Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has drawn intense blowback from his county and a California genetics firm after he announced he would no longer have his employees utilize the company contracted to conduct mandatory COVID testing out of international privacy concerns.

The cause of Alzheimer’s disease is not completely understood, but information from a recent study may bring scientists one step closer to discovering the cause of the disease.

Authorities on Friday were searching for the parents of the Michigan teenager accused of murdering four students at his high school, hours after the couple was charged with involuntary manslaughter for buying their son the weapon as a Christmas gift and ignoring warning signs as late as the day of the shooting.

Senate Democrats blocked an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday that would ban Chinese imports made by Uyghur slave labor amid concerns that it may disrupt climate talks with China.

Both houses of Congress passed a continuing resolution on Thursday to keep the government funded through mid-february, averting a government shutdown that would have begun Friday at midnight.

In a baffling decision from earlier this week, the United Nations (UN) signed a new resolution which legally disallows a Jewish claim to the Temple Mount in Old City Jerusalem and recognizes it as an Islamic site. The UN passed the ruling with a 129-11 vote.

On Thursday Germany imposed harsh restrictions on the unvaccinated, imposing a lockdown on those who have not received the shot.

While the United States is still, on balance, technologically superior to other militaries, the People’s Republic of China and Russia are finding ways to eclipse America in several areas, causing concern for military officials and the general public alike. 

President Joe Biden’s newly announced plan to combat the newest variant of COVID-19, Omicron, has taken the form of a nine-point framework. 

If you’ve been following our coverage in the last few weeks you’ll know we’ve been reporting on the increased energy and heating prices that many Americans will deal with this Winter. With this in mind Americans are wondering how to save some money while dealing with other aspects of inflation nationwide.