After several weeks of a closely-monitored trial, and 3 1/2 days of jury deliberation, Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges related to the two people he killed and the one he wounded during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. He was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering. The most serious…

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced he will not seek reelection in 2022. Leahy, who is 81 years old, is the longest-serving active member of the senate. He was first elected to the position in 1974 and is serving his eighth term; it is set to expire in January 2023. “I have reached the conclusion,” Sen.…

In a Twitter video posted Monday, Democrat Beto O’Rourke announced he will be running for governor of Texas. This will be his third run for a major office in as many election cycles. He narrowly lost the election for one of Texas’ Senate seats to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in 2018 and was in the…

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced in a campaign video Friday she will seek reelection for her fourth full term in the Senate. The video above shows her filing for reelection later in the day. Sen. Murkowski has been in the Senate since 2002 when her father selected her to finish his unexpired term after he…

Does boarding a plane give you anxiety? Does turbulence make you sweat? If so, you’re not alone; nearly 40 percent of Americans experience anxiety while flying. Air Force veteran Skip Bailey, a flight training coordinator at the Aviation Institute at University of Nebraska at Omaha, knows a thing or two about the chances of surviving…

Update (Dec. 29, 2021): About a month and a half after going public on Wall Street, all-electric carmaker Rivian Automotive announced Tuesday it will delay deliveries of its electric pickup truck and sports utility vehicle with big battery packs to 2023. Rivian Chief Executive RJ Scaringe said the majority of the roughly 71,000 preorders for Rivian’s…

The pile of evidence showing the harmful effects of social media continues to grow. Much of the blowback is falling on Facebook amid allegations it ignored its own research that showed its site’s negative impact on people, especially children. Public blowback has gotten so bad that Facebook changed its corporate name to distance itself from…

When Aaron Rodgers claimed he had been “immunized” against COVID-19 in August 2021, reporters and fans believed he had been vaccinated with an FDA-approved vaccine. But Rodgers’ comments on the Pat McAfee show following a positive COVID-19 test revealed that the star quarterback had not received any vaccine shots. Instead, he had been pursuing alternative treatments,…

United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected a request from lawyers for former President Donald Trump Tuesday. The lawyers had sought to block the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots from receiving White House documents. “The public interest lies in permitting — not enjoining — the combined will of the legislative and executive…

The Sesame Street character Big Bird has sparked controversy by announcing he had been vaccinated against COVID-19 on Twitter. The move has ruffled the feathers of some conservatives who call it “propaganda”. The eight-foot-two feathered yellow bird joined America’s five to 11-year olds late last month in becoming eligible for COVID-19 vaccination following the Pfizer-BioNTech…