Alex Jones and Infowars must provide a wide array of documents to plaintiffs in a Connecticut defamation lawsuit. The suit was brought by six families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and an FBI agent swept…
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Opioid Overdose Rates Up Nearly 500% for Women 30-64, CDC Reports
Over the past 20 years, the opioid overdose rate has skyrocketed among women between 30 and 64 years old, according to new analysis released Thursday by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Since 1999, the opioid…
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Cheers? Supreme Court to Decide if Wine Retailers Can Sell Across State Lines
Can states bar retail wine shops from sending wine bottles (yes, boxes too) across state lines? The Supreme Court may upend 85 years of practice and modify some of its own precedents in a case coming before them next Wednesday….
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How the Shutdown Impacts Necessary Navigation Changes From the North Magnetic Pole’s Massive Shift
The north magnetic pole’s rapid and inexorable shift requires the early release of a new model of Earth’s magnetic field for military and civilian navigation around the Arctic. The partial federal government shutdown will delay the release of this model…
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Federal Government Shutdown Could More Than Double Wait Time for Immigration Cases
The United States immigration courts are overburdened. Roughly 800,000 cases are portioned out between around 400 immigration judges, according to PBS NewsHour. And with the federal government shutdown continuing into its third week, applicants who have already waited years for…
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Accenture CEO Pierre Nanterme Stepping Down for Health Reasons
The chief executive officer and chairman of consulting and outsourcing giant Accenture, Pierre Nanterme, is stepping down due to health reasons, the company announced in a statement released on Friday. Nanterme was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016. He took…
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Brainstorm Health: Traditional Masculinity, Biochipping, Flu Update
Happy Friday, readers! I want to take a little break from the deluge of JPMorgan Healthcare conference news to explore a fascinating–and controversial–new development in the world of mental health. The American Psychological Association (APA) earlier this week released extensive…
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‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ is Suing Netflix Over ‘Bandersnatch’
If you thought Netflix’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch was a lot like those Choose Your Own Adventure Books we read as kids, you’re not alone. Chooseco LLC, which owns the rights to the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books is…
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Trump Vows Changes to H1-B Visa Program For Skilled Immigrants
President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to improve the visa process for skilled foreign workers legally in the country. The announcement via Twitter comes as Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall fight with Democrats in Congress has kept the federal government…
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Ultra-Rare Penny Falls Far Short of Auction Estimate
What’s a penny worth? In this case, a rare penny, expected to fetch up to $2 million at auction this week, instead brought in a little over $200,000. The 1943 copper penny is one of an estimated 10-15 in existence….
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