How one police offer helped save Ricky Pearsall’s life after shooting
One police officer was critical in the moments after Ricky Pearsall was shot. Piersall, a rookie wide receiver who was the 49ers' first-round draft pick this year, was shot in the chest by a 17-year-old boy during an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Saturday. San Francisco Police Sergeant Joel Harrell was near the scene […]
To save civilization, become a happy warrior
I used to quietly but arrogantly resent other people's reluctance to have children. This is a line that will tire you out. It certainly has an effect on me. Our society's precipitous decline in birth rates (clearly depicted as an unstable top-heavy, inverted pyramid) and its potential consequences are unsettling. Sometimes it seems better to […]
Supreme Court blocks President Biden’s SAVE plan again
Millions of SAVE Plan borrowers are in forbearance as the legal battle continues. (iStock ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected President Biden's request to reinstate the government-created SAVE Plan, which allows student loan borrowers to reduce their monthly payments. Lower courts blocked the plan earlier in the summer after Republican-led states filed suit. The […]
Edwin Diaz blows another big save in Mets’ brutal loss to Diamondbacks
PHOENIX — Edwin Diaz was called for a four-out save Wednesday, sending the Mets into a coyote-infested desert night. Diaz, in a nod to his bad old season-destroying days in May, walked the first two batters he faced before giving up a game-winning grand slam to Corbin Carroll. The Mets were unable to bounce back […]
21-year-old man drowns after his own baptism while trying to save teen girl from Texas lake
A 21-year-old man drowned while trying to save a teenage girl struggling to stay afloat in a North Texas lake, an hour after she was baptized. Rincah Lopez had just been baptized in Lake Waxahachie on Saturday afternoon when the little girl began drowning around 12:45 p.m., Lopez's family said. He told WFAA. Lopez quickly […]
Boeing employees ‘humiliated’ that SpaceX will save astronauts stuck in space
Boeing employees were “humiliated” by NASA’s announcement that Elon Musk’s rival startup SpaceX would have to rescue two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station by the troubled Starliner space capsule, one employee told The Washington Post. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who headed to the ISS for an eight-day mission in June, will have […]
Rescuers save beached great white shark on Nantucket: video
Norfin can’t stop strangers from being kind. Over the weekend, beachgoers jumped into action to help save the life of a great white shark that washed up on the shores of Nantucket. The heart-pounding video shows the rescue of a lifetime that began when Lisa Phillips spotted the vulnerable maneater thrashing about on the shallow […]
Florida deputies dive into lake to save woman trapped in fully submerged car
Florida sheriffs rescue woman trapped in sinking vehicle Florida deputies were praised for their bravery after diving into a pitch-black lake to rescue a woman trapped inside a sinking car earlier this month. (Photo courtesy of the Orange County, Florida Sheriff’s Office) Several Florida police officers shed their gear and jumped into a pitch-black lake […]
Slow the growth, save the world? Why declining birth rates need not mean an end to prosperity | Population
“W“We’re taking things from people in the future,” says Mary Heath in her kitchen as she dries seeds for planting. The environmental activist says Earth Overshoot DayIt’s an ominous annual milestone that marks the moment when humanity has consumed more fuel from the Earth than the planet can replenish in a year. Globally, the deficit […]
White House says negotiated prices for Medicare drugs will save U.S. $6 billion, beneficiaries $1.5 billion in first year – CNBC
Activists protest against the high cost of prescription drugs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, DC on October 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The Biden administration will announce prices Thursday for the first 10 prescription drugs that are the subject of landmark negotiations between drug […]