Study finds ‘woke’ people more likely to be unhappy, anxious, and depressed
New research has revealed that people with so-called “woke” ideologies tend to be more unhappy, anxious, and depressed than other people. This study Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Last week – individuals with critical social justice attitudes were found to be less satisfied with their lives. The first study surveyed 848 adult participants. The victims included […]
Top government health chief declares ‘long COVID’ doesn’t really exist, study finds flu impairs more people in the long term
A new study has found that the effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after viral infection are no worse than other respiratory illnesses such as influenza. The study’s author, the top health official in Australia’s Queensland state, declared it was time to scrap the term “long coronavirus” as it was harmful and misleading. Dr John Gerrard […]
Dead man was child rape suspect thought to have died 15 years ago, coroner finds
A coroner’s investigation into last month’s death of a Los Angeles man appears to have been a suspect in a 2008 child rape case in Washington state who jumped to his death from a Puget Sound bridge several years ago. The authorities announced that it was found that Bremerton, Wash., police said in a press […]
Pentagon can’t guarantee accurate tracking of Ukraine aid, watchdog finds
A government report this week revealed that the Pentagon lacks standardized guidance for tracking and reporting arms shipments to Ukraine, and that it has no way of knowing how much munitions actually went to Eastern Europe. It is impossible to know exactly. Congress opposes continued military aid to Ukraine, citing liability for the $42 billion […]
Jury finds father of Michigan school shooter guilty of involuntary manslaughter
A Michigan jury on Thursday indicted James Crumbley, the father of school shooter Ethan Crumbley, on four counts of manslaughter in the 2021 deaths of four students at Oxford High School. convicted. Crumbley and his wife, Jennifer Crumbley, are the first parents in the United States to face criminal charges in a school shooting. The […]
Violent online content ‘unavoidable’ for UK children, Ofcom finds | Internet safety
Violent online content is now ‘inevitable’ for UK children, with many first exposed to it while still in primary school, media watchdog finds did. All of the British children interviewed in the Ofcom investigation said that the incidents ranged from videos of local school and street fights shared in group chats to explicit and extreme […]
Review into UK air traffic control failure finds ‘lack of pre-planning’ | Air transport
An independent investigation into the August bank holiday air traffic control meltdown, which affected nearly 750,000 passengers, has highlighted a “significant lack of advance planning”. Flights were grounded across UK airports on August 28 after ATC provider National Air Traffic Services (Nats) suffered a technical glitch while processing flight plans. An interim report into what […]
US lawmakers say TikTok won’t be banned if it finds a new owner — but that’s easier said than done
U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok, but they also say they are giving the Chinese parent company an opportunity to continue operating TikTok. The premise of a bipartisan bill headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives is that TikTok fans in the U.S. can keep scrolling through their favorite social media […]
Process to resolve public record disputes ‘broken’ in most states, review finds
Dana Holladay Holyfield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for many years, but she has never been paid as low as at Huntsville Hospital. She wondered what executives at nonprofit facilities were doing and filed a public records request to find out. Because the hospital is managed by a public board, it is subject […]
Congress probe finds suspicious tech in Chinese-made cargo cranes
A U.S. Congressional investigation of a Chinese-made cargo crane uncovered suspicious technology that could be used to interfere with or spy on U.S. commercial activities, according to a report. The House Homeland Security Committee announced that it had discovered a cellular modem installed on a crane that could be accessed remotely by hostile forces. According […]