Monthly Archives: August 2022

Doug Mastriano, Trump-backed candidate for Pennsylvania governor, posed in Confederate uniform while in military

Retired Army colonel Doug Mastriano, a Republican state senator from Pennsylvania who is running for governor, poses at left in a Confederate uniform in a 2013-14 faculty photo at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 9, 2014. Army War College/Handout via REUTERS A 2014 photo shows Pennsylvania Republican Doug…

Member of Dr. Oz’s medical advisory board says he no longer associates with the celebrity physician because of his politics: ‘I want nothing to do with him’

Pennsylvania Republican US Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz joins former President Donald Trump onstage during a rally in support of his campaign. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images A member of Dr. Oz’s advisory board no longer associates with the physician because of Oz’s politics. Joel Fuhrman, who appeared on “The Dr. Oz Show” five times, says he…

Underage sex trafficking probe of Matt Gaetz is still unfolding but any announcement on it will likely come after the midterms, The Daily Beast reports

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., addresses attendees during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on July 23, 2022, in Tampa, Florida. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Rep. Matt Gaetz is being investigated over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid her to travel with him. Eight sources familiar with the probe told…

Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg won’t be deposed over the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg were in line to give hours of depositions in response to a lawsuit over Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, but now that won’t happen — the company has reached a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs. As reported earlier by Reuters,…

Russia’s war in Ukraine raises a harrowing question: How widespread would fallout from a nuclear bomb be?

An illustration of a nuclear bomb exploding in a city. Shutterstock Six months into Russia’s war in Ukraine, experts described what would happen in a nuclear strike, which is unlikely. A modern-day nuclear bomb could wipe out an entire city and cause third-degree burns nearby it. But the strength of a blast depends on the size…