We have an update on Brittney Griner since her return to the U.S. three days ago; a bombing suspect finally in custody; and a winter storm warning. These stories and more highlight your morning rundown for Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.  Update on Griner return, Whelan detainment “She’s at SA getting appropriate mental and physical healthcare…

Brittney Griner is back on U.S. soil; Musk releases the next round of his “Twitter-Files”; and the U.S. is monitoring China’s space debris. This is your morning rundown, aimed down the middle, for Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.  Brittney Griner flight lands in San Antonio Brittney Griner landed in San Antonio Friday morning. She is expected…

New York City officials have opened up a temporary center to house some of the migrants who have been bused into the city from southern border states. The center is made up of a series of giant tents located on Randall’s Island. “This is a historic moment. We haven’t seen something like this in New…

Scientists are growing human brain cells in rats to study diseases and help keep you alive. Stanford University scientists transplanted human brain cells into the brains of baby rats, where the cells grew and formed connections.  A psychiatry professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, says it has created “the most advanced human brain circuitry…

The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $699,763 grant to a joint venture to investigate the rise of extremism in gaming. “Over the past decade, video games have increasingly become focal points of social activity and identity creation for adolescents and young adults. Relationships made and fostered within game ecosystems routinely cross over into…

Amazon is the undisputed champion of e-commerce but the king of brick-and-mortar sales is taking huge steps to challenge that dominance. We have the ways Walmart is competing to replace Amazon in this week’s Five for Friday. #5: Exclusive memberships Nothing sets the e-commerce giant apart from the competition more than Amazon Prime. Walmart is…

The video game industry experienced a massive boom during the COVID-19 pandemic, but then Americans spent 13% less on gaming in the second quarter of this year from the same period a year ago and more time outside. Consumer spending has also been taking a hit amid worries about the state of the economy. Still,…

Developers and speculators are treating parts of the internet’s metaverse as if it were dusty Manhattan in the 1800s. Investors are buying pricey parcels of virtual “land” with a dream that one day masses of people and businesses will want a piece of the action. So far, metaverse action and interaction is light, but that’s…

Major League Baseball’s (MLB) self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement with the league’s players union (MLBPA)–to end the current lockout and avoid cancelling games in the 2022 season–has passed. The league pitched its final offer at around 3:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, with the deadline passing 90 minutes later. At a news conference after the deadline…

In a busy news day for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it is investigating Tesla vehicles over “phantom braking,” which is when cars unexpectedly brake while in Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system. The investigation covers roughly 416,000 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles model years 2021 and 2022.…