Families are having to bring home more bacon to afford the cost of eggs these days. A dozen can run anywhere from $3.59 to $15 depending on what kind you buy. The options can be overwhelming. Chicken Mike and Nicole, owners of the Garden Hen, share an …
Minnesota weather: Slippery spots, air quality issues continue Wednesday
Watch for scattered slippery spots across the region after ice accumulated Wednesday morning as air quality issues continue into Wednesday evening.
FAA Computer System Outage Halts All Flights in the US
FAA Computer System , Outage Halts, All Flights in the US. On January 11, flights across the United States were grounded after the Federal Aviation Administration was hit by a computer outage. NBC reports that the issue forced the FAA to halt all natio…
Flights at MSP Airport, across US resuming after being grounded
The FAA issues ground flights at MSP Airport and airports across the country for hours on Wednesday morning.
Meta Loses Content Moderation Partner Following Lawsuit
Meta Loses , Content Moderation Partner , Following Lawsuit. TechCrunch reports that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is about to lose its main subcontractor for content moderation. . On January 10, Kenya-based tech company Sama announced the closure o…
UK Genome Project Takes Aim at Tracking Respiratory Viruses
UK Genome Project , Takes Aim at Tracking , Respiratory Viruses. ‘The Guardian’ reports that U.K. labs have been sequencing thousands of COVID genomes every day to track circulating variants since the pandemic began. Now, scientists at the Sanger Insti…
‘We’re not happy’: UK ambulance workers go on strike for second time
Ambulance drivers and paramedics in the UK have staged their second walkout in two months as they call for better pay and conditions. Those on the picket lines today in London say they have suffered “real-terms pay cuts” as inflation soars into double-…
Supreme Court Temporarily Upholds New York Gun Law
Supreme Court , Temporarily Upholds , New York Gun Law. On January 11, the Supreme Court voted to allow a controversial New York gun control law to remain in effect as legal challenges to the legislation continue. NBC reports that an appeals court had …
Why are mercenaries being used more widely in conflicts?
Conflicts in Ukraine and Africa are seeing more involvement of privately-run military groups.
Uganda declares the end of deadly Ebola outbreak
Ugandan health officials and the country’s WHO representative have announced the end of a deadly Ebola outbreak. On September 20, 2022 Uganda declared an outbreak of the Sudan Ebola strain, which killed 55 people and caused the two districts at the cen…