The last time we reported on the “Yellow Vest” protests in France, the demonstrators were directing their anger at both the #FakeNews media and French bureaucrats.
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Beresheet, the world’s first private mission to the moon, is well on its way to success.

Beresheet means “in the beginning” in Hebrew. Built by Israeli non-profit SpaceIL for the now-defunct $20 million Google Lunar XPrize, the program was meant to inspire more Israelis to pursue STEM careers and chart the...

Like millions of Catholics this past Wednesday, I attended Mass and began the season of Lent by having an ash cross marked on my forehead.

One student who also observed Ash Wednesday and went to school with an ash cross was forced to wash it off by a teacher, despite pleas from...

The Atlantic has just published a status report on the California #Resistance and its battle with the White House.

From the moment Donald Trump took office, California has been ground zero for the resistance against him and his administration, in terms of both grassroots citizen activism and legal and administrative action by...

The last time we visited Poland, eco-activists were upset with its continued reliance on coal power.

The shrieks of green justice warriors will likely grow louder. Poland will continue with plans to dig a canal between its main eastern coastline and the Baltic Sea despite concerns among activists and in the European...

The US Drug Enforcement Administration reported that a raid on a home in a sedate New York state neighborhood uncovered enough fentanyl to kill 2 million people.

Federal agents found five kilograms (just over 11 pounds) of fentanyl and six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of heroin Friday when they raided a fentanyl mill...

*UPDATE: Authorities have now reported that 23 have died.

Several tornadoes hit southeastern US this weekend, killing at least 14 people in Alabama with officials fearing even more victims will be discovered.

Lee County Coroner Bill Harris told The Associated Press that he has called in help from elsewhere around the state because...

We have been chronicling how South Korea has been teaming up with North Korea on a number if different projects in an apparent effort geared toward eventually opening up the rogue nation in a way that will not be a severe economic strain on its southern neighbor.

Though the Hanoi Summit did...

We have been following the serious outbreak of the flea-borne disease typhus in the Los Angeles area.

The number of infected people in LA is now 107.  But now, area public health officials are worrying about a whopping cough (a.k.a. pertussis) outbreak.
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Given the Democratic-staged drama of the Cohen hearings, one would be forgiven for not recognizing another historic summit occurred yesterday between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Dictator Kim Jong Un.

Perhaps the American press will turn its attention to Hanoi today, as President Donald Trump cut short the summit with North...

Back in 2017, government officials were considering the creation of a “Red Team” to encourage debate about the scientific interpretations of studies related to the climate.

Now, the White House appears to be going forward with plans to create a team of select federal scientists to review and potentially re-evaluate recent government...

A statue honoring Christopher Columbus was vandalized this weekend in the San Diego area’s Chula Vista.

According to police, officers were called to Discovery Park around noon after neighbors reported that someone poured red paint over the statue.

When officers arrived they also found the words “genocide” and “FU” spray painted onto the...

Never let it be said that all the rules that California’s legislators create are stale and dull.

Sacramento is proposing new rules that would make eating roadkill legal.

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This weekend, I am sitting at home watching showers add to the 18 trillion gallons of water that have been dumped in California this month, substantially easing drought conditions.

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Arizona is poised to become one of the first states to maintain a massive statewide DNA database.

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California’s top officials spear-headed a lawsuit to end the implementation of President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration.

Now, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has cancelled millions in grants for the high speed rail project that has been substantially scaled back by California Governor Gavin Newsom.

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Last year at this time, Delta joined the anti-second amendment mob and announced it was ending discounts for NRA members.

The Georgia Senate promptly ended the corporation’s generous tax breaks.

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