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New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently announced a new measure to eliminate the city’s rat problem. Known as the “Rat Pack”, the volunteer program is dedicated to removing the rat population from the five boroughs. Bloomberg quotes Adams as saying the rat pack is an “elite squad of anti-rat...
Last Thursday, the CDC published a list of the top 10 causes of death in the United States in 2023. The list is comprised of data from the National Vital Statistics System. The total for the year was 3,090,582 deaths, down almost 200,000 from 3,279,857 resident deaths in 2022. The...
On July 24th a fire erupted in the Sacramento Valley city of Chico. Officials close to the situation have said that the fire was caused by arson. Just over two weeks later, this fire is still burning, wreaking havoc across California. The Park Fire has burned 414,000 acres across the...
It’s a terrible truth that we live in a world where school shootings have been normalized to the point that schools have started active shooter drills. While this is a way to ensure students are prepared for the worst-case scenarios, some argue that the drills are becoming too realistic. These...
With another week of bad weather ahead, NYC officials developed a unique way of warning locals. To keep vulnerable neighborhoods knowledgeable about possible weather crises, loudspeaker-equipped drones have been released into the sky. According to AP News, the devices will emit “a buzzing sound in the background…warning people who live...
Visitors to Keyport, New Jersey are being warned not to touch or ingest anything at their beach because it is possible. They are also being directed not to swim in the oceans along the shore. Coming into contact with arsenic can cause a variety of health problems such as liver...
Hurricane Debby hit the land near Steinhatchee, Florida today. Steinhatchee is located on the Big Bend coast of Florida, which could be in for a very wet week. John Cangialosi, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center said, “That part of the coast is a very vulnerable spot”. Residents...
The “biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history”, as stated by AP News, occurred yesterday. The agreement between the U.S. and Russia led to the release and safe return of two dozen people, including Paul Whelan, journalist Evan Gershkovich, and dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza. The relations between Washington and Moscow are nowhere...
Atlantic City police are actively investigating a tragic incident where a woman’s body was discovered near the Boardwalk Casino early Thursday morning. The body was found at around 5:30 a.m. in the unit block of North Main Avenue on rocks, behind the Flagship Resort. Local authorities also reported that the...
New York has seen several public art sculptures over the years, but a few months from now, the state will see an exhibit like nothing before it. From September to October, the Meatpacking District will house one hundred life-size elephant sculptures as part of “The Great Migration”. As described by...
New York, Seattle Times says, made marijuana legal back in 2021. Unfortunately, the state didn’t provide much law enforcement when it came to selling the drug. Law enforcement agencies didn’t have power when it came to punishing unlicensed sellers, with that responsibility being handed to the Office of Cannabis Management,...
Early Sunday, police officers in Fort Lee, New Jersey answered a call from a man claiming that his sister was having a “mental health crisis”. The man told police that she needed to go to a hospital and that she had a knife. Upon arriving at the apartment, the officer...
