Courtesy of Beth Gill Two children had to sleep on a Charlotte airport window ledge after their late night flight got canceled. Their mother said they slept with beach blankets over them, using backpacks as pillows. American Airlines was unable to offer them accommodation, she said. An American Airlines passenger said her 11-year-old and 14-year-old…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, on June 23, 2022. Adem Altan/Getty Images Israel and Turkey announced they’re restoring full diplomatic relations. This came four years after they expelled their respective ambassadors. The rupture in ties in 2018 came after Trump moved the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Russia expects prices for its natural gas exports will soar to $730 per 1,000 cubic meters this year, according to Reuters. That represents a 140% jump from 2021 and a 39% hike from its previous forecast for 2022. Gas flows to Europe have steadily declined this year following Russia’s…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A new report released Wednesday says the CDC is too slow, too confusing, and must improve. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the agency has not lived up to the public’s “expectations” during the pandemic. The report lays out several clear, actionable steps the…
Some land loans are structured to include a balloon payment at the end of the term. Jenny Pfeiffer/Getty You can get a loan for raw, unimproved, or improved land purchases. Land loans tend to have shorter terms and higher interest rates than home loans. The right lender can be hard to come by for this…
Sailors man a phone-and-distance line aboard USS Harry S. Truman during a replenishment-at-sea on June 10, 2022. US Navy/MCS Seaman Charles Blaine The US Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving handles aircraft and personnel recovery and emergency response. A part of Naval Sea Systems Command, SUPSALV has been deployed around the world for such operations….
The consequences of missing a mortgage payment range from harming your credit score to losing your home. skynesher/Getty Images When you miss a mortgage payment, you incur late fees and hurt your credit score. After three missed payments, your lender can start the foreclosure process. You may lose your home. Before missing payments, call your…
Donald Trump; Matt Gaetz. James Devaney/GC Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s GOP opponent Mark Lombardo suggested in an ad that Gaetz is the possible Mar-a-Lago informant. The attack ad suggests that Gaetz had something to do with the FBI search of Donald Trump’s property. “Is Gaetz the informant?”…
This is a US-made M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), a weapon that Ukraine has been using to great effect against Russian forces. US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Beaux Hebert Nearly 20 former US generals, ambassadors, and officials signed an op-ed urging Biden to send more weaponry to Ukraine. They wrote Ukraine…
Mozilla found 18 pregnancy and period-tracking apps have opaque privacy protection policies. SeventyFour/Getty Images Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, Mozilla began investigating several popular reproductive health apps. Mozilla found 18 have unclear guidelines on what data could be shared with law enforcement. Apps like Flo, Glow, and Ovia now have a privacy warning…