Mothers Against Drunk Driving® (MADD) recognized U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) with its “Legislative Hero” award for his commitment to eliminating drunk driving with automotive safety technology. The award was presented to Senator Peters by Rana Abbas Taylor and her husband, Tom Taylor, of Northville, Michigan. Rana’s only sister Rima (38), brother-in-law Issam (42), and […]
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES
Human trafficking can be defined as “a crime that involves the exploitation of a person for labor, services, or commercial sex.” The illegal ring of human enslavement primarily for sex acts has been a problem in the United States for quite some time. The popularity of social media combined with the ongoing stresses from the […]
Fentanyl Petition
Families Against Fentanyl announced it had surpassed 25,000 signers of its petition asking the United States government to declare illicit fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD). They join a who’s who of bipartisan leaders who are calling for the WMD designation. The milestone was achieved in the aftermath of CDC data released in 2021 […]
Top Stories This Month
We’re nearly one month into 2022, and the year has already packed a significant punch. From devastating natural disasters to tragedy in the wake of 2021, let’s recap the most major events of 2022 thus far. Tongatapu underwater volcano triggers overwhelming tsunami On Saturday, January 15, an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean erupted, causing […]
Hundreds Stranded on I-95
By: Skyler Johnson A major bottleneck left hundreds of drivers stranded on the I-95 near Fredericksburg, Virginia due to a crash involving six tractor-trailers during a severe winter storm. With 5 to 11 inches of snow, it became difficult to clear debris and highway wreckage. Drivers were left cold, dehydrated, and hungry while waiting for […]
CosenSys Rollups
ConsenSys, the leading Ethereum software company, announced the launch of ConsenSys Rollups, to provide enterprise-grade scalability to leading financial organizations, addressing the key use case of scalable applications on the Ethereum blockchain. ConsenSys leveraged the expertise of Mastercard’s engineering team to design the ConsenSys Rollups solution. The creativity of projects on Ethereum is exploding in […]
Tornadoes Devastate Central and Southern United States
A devastating stream of tornadoes unleased late Friday December 10 and early Saturday December 11 across sections of the central and southern United States. In accordance with information from the Storm Prediction Center, there were at least 50 tornado reports. The states affected include Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee. Click HERE […]
Noisy Toys List Released
The American Academy of Audiology is warning parents about the dangers of noisy toys as the Sight & Hearing Association releases its annual Noisy Toys List for 2021. The American Academy of Audiology is a national association representing audiologists across the U.S. The Sight & Hearing Association is based in St. Paul, Minnesota with a […]
New Latinx Community Studies
Leading Latino digital media company mitú, in partnership with premier multicultural marketing and communications agency The MRKT, released the first of a series of studies titled The mitú InTell Series. The studies aim to gain and socialize insights on the current state of the U.S. Hispanic community while digging deeper into their motivations and behaviors […]
New Act May Worsen Staffing Crisis
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year, said that two provisions in the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) will have a devastating impact on nursing […]