The death of Mahsa Amini, 22, from the Iranian Kurdish town of Sagez, has sparked massive protests in several Iranian cities, where activists cite 83 killed over the last two weeks. Amini died in a hospital three days after being detained by “morality police” for not wearing a hijab. Family members claim she was tortured…

New York has adopted California’s decision to require all new cars and trucks sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035. They are the second state in the country to mandate zero-emissions for all new passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs . All new school buses purchased will also have to be zero-emission by 2027, with…

California continues to see a migration of companies and residents to the Lone Star State. Chevron already has a large presence in Texas but will look to grow their Houston facilities by transferring more of its California employees there. The move is happening as Chevron has sold its headquarters building in California, significantly downsizing. The…

For the second year in a row, life expectancy in the United States has dropped. Now, across all 50 states, life expectancy is set to swing lower, with rates declining differently across race and ethnic groups. Surely, COVID-19 played a role, but the NCHS Mortality Statistics Chief, Robert Anderson, cited another unintentional injury – drug…

On Sept. 30, 2022, Hurricane Ian is projected to make its second landfall in the U.S.; a set of warships belonging to the U.S., Japan and South Korea set sail in the face of heightened threats from North Korea; and a new drug to treat ALS has received FDA approval. Hurricane Ian heads toward Carolinas…

The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq are all in a bear market, which is when an index falls 20% or more from a recent high. Wall Street had record returns last year but a troubled economy and high consumer prices have taken a toll on markets so far in 2022. We have the formerly…

Six Republican-led states file suit against Biden administration over student loan relief plan – A lawsuit filed in a Missouri federal court in by state attorneys general from Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska and South Carolina, as well as legal representatives from Iowa, seeks to challenge the Biden administration’s student loan debt forgiveness program. “This burden of…

A couple weeks ago, President Joe Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic was over. Health experts are still debating whether that’s true, but we do know the pandemic impacted people in different ways. A newly released study shows some Americans’ personalities even changed. Researchers from Florida State University worked with more than 7,000 adults and measured…

Seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called up to 300,000 reservists to support its struggling military. The draft has led to a massive exodus of young Russian men, with some reports estimating the number fleeing the country exceeding the total number of troops in the original invasion force. Straight Arrow…

Major advertisers are pulling their business from Twitter after advertisements for their companies appeared alongside tweets soliciting child pornography. Dyson, Mazda, Forbes, PBS Kids and Direct TV have all removed their ads from the social media site. Those companies as well as Disney, NBC Universal, and Coca-Cola were among 30 advertisers that appeared on the…