Texas officials divided over release of Uvalde hallway footage
Texas officials are battling over whether to release key security camera footage related to the shooting at Uvalde's Robb Elementary School. The contested video recording shows a hallway during the 77-minute period between the first 911 call reporting a gunman at the school and the killing of the gunman by police, according to USA Today. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed by the gunman. The response to the incident has raised
Read MoreDefense & National Security — Concerns rise over Iran's plan to send Russia drones
The United States believes that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with hundreds of drones to help Moscow with its ongoing assault on Ukraine, the White House has revealed. We’ll detail what we know of the plans so far and what it means for the next stage of the Ukraine-Russia war, plus the next point of focus for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the latest incident involving the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier. This is Defense & National Security, your nightly guide to t
Read MoreHealth Care — FDA to review first over-the-counter birth control pill
We’ll probably reach a global population of 8 billion by the end of this year, at least according to the United Nations. In health news, the Food and Drug Administration will review an application for what could be the first over-the-counter birth control pill, amid heightened concerns for contraception access following the overturning of Roev. Wade. Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re
Read MoreInflation terror at the Fed
President Franklin Roosevelt said at his first Inauguration in March 1933 that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself … unreasoning, unjustified terror.” FDR was speaking at the depths of the Great Depression but what he said is relevant in 2022 when a recession is not yet a sure thing. Today’s unreasoning terror is that inflation will surge out of control when the thing to fear is that raising interest rates could lead to a dangerous downturn. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said recently that
Read MoreOlympic long-distance champion Mo Farah says he was illegally trafficked to UK as child
Team Great Britain Olympic long-distance runner Sir Mohamed "Mo" Farah said on Monday that he was illegally trafficked to the United Kingdom as a child. Farah told the BBC that he was taken from Djibouti and forced to work as a servant in the U.K. after his name was changed from Hussein Abdi Kahin. “For years I just kept blocking it out,” Farah said. “But you can only block it out for so long.” Farah claims that he was told by the woman who trafficked him that he was going to Europe to live with family and that
Read More