News Updates

The Henan province in China, which suffered from deadly floods in August, is set to implement a new surveillance technology that uses face-scanning technology according to a report from BBC News. The surveillance will supposedly detect and identify “people of concern,” including foreign journalists. BBC reported on documents obtained by surveillance analyst authority

Vaccine-hesitant healthcare workers in states that sued the federal government over one of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates were granted a reprieve Monday. A federal judge in Missouri has temporarily prevented federal agencies from enforcing a mandate that would have required vaccinations for all healthcare workers at hospitals that receive federal aid.

Dozens of farmers across the Midwest may see their land confiscated by the government to make way for a massive carbon dioxide pipeline. Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions is behind the $4.5 billion Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, dubbed the Midwest Carbon Express, which may represent the largest test to date

A Morning Consult poll released last week showed that of the top ten governors with the best job approval ratings, nine were Republicans. Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) is the one exception, coming in seventh with a job approval rating of 64 percent. Among the top governors in the nation are New Hampshire’s

Shopping centers and stores were on high alert this Thanksgiving weekend as a wave of sudden, overwhelming robberies hit multiple stores and malls nationwide on Black Friday. Dubbed as “flash mob robberies” the criminal action involves a group of 20 or more people who rush into a store to overwhelm

Four GOP-led states have recently changed unemployment insurance rules to allow workers fired for defying President Biden’s vaccine mandates to receive unemployment benefits. Thousands of workers across the nation have already lost their jobs for refusing to submit to employers’ vaccine requirements. Typically, employees who are terminated for failing to comply with

Co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, is expected to step down as CEO of the company according to a report from CNBC. News broke of the decision on Monday morning which led to a 10% jump in Twitter stock prices. Jack Dorsey helped found Twitter in 2006 as it became a popular

A controversial new bill is gaining steam in New York City that would grant noncitizens the right to vote. The City Council is expected to approve Intro 1867 with a veto-proof majority on Dec. 9, paving the way for over 800,000 noncitizen immigrants to vote in municipal elections in New

In an attempt to solve the failing mathematics education in California, a group of educators came together to create a new set of mathematics teaching principles founded in critical race theory. California has consistently ranked in the bottom 25th percentile of eighth grade standardized testing nationwide, demonstrating that something with