Month: February 2022

Infertility Treatments Increase Risk of Heart, Pregnancy Complications: Study

A study found that infertility treatments for women trying to have a baby may have increased the risk for heart and pregnancy complications. “Advancing maternal age–specifically being age 35 and older–increases the risk of having or developing conditions, such as chronic high blood pressure, that increase the risk of pregnancy complications,” said study author Dr….


America’s Problem With Eileen Gu: The Lack of Patriotism Has Consequences for US Security

Commentary Olympic skier 18-year-old Eileen Gu is now famous for her accomplishments at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and equally infamous in the United States for choosing to represent China rather than the country in which she was born and raised. The actions of this young woman are lamentable, and she will rue the day she…


Wall Street Opens Higher After Modest Sanctions on Russia

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday after modest initial sanctions by Western nations on Moscow, with investors keeping a close watch on the fast-moving developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 84.36 points, or 0.25 percent, at the open to 33,680.97. The S&P 500 opened higher by 20.17 points,…


New Study Finds COVID-19 Vaccines Offer ‘Virtually No Protection’ Against Omicron

Individuals who are double-vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 have “virtually no protection” against the Omicron variant, according to a peer-reviewed study. The research, led by Rudolf Valenta of the Medical University of Vienna, found that only people who had received the third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine can form antibodies that could partially block Omicron,…


‘Epidemic of Sellouts’: NBA Players’ Shoe Deals With Chinese Brands Linked to Forced Labor Draws Criticism

“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything,” so wrote retired NBA player Dwyane Wade on Twitter in June 2020. The tweet, coming out amid mass protests over the death of George Floyd, pictured the basketball player holding a pair of black shoes with the slogan painted over in capital letters: “enough is…


FBI’s Operation to Infiltrate Right-Wing Extremist Groups Lies at Center of Transparency Lawsuit

An FBI right-wing infiltration operation tangled in allegations of witness tampering, evidence suppression, and connections to the Oklahoma City bombing has been exposed through one man’s unprecedented Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. government. And the case isn’t over yet. Utah attorney Jesse Trentadue’s 2006 FOIA lawsuit against the FBI and CIA…


US Consumers Lost Over $5.8 Billion to Fraud Last Year: Federal Trade Commission

Consumers in the United States lost more than $5.8 billion to fraud last year, an increase of more than 70 percent over the previous year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday. More than 2.8 million consumers filed fraud reports with the FTC in 2021, an increase of $2.4 billion over 2020, with the most commonly reported complaint regarding imposter scams, followed by…


Protester Allegedly Shoved Off Ledge by Officer on Jan. 6 Comes Forward, Plans to Sue

The protester who was allegedly shoved by a police officer off a ledge near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, identified himself for the first time on Feb. 22 and said he plans to sue the police for attempted murder. Before Feb. 22, Derrick Vargo was the unnamed subject of a video in which…


Protester Allegedly Shoved Off Ledge by Officer on Jan. 6 Comes Forward, Plans to Sue Police

The protester who was allegedly shoved by a police officer off a ledge near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, identified himself for the first time on Tuesday and said he plans to sue the police for attempted murder. Before Tuesday, Derrick Vargo was the unnamed subject of a video in which a police…


Corporate America Continues to Coddle Communist China

Commentary Corporate America wants you to know that they’re making the world a better, more inclusive, more sustainable, and more (insert buzzword of the day) place. Just look at all their donations to left-wing nonprofits, and rainbow flags, and green logos. They must be good if they say they are, right? Well, just so long…