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A new study shows 38 percent of Americans would sacrifice having sex for a year just for the opportunity to travel again in the near future, per CNBC. In the UK, the number is slightly higher at 40 percent. The survey conducted by the travel search site Trivago finds that when presented with that same ultimatum, 48 […]
The United States carried out a military airstrike in eastern Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities that were allegedly used by Iranian-backed militia. Defense officials say the move, which is believed to be the Biden administration’s first military action, was in response to multiple rocket attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq this month. One of those attacks is said to have left one civilian […]
The quest for a minimum wage hike has hit another roadblock. According to the Washington Post, Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the provision to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour cannot be included in Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill. The decision marks a significant blow for Democrats who were hoping to […]
With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the country at alarming and new variants reportedly being detected, researchers have noticed that the common flu seems to have taken a backseat to the pandemic. “This is the lowest flu season we’ve had on record,” Lynnette Brammer of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said of the disappearance of […]
As many of you suspected, Kanye West’s 2020 presidential campaign was largely self-funded. As pointed out by People magazine, West’s final Federal Election Commission report confirms he had contributed about $12.4 million of his own money toward the failed campaign. The “Birthday Party” candidate racked in approximately $2 million from outside donors, bringing his total campaign contributions to $14,538,989.74. West’s […]
The U.S. Postal Service is starting an extensive effort to revamp its delivery vehicle fleet, and people already have some thoughts about the new vehicle’s design. On Tuesday, the USPS announced that it had signed a 10-year contract with Oshkosh Defense to manufacture the new postal delivery vehicles, which will mark the biggest modernization effort […]
Facebook has banned the Myanmar military from its platform, as well as Instagram, “with immediate effect.” In a press release shared Wednesday night, a rep for the Mark Zuckerberg-fronted social media service said the ban includes the remaining Myanmar military (known as the Tatmadaw) and military-controlled state and media entities. Additionally, ads from military-linked commercial […]
It was a good day for GameStop and an even better day for WallStreetBets. Shares of the video game retailer was priced at $91.71 at market close on Wednesday, marking a near 104 percent increase from the previous day. According to CNN Business, the spike occurred in the final hour of trading, prompting the New York Stock Exchange to halt […]
A retired NYPD officer and former Marine turned himself in at the FBI’s Hudson Valley office on Monday for allegedly assaulting a cop during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, CNN reports. Thomas Webster, 52, has been accused of striking a Capitol police officer several times with an aluminum pole holding a Marine Corps flag. Assistant […]
A recent report has ranked Toronto and Vancouver among the most expensive cities for real estate in the world. The report, published by the Urban Reform Institute and Frontier Centre for Public Policy, showed that Toronto is “severely unaffordable,” a category for markets found to have a price-to-income ratio of 5.1 or more. The city […]
