Month: February 2022

Authorities Seize Nearly $3 Million Worth of Meth in Onion Shipment

SAN DIEGO—Authorities seized nearly $3 million worth of methamphetamine, hidden among a shipment of onions, during a tractor-trailer’s inspection at federal facility in San Diego, officials announced Friday. A K-9 unit for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection alerted to the trailer’s shipment of onions on Sunday and officers found nearly 1,200 small packages of…


Authorities Seize Nearly $3M Worth of Meth in Onion Shipment

SAN DIEGO—Authorities seized nearly $3 million worth of methamphetamine, hidden among a shipment of onions, during a tractor-trailer’s inspection at federal facility in San Diego, officials announced Friday. A K-9 unit for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection alerted to the trailer’s shipment of onions on Sunday and officers found nearly 1,200 small packages of…


Biden ‘Doesn’t Know How to Use Leverage’ to Deter Putin: Rep. Bob Good

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) criticized President Joe Biden for not effectively deterring Russia from invading Ukraine, saying the administration doesn’t know how to use leverage and doesn’t understand the first responsibility of the government is safety and security. “This President doesn’t know how to use leverage, how to keep our enemies guessing what we might…


Mom Born With Double Uterus Delivers Hospital’s Youngest Surviving Baby at 22 Weeks

A woman from Nebraska born with two uteruses due to an extremely rare condition fell pregnant with twins, one in each uterus. Complications later led to early labor at 22 weeks, and both babies were delivered. However, tragically, one twin did not survive, but the other fought hard for life, becoming the hospital’s youngest surviving…


FTSE 100 Recovers Lost Ground Following Ukraine Sell-Off

The FTSE 100 staged a strong recovery on Friday as traders reversed much of the falls seen a day earlier after Russia invaded Ukraine. London’s leading index closed the day up 282.08 points, or 3.91 percent, at 7489.46 in the biggest single-day rise since November 2020—a day that saw Pfizer announce its Covid-19 vaccine was…


British Airways Cancels All Short-Haul Flights From Heathrow After IT Outage

British Airways has cancelled all short-haul flights from Heathrow until midday and further disruption is expected throughout Saturday due to ongoing technical issues. The airline said the problem, which may also cause delays for its customers using Gatwick and London City Airport, is related to a hardware issue and is not because of a cyber…


As COVID-19 Slogs On, Seniors Suffer Growing Malaise

Late one night in January, Jonathan Coffino, 78, turned to his wife as they sat in bed. “I don’t know how much longer I can do this,” he said. Coffino was referring to the caution that has come to define his life during the COVID-19 pandemic. After two years of mostly staying at home and…


The New World Order of Economic Policy

Commentary I’m not one to subscribe to conspiracies. But it sure seems strange how we got here. Just over a decade ago, Hank Paulson went to Congress and asked for a “bazooka-sized” bailout to calm global financial markets. They came up with a $700 billion price tag. At the time, a number of that size…


The Crisis Neither Biden nor the Fed Can Fix

Commentary Supply chain disruptions arising from the COVID-19 lockdowns have crippled the shipment of goods of all kinds around the world. Everything from toilet paper to cleaning products to antibiotics to household appliances have been struggling to get to their final destination. A poll run in October 2021 indicated that 54 percent—over half—of Americans were…


TSMC Will Follow Export Control Rules on Russia

Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. expressed its commitment to Taiwan’s new export control rules, Reuters reports. Taiwan’s government said it would join international sanctions on Russia. “The company also has a rigorous export control system in place, including a robust assessment and review process to ensure export control restrictions are followed.” Taiwan has joined Japan and…