AvatarLorenzo19 hours agoSailors are deserting the Navy at a ‘staggering’ ratetaskandpurpose.com - Haley BritzkyThe number of sailors who deserted the Navy last year is more than double the number who deserted in 2019, a statistic that one expert described as …
AvatarLorenzo1 day agoBlackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warnverified_publisherCNN - Tyler MauldinCNN — Extreme temperatures and ongoing drought could cause the power grid to buckle across vast areas of the country this summer, potentially leading to electricity shortages and blackouts, a US power grid regulator said Wednesday. NERC, a regulating authority that oversees the health of the nation’s …
AvatarLorenzo1 day agoOver half of the US population will see temperatures at or above 90 degrees this weekend. And it's only Mayverified_publisherCNN - By Pedram Javaheri(CNN) — Although Memorial Day weekend -- the unofficial start of summer -- is still more than a week away, nearly 60% of Americans, or almost 200 million people, will feel 90-degree heat over the next few days. Record heat, which has been brewing across the drought-stricken Plains and parts of …
AvatarLorenzo1 day agoRents in the US just hit another record highverified_publisherCNN - By Anna Bahney(CNN) — Rents in the US climbed to a new record high again in April, and they are expected to keep rising. The national median rent was $1,827 a month in April, up 16.7% from a year ago, according to a report from Realtor.com. Rent has been steadily increasing since early last year. If recent trends …
AvatarLorenzo2 days agoPro-Trump counties continue to suffer far higher COVID death tollsverified_publisherNPR - Daniel Wood , Geoff BrumfielEven with widely available vaccines and newly effective treatments, residents of counties that went heavily for Donald Trump in the last presidential election are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those that live in areas that went for President Biden. That's according to a …
AvatarLorenzo1 day agoWhere Cannabis Use Is Up, Prescription Drug Use Is Downgreenentrepreneur.com - dispensaries.comOne of the arguments for cannabis legalization is that it might reduce the number of people who use prescription drugs, including opioids, to treat …
