CDC: US Life Expectancy Hit All-Time High in 2024

U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 – the highest mark in American history. It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from all the nation’s top killers, including heart disease, cancer and drug…[#item_full_content]

Rubio Hints at Preemptive Strike Option Against Iran

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while testifying before the Senate, hinted that the United States could take preemptive action against Iran and told lawmakers that Tehran’s leadership is at its weakest point in years.[#item_full_content]

FEMA Has Funds for Winter Storm Despite Shutdown Risk

The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight Friday, experts and former FEMA officials said, despite Trump…[#item_full_content]

US Probes Waymo After Child Struck Near School

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday it is opening an investigation after a Waymo self-driving vehicle struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California last week, causing minor injuries. The auto safety agency said the child…[#item_full_content]

Tesla to Invest $20B in Autonomous Driving Push

Tesla plans to more than double capital spending to a record high of more than $20 billion this year – but little of it will go to its traditional business of selling electric vehicles to human drivers.[#item_full_content]

China executes 11 people convicted in scam crackdown

China executed 11 people convicted of intentional homicide, fraud and other crimes linked to a cross-border scam operation, after the country’s top court approved their death sentences, authorities said Thursday. The announcement was published on the webiste for the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, China’s highest state body responsible for criminal prosecution and oversight. The executions followed […]

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