Tragedy compacted upon tragedy this week off the northeast coast of the island nation of Madagascar as a serious boating accident cost dozens of people, including five children, their lives, and the crash of a search helicopter near the site of the original accident led to more loss.
Mike Egerton, a college professor at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG), said that “racism is a symptom of the disease of whiteness.”
Four siblings have been given the priceless gift of a forever family this Christmas, thanks to one caring Tennessee couple.
Willie R. Tubbs, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced that he was extending the moratorium on federal student loan repayments until mid-2022. The pause on loans, originally initiated by then-President Donald Trump in 2020, has been extended thrice before; once by outgoing Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and twice by the […]
Chris Lange, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is considering an application for clemency in the case of a truck driver sentenced to 110 years in prison following his conviction of vehicular homicide stemming from a tragic 2019 accident that resulted in four deaths – a punishment even the families of the […]
Senior South Korean diplomats held talks with Chinese counterparts on Thursday after a diplomatic spat with Taiwan over Seoul’s cancellation of an invitation to a senior Taipei official to take part in a business forum last week.
A Pennsylvania congresswoman had her car stolen at gunpoint in broad daylight Wednesday.
On Monday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., and Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y. sent a letter asking the CDC and the Biden administration to require passengers on all domestic airline flights in America to show proof that they have been vaccinated.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized Merck & Co’s antiviral pill for COVID-19 for certain high-risk adult patients, a day after giving the go-ahead to a similar treatment from Pfizer Inc for high-risk patients above the age of 12.
In some controversial religious news, the Roman Catholic Church released a public statement on Wednesday reiterating its support of the COVID-19 vaccines, most likely in response to worldwide reports of rapid transaction of the Omicron variant.
