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Nick Slatten is a lucky man. After getting off of work on March 10, the Tennessee resident went to a grocery store to purchase a beverage and Tennessee Cash ticket before heading home. Slatten checked the winning numbers the following morning and discovered he was holding a winning ticket worth $1,178,746. “I was stunned. I couldn’t believe it,” […]
Two people were fatally stabbed on Monday, which was caught on a Zoom call. According to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the stabbing took place at about 2:45 p.m. local time in the Altadena neighborhood, which is 15 miles north of downtown LA. Somebody dialed 911 and reported a potential kidnapping; […]
Facebook has been sued by the international non-profit Reporters Without Borders organization over the spread of hate speech and disinformation, among other things. Reporters Without Borders announced the suit—filed with the public prosecutor in Paris—this week with a statement in which the social media platform is alleged to have engaged in “deceptive commercial practices” centered […]
On Tuesday, Michelle Obama and other co-chairs of the When We All Vote organization dropped an open letter urging Americans to put their support behind the For the People Act. At the moment, 43 states across the country are considering an estimated 253 proposals that could dramatically limit voting rights and access to millions of […]
The architecture studio ABIBOO has revealed plans for the creation of the first sustainable city on Mars and they’re hoping to have it completed and ready for residents in 2100 with construction beginning in 2054. Located on Tempe Mensa, the city of Nüwa will feature a population of 250,000 people primarily located inside the rock of a steep […]
Nine years after a group of researchers from Yale put together the “Map of Life,” which provides a database that pins where known species live across the globe, they have now put together a map that attempts to locate areas where yet-to-be-discovered species may reside. The goal, according to the guy who spearheaded the project (Yale ecology and […]
While the push for an ever-expanding approach to modern space exploration has arguably been kept in the mainstream in recent years thanks in large part to Elon Musk’s SpaceX projects, many have remained skeptical of Musk—also known for Tesla, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and his support of bitcoin—due to capitalism’s proven societal shortcomings. Over the weekend, […]
Results of a late-stage study on AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine were announced on Monday, adding another boost of optimism to the pandemic era that’s kept us all on pause for more than a year now. The vaccine in question is named AZD1222 and was co-invented by the University of Oxford and its company, Vaccitech. Per a phase […]
A Latino man was reportedly handcuffed after because authorities considered him to be a suspect in the deadly spa shootings in Georgia, Slate reports. Mario González narrowly escaped from the shooting at Youngs Asian Massage, but was allegedly detained until the gunman was identified. González later received confirmation that his wife had died inside. González and his wife, Delaina Ashley Yaun, […]
People across the country gathered on Saturday for vigils and protests to fight the surging violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, following last week’s fatal shootings at Atlanta-based spas. The incident left eight people dead, six of whom were women of Asian descent. The Wall Street Journal reports that hundreds of demonstrators met near […]
