prioritize the creation of a separate country in negotiations with their rivals, the Houthi rebels. Aidarous al-Zubaidi’s comments, in an interview with The Associated Press, come days after the conclusion of landmark talks in […]