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Supreme Court May Let Consumers Sue Apple

World News – The U.S. Supreme Court seemed inclined Monday to let iPhone users sue Apple by claiming that the App Store amounts to a monopoly that jacks up prices. “Consumers pay Apple more than they...

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Feds Hit with $60 Million Claim over Migrant Infant’s Death

World News – The mother of a toddler who died weeks after being released from the nation’s largest family detention center filed a legal claim seeking $60 million from the U.S. government for the...

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World’s 1st Brick Made of Urine

World News – Researchers in South Africa are taking recycling to the extreme. In what they’re calling a first, they’ve found a way to make building bricks out of human urine. The bricks may sound icky,...

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Winter Weather Blasting the USA

A winter storm unleashed snow and freezing rain on large swath of the southern United States on Saturday and threatened to bring treacherous conditions to the East Coast. Approximately 25 million...

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How Much Could MacKenzie Bezos Get in a Divorce?

Jeff Bezos’ divorce could become the most expensive in history — though exactly what he pays out will depend on the complexities of marital law and the value of Amazon. Bezos announced in a tweet...

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Cruise Ship Runs Into Tourist Boat in Venice

From the Associated Press – A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning. Italian media reported that at least five...

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Costa Rican Shares Her Personal Experience of the Beirut Explosion

A Costa Rican living in Beirut, Andrea Aguilar, shared about her experience in the terrible explosion that shook the city and left so much destruction behind. She’s a journalist and was working from a...

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Worse Than Vietnam

Incompetence. Lies. Contradictions. Callous disregard for life. And a defiant refusal to admit mistakes. No, that isn’t a description of President Trump’s modus operandi, but President Biden’s handling...

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Learning From Darkness Within, Dispelling Evil Without

These days it’s hard to tell whether a commentator given to exaggeration is speaking with hyperbole. Nothing surprises anymore, and everything seems leveled out by stultifying sameness. Take this...

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Consumerism Piles Up People and Thing

There’s an inverse spiritual and metaphysical relationship between thousands of desperate people piling up at America’s southern border, and thousands of shipping containers of consumer goods piled up...

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