Monthly Archives: February 2023
Mardi Gras Brings Joy – But Also Worry over Violent Crime
(AP) New Orleans' annual Carnival season entered its ebullient crescendo Tuesday with thousands of revelers gathering in the French Quarter and lining miles of...
Mormon Church Fined $5M for Obscuring Size of Portfolio
(AP) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm have been fined $5 million for using shell companies to obscure...
FDA’s Own Reputation Could Be Restraining Its Misinfo Fight
(AP) The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation.
It’s an...
Make Your Credit Cards Less Vulnerable to Fraud
(Liz Weston, NerdWallet) Last year, one of my family’s credit cards was used to rack up hundreds of dollars in bogus charges at Apple.com....
White House Actions Raise Risks to Economy
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Something like the plot of Atlas Shrugged seems to be playing out across America.
In the novel, corruption and mediocrity...
Social Security and Medicare: Troubling Math, Tough Politics
(AP) It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits.
Not President Joe Biden, who is already telling voters his upcoming federal...
Senators Say Health Worker Shortages Ripe for Bipartisan Compromise
(KHN) Senators are eying the growing shortage of health care workers in the United States as one of the few problems where there is...
Ukrainian Grain Shipments Drop as Ship Backups Grow
(AP) The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections...
Mother Shot Dead in Front of Her Children at Grocery Store
(Yahoo!) A mother was fatally shot in front of her children after an argument with a stranger in a South Carolina supermarket parking lot...
IRS Leaked Thousands of Americans’ Tax Filings
(The Center Square) The new head of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee blasted the Biden administration for giving few answers after thousands...
