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A bill has been reintroduced into the House of Representatives that challenges the standardized five-day/40-hour workweek. California Representative Mark Takano’s bill proposes making a four-day workweek a federal law. The mandate would create “a significant change which will increase the happiness of humankind,” per CNBC. In June 2021, the UK ran a trial bringing the four-day workweek to the forefront. […]
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted Saturday, sending an avalanche of gas clouds and lava onto the surrounding villages. The Associated Press reports the head of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center confirmed the eruption resulted in the biggest lava flow from Mount Merapi since 2020. In addition, it was the volcano’s most powerful eruption since 1930, when about 1,300 […]
A woman and her husband were fatally shot this week after a stalker who the couple previously filed a restraining order against broke into their home. ABC News reports the female victim, a podcaster, befriended the suspect, 38-year-old Ramin Khodakaramrezaei, after he reached out to her after he became a fan of her podcasts. According to […]
A court jury found Northern California sheriff’s deputies guilty of wrongly detaining a Black family at a Starbucks. They were granted $8.25 million in compensation for the injustice detention. According to NBC News, Aasylei Loggervale and her two daughters, Aaottae Loggervale and Aasylei Hardge-Loggervale, went to Starbucks located in Castro Valley in September 2019, which is located […]
Eight people are confirmed dead after two boats crashed Saturday night on the coast of San Diego. According to San Diego Fire and Rescue, authorities are still searching for seven other victims. Law enforcement believes the two boats were involved in alleged smuggling. San Diego Union-Tribune reports that around 11:30 pm, one of the boats capsized […]
A Minnesota man has been charged with second-degree murder after he killed a sex offender who he claims was stalking his 22-month old daughter. NBC News reports Levi William Axtell, 27, turned himself in to police this week after he killed Lawrence V. Scully, a 77-year-old who was convicted of molesting a 6-year-old girl in 1979. […]
It’s raining worms in Northeast China—at least, that’s what some Twitter users think. The theory was sparked by a viral video filmed in Liaoning, a Chinese province that borders North Korea. The footage was taken on a busy street, where a row of parked cars appeared to be covered with small cylindrical. Pedestrians could be seen in […]
A home once occupied by Martin Luther King Jr. was severely damaged in a massive blaze. According to the Courier-Post, the fire broke out early Saturday morning at 753 Walnut St. in Camden, New Jersey. The civil rights icon reportedly lived at the residence in 1950, while he was studying theology. Camden Fire Department Chief Michael Harper said […]
Three Texas women are missing after crossing the Mexico border two weeks ago. In late February, sisters Maritza Trinidad Perez Rios, 47; Marina Perez Rios, 48; and their friend, Dora Alicia Cervantes Saenz, 53, traveled to Mexico to sell clothes at a Flea Market but never came back, according to U.S. authorities. The women are natives […]
Uncertainty swept through the tech and financial worlds following the swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. According to Reuters, the institution was forced to shut down on Friday after it failed to avoid a run by depositors. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced the news in a press release, confirming the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation […]
