POTTSVILLE, Pa.—A stretch of an interstate highway in Pennsylvania remained shuttered Tuesday, a day after at least three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when tractor-trailers and other vehicles lost control and slammed into each other during a snow squall. Interstate 81 north remained closed early Tuesday morning following the wreck…
Blystone Alleges Campaign Finance Violation Claims Are Misleading
Claims that Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Joe Blystone was ordered by the Ohio Secretary of State’s office to return more than $100,000 in campaign donations are not completely true, according to Blystone and his campaign representatives. According to a letter dated March 4 from Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s Director of Campaign Finance Brian…
World Happiness Report Reveals More Sadness and More Kindness During COVID-19
When bad things happen—wars, pandemics, shootings—the optimists of the world tend to turn their attention to all the goodness that still exists: the heroic fighters, the frontline workers, the givers and the helpers. But are we just deluding ourselves? Not if the 2022 World Happiness Report is any indication. Although the pandemic has certainly caused division, there…
‘I Cannot Watch My Father Waiting to Die at Home:’ Residents in Locked-Down Shanghai Being Denied Medical Care
Tragic scenes emerged in locked-down Shanghai as residents in poor health struggled to obtain medical services amid the city’s harsh COVID restrictions. Battling a new wave of COVID-19 infections, Shanghai has moved to enact the country’s biggest city-wide lockdown, since Wuhan, as authorities rush to shut off every chain of infection. The eastern Chinese port and…
Ontario MPP Hillier Released on Bail After Being Charged in Relation to Freedom Convoy
Independent Ontario MPP Randy Hillier has been released on bail with several conditions after turning himself in to Ottawa police on March 28 over nine charges related to the Freedom Convoy protests that took place in the national capital last month. The Crown consented to Hillier’s release after he made an appearance in court by…
Romney to Take ‘Much Deeper Dive’ Into Judge Jackson’s Record Ahead of Senate Vote
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said in an interview with CNN that he was planning “a much deeper dive” into Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s record ahead of the Senate vote to confirm her to the Supreme Court. Romney has long been known for voting much closer to the center than his GOP colleagues, and some Democrats…
WHO Investigating Hearing Issues Among People Vaccinated Against COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking into reports of hearing loss and tinnitus—constant ringing or other noises in one or both ears—among people who have taken COVID-19 vaccines. The organization said in a recent newsletter that it found 164 unique cases of hearing loss globally. Women accounted for 104 of these cases while men…
First Lady Jill Biden’s Community College Closed Over Bomb Threat
First lady Jill Biden was forced to cancel a community college class after a bomb threat was sent to the Northern Virginia Community College on Tuesday, said the school and a spokesperson. Biden was told about the threat at Northern Virginia Community College before she left the White House on Tuesday morning, her spokesman told news outlets. “At…
Follow This Recipe to Make the Ultimate Passover Dessert
Considering I’m the co-author of an entire icebox cake cookbook, it’s safe to say I’m a big fan of the no-bake treat. And because Passover is almost upon us, I wondered what it might be like to replace cookies with matzos in order to create a seder-worthy version. A little Googling revealed that when folks create cakes from…
US to Consider Tariffs on Solar Panels Made in Southeast Asia
U.S. trade officials on Monday said they will launch an investigation that could result in tariffs on solar panels imported from four Southeast Asian nations, a blow to clean energy project developers that rely on cheap imports to keep costs down. The Commerce Department’s decision regarding imports from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia was a…
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