Russia’s defense industry “significantly increased” production output last year, primarily by expanding its workforce to 3.5 million people, boosting production lines and bringing idle manufacturing capacity back into service, British officials said Friday. The production of crucial artillery rounds by Russia rose sharply in 2023 and will likely increase further this year, the officials said […]
OPINION: In recent discussions surrounding embryo rights in Alabama and the ethical implications of in vitro fertilization (IVF), one glaring reality has become abundantly clear: embryos are too often treated as nothing more than discardable property. The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling involves a case brought by couples who had frozen their embryos for IVF, […]
NEWS AND ANALYSIS: China is advancing its domestic, dual-use biological research capabilities with applications for the People’s Liberation Army germ warfare programs, according to an open-source intelligence report. Recent virology studies “demonstrate that China is now able to operate its own dual-use virology research agenda on-shore and without international inputs or considerations,” according to a […]
It speaks volumes that you pretty much can’t find what GLAAD stands for on the actual GLAAD website. Nominally an acronym for “Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation” (a term GLAAD has since ditched) the LGBT advocacy group now does far, far more than defend against defamation. In an ironic twist, GLAAD now shames (stopping […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol to protest a looming tax increase on the spirits industry. On Tuesday, industry leaders reassembled with a bipartisan group of Kentucky leaders to toast the bourbon sector’s record growth. Kentucky’s bourbon industry pumps $9 billion into the […]
Former President Donald Trump is pointing to turmoil in the commercial real estate and banking industry to argue his real estate transactions were pristine and should not be sanctioned by a New York judge weighing whether the Trump Organization committed fraud. Mr. Trump is waiting for Judge Arthur Engoron in Manhattan to decide whether Mr. […]
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Anthony Oropeza still remembers the day Travis Kelce walked into his studio at the InterUrban ArtHouse in suburban Kansas City, where some of his acrylic and mixed media works were hanging from the walls. Kelce was helping to deliver a grant for the community arts hub, and the first piece to […]
Here’s a sad and textbook case of how companies all too often use the strong-arm of government to destroy their competition. The online gambling industry in America spent years and years fighting against the powerful Las Vegas casinos to make online sports betting legal in the states. They won a historic Supreme Court case in […]
Do you shop at Cabela’s or Dick’s Sporting Goods? Have you ever bought anything with MAGA on it or from anybody whose business includes the term? Are you a hunter or a sports shooter? If so, you will be happy to know that the federal government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network tasked financial institutions to spy […]
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