Pfizer paid $500,000 to two nonprofits that later signed a letter urging Massachusetts lawmakers to eliminate the state’s religious exemption from mandatory childhood school vaccinations, according to the company’s own public grant disclosures and a legislative letter reviewed by The Defender.
InMar Technologies, a marine engineering firm, and energy systems developer OptiFuel Systems are planning a Blue Economy VITAL 100 MW Kraaken, a giant ship that would house a data center, desalinate water for folks onshore, and make enough electricity to power the data center and send extra to homes and businesses on land.
Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority has granted the country’s first permit for a driverless truck to travel public roads without a human aboard, or space for a human.
President Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday that he is trying to determine his next steps in the Iran War and has been asking himself, “If and when do I blow the entire nation up?”
Junk plastic has been transformed into things ranging from motor fuel to park benches. Now engineers at Japan’s Chiba University have found a way to turn plastic into fertilizer “that actively benefits ecosystems,” they say.
The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index fell to 47.8 this month, which was the second consecutive month of declines and 13.2 percent lower than a year ago.
Political observers have found that there is a surge in the number of Americans who are fed up with the status quo in Washington and are ready to take their frustrations out during the midterm elections, which could result in President Donald Trump’s Republican Party losing control of both Houses of Congress.
What’s the point in celebrating the Constitution one day a year if we permit the government to violate it the other 364?
A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere.
Buying a home got more expensive in the United States last week when mortgage rates hit 7.2 percent – the highest level since January 2025, according to the Associated Press.