Month: June 2023

LIVE 1 PM ET: House Oversight Committee Hearing on ‘Using Cutting-Edge Technologies to Keep America Safe’

The House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on “Using Cutting-Edge Technologies to Keep America Safe” at 1:00 p.m. ET on June 22. Ryan Rawding, vice president of business development, Pangiam; Wahid Nawabi, chairman, president, and CEO of AeroVironment; Gavin Kenneally, CEO of Ghost Robotics; and minority witness Dr. Benjamin Boudreaux, policy researcher and professor of policy…


Unvaccinated Canadian Woman Denied Organ Transplant Finds US Hospital to Perform Surgery

An Alberta woman who was removed from a high-priority organ transplant list for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine has found a hospital in the United States that is willing to perform the surgery. Sheila Annette Lewis was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2018 and was told she would not survive without an organ transplant. She…


Weekly Applications for Unemployment Aid Remain Relatively Elevated

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained relatively elevated last week, potentially another signal that Federal Reserve rate hikes are beginning to cool a surprisingly resilient labor market. U.S. applications for jobless claims were 264,000 for the week ending June 17, the same as the previous week’s revised number, the Labor Department reported…


Weekly US Applications for Unemployment Aid Remain Relatively Elevated

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained relatively elevated last week, potentially another signal that Federal Reserve rate hikes are beginning to cool a surprisingly resilient labor market. U.S. applications for jobless claims were 264,000 for the week ending June 17, the same as the previous week’s revised number, the Labor Department reported…


NTD News Today (June 22): Desperate Push to Find Sub as It Runs Out of Air; Lawmakers Question EPA Official on Emissions Rules

Oxygen was running low as the search continued on June 22 for a submarine with five men on board missing near the wreck of the Titanic. The U.S. Coast Guard said a remotely operated submersible had been deployed for the rescue mission. EPA official Joseph Goffman testified on June 21 before a House subcommittee on controversial emissions standards for…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (June 22): Desperate Push to Find Sub as It Runs Out of Air; Lawmakers Question EPA Official on Emissions Rules

Oxygen was running low as the search continued on June 22 for a submarine with five men on board missing near the wreck of the Titanic. The U.S. Coast Guard said a remotely operated submersible had been deployed for the rescue mission. EPA official Joseph Goffman testified on June 21 before a House subcommittee on controversial emissions standards for…


Nearly 100 People Injured by ‘Golf Ball-Sized’ Hail at Louis Tomlinson Concert

Nearly 100 people were injured Wednesday night when a massive hailstorm battered Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks amphitheater ahead of Louis Tomlinson’s show, according to authorities. The West Metro Fire Rescue confirmed in a post on Twitter that seven people were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries in connection to the incident. Apart from those…


Several US Agencies Set Up New Crypto Task Force in Arizona to Combat Illegal Online Activity

Federal agencies have joined forces to combat crimes involving cryptocurrencies in Arizona after seeing an increase in digital transactions related to narcotics, firearms, and other illicit activity. On June 15, Homeland Security Investigations in Arizona and representatives from four other federal agencies signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the “Darknet Marketplace and Digital Currency…


CDC Advisers Recommend Use of GSK, Pfizer RSV Vaccines for Adults Aged 65 and Over

An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 21 voted to recommend that adults aged 65 and over receive one of the newly approved vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 9–5 in favor of recommending two different RSV vaccines—GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer’s…


Search for the Missing Titanic Submersible Passes the Critical 96-hour Mark for Oxygen Supply

The search for the missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic passed the critical 96-hour mark Thursday when breathable air could have run out, a grim moment in the intense effort to save the five people aboard. The Titan submersible was estimated to have about a four-day supply of breathable…