Tag: Apr 13 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Federal Communications Commission when it ruled the agency was reasonable when, in 2017, it created an easier path for one entity to own several news outlets in the same market, the Wall Street Journal reported. The New York Times reported that the ruling will likely “prompt further consolidation among broadcast outlets.” The...

Gambling, once a high crime that sent thousands to jail for breaking the law, became a new law in New York last week when state politicians approved legalized mobile sports betting. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday the state estimates they can rake in $500 million by getting their share of gambling bets. The report...

For the last week, a wastewater plant in Piney Point, Florida, has been on the verge of flooding and threatening a widespread catastrophe in Manatee County.  Scott Hopes, the acting county administrator, told the Bradenton Herald on Friday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers located the leak and is now determining the best way to prevent...

Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurological illness across the globe. Just over the past decade, the disease has increased 35 percent. According to Dr. Ray Dorsey, a neurologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, as quoted by The Guardian, “We think over the next 25 years it will double again.” Last Wednesday, The Guardian...

The Trends Journal has extensively covered COVID-19 and its contributions to wealth disparities around the world. Over the past year, the rich got far richer while the poor and middle class have suffered financial hardships. On 5 January, in our article titled, “RICH GETTING RICHER: MUSK & BEZOS RAKING IT IN,” we reported how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos...

Euronews reported on 29 March that Servier Laboratories, the second largest French pharmaceutical company, was found guilty of manslaughter and aggravated deception based on a drug accused of causing thousands of deaths. As quoted in the article: “6,500 plaintiffs had accused the company of putting profits ahead of patients’ lives by allowing its diabetes drug,...