Month: October 2021
Manchin downs Dems’ hopes of passing key clean energy measure
A pillar of Democrats’ plans to speed deployment of zero-carbon electricity is likely to be cut from major spending and tax legislation they are struggling…
M 4.9 – 128 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 4.9 – 128 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia Time 2021-10-16 02:02:12 UTC 2021-10-16 02:02:12 UTC at epicenter Location 45.847°N 149.268°E…
M 4.7 – 58 km NNW of Rukungiri, Uganda
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 4.7 – 58 km NNW of Rukungiri, Uganda Time 2021-10-16 00:23:26 UTC 2021-10-16 00:23:26 UTC at epicenter Location 0.328°S 29.820°E…
Fatal stabbing of British MP David Amess declared a terrorist incident
Authorities have declared the death of David Amess a terrorist incident, hours after the Conservative Party lawmaker in the U.K. was fatally stabbed while meeting…
DOJ should prosecute those who defy Jan. 6 subpoenas, Biden says
President Biden said Friday that the Justice Department should prosecute those who defy subpoenas from the Jan. 6 select committee. Why it matters: The president’s…
M 4.8 – 121 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 4.8 – 121 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia Time 2021-10-15 23:17:26 UTC 2021-10-15 23:17:26 UTC at epicenter Location 5.063°S…
A New Zealand city is taking its official wizard off the payroll after over 2 decades
The Christchurch City Council will end its contract with Ian Brackenbury Channell, reportedly the world’s only state-appointed wizard. The “Wizard of New Zealand” has had…
Bill Clinton hospitalized for non-COVID-related infection
Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the University of California, Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday for a non-COVID-related infection, his spokesperson Angel Ureña said…
‘We belong here, we have always been here’: A conversation on the Latinx identity
As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to an end, poet Yesika Salgado and Lázaro Lima, a professor at Hunter College, talk about what it means to…
Battleground Baltimore: Plan for Johns Hopkins cops continues, ‘reform’ talk in tow
Earlier this week, the new Vice President for Public Safety of Johns Hopkins University and Hopkins Medicine Branville Bard Jr. discussed the university’s planned armed…
NASA’s Lucy mission aims to travel billions of miles on the hunt for cosmic fossils
A NASA spacecraft is set to explore ancient asteroids clumped around Jupiter. The Lucy mission will travel billions of miles in hopes of uncovering the…
A Kandahar mosque attack exposes the Taliban’s security challenges
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with George Washington University’s Andrew Mines on what the suicide blast at a mosque in Afghanistan which killed dozens says about…
British lawmaker dies after being stabbed during meeting with constituents
A member of parliament from Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has died after being stabbed multiple times while he was meeting with local voters in his…
M 4.8 – 16 km NNE of Banjar Wangsian, Indonesia
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 4.8 – 16 km NNE of Banjar Wangsian, Indonesia DYFI? – IV Time 2021-10-15 20:18:20 UTC 2021-10-15 20:18:20 UTC at…
The battle against big landlords in Berlin is just the beginning of a vital struggle for housing justice
As we previously reported at The Real News, voters in Berlin were recently faced with a game-changing referendum to expropriate housing held by giant corporate…
M 4.6 – 109 km NE of Savannah Bight, Honduras
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 4.6 – 109 km NE of Savannah Bight, Honduras Time 2021-10-15 18:44:34 UTC 2021-10-15 18:44:34 UTC at epicenter Location 17.153°N…
‘Fighting to free our people’: 55 years of the Black Panther Party
In October of 1966, the Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland, California. Since then, the Panthers have been a driving radical force for Black…
M 4.5 – 131 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 4.5 – 131 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines Time 2021-10-15 17:55:21 UTC 2021-10-15 17:55:21 UTC at epicenter Location 5.492°N 126.991°E…
‘Sprinklegate’ sinks a U.K. bakery’s top sellers after topping is found to be illegal
“It is HIGHLY unlikely that we will find any legal sprinkles that we will use as a replacement,” says Rich Myers, owner of the Get…
Afghan Uyghurs whose families fled China now fear the Taliban could deport them
Many Uyghurs living in Afghanistan want to leave now that the Taliban are back in control. They fear that the Chinese government could push the…
M 4.5 – 51 km NNW of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 4.5 – 51 km NNW of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Time 2021-10-15 17:42:25 UTC 2021-10-15 17:42:25 UTC at epicenter Location 9.993°N…
Capitol Police officer charged with obstructing riot investigation
Officer Michael Angelo Riley was charged Friday with trying to protect someone later accused of illegally entering the Capitol during the riot. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-officer-charged-helping-hide-jan-6-rioter-s-n1281654 Droolin’…
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