Day: February 21, 2024

Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano ‘El Popo’ spews plume of gas and ash

10:33 pm February 21, 2024

A volcano in Mexico known as “El Popo” spewed a huge plume of ash cloud into the evening sky on Tuesday. Captivating video shows Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano unleashing smoke, ash and gas about two miles into the air. The near 18,000-foot-high volcano is just 45 miles southeast of Mexico City where some 25 million people live […]

Argentina’s budget back in black with $589M budget surplus in January

10:24 pm February 21, 2024

Argentina, under newly-elected President Javier Milei, is in the black for the first time in nearly 12 years, as its first monthly budget ended with a surplus of $589 million, at the official U.S. exchange rate. The country’s economy ministry announced the milestone on Friday, adding the surplus also includes payments on interest accrued on […]

Democrat Wisconsin governor signals he won’t sign bill to fight forever chemicals as legislative session ends

10:23 pm February 21, 2024

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signaled Wednesday that he has no intention of signing a Republican bill that would spend tens of millions of dollars to address pollution from the so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS because it dramatically scales back regulators’ enforcement authority. The Senate passed the bill in November and the Assembly was expected […]

Netflix star Charles Esten won his wife’s engagement ring on a game show

10:10 pm February 21, 2024

Country singer Charles Esten took a gamble with his wife’s engagement ring over 30 years ago. The “Outer Banks” actor, 58, shared on X – formerly known as Twitter – that when he graduated from college in 1988 and moved to Los Angeles, after three months he was “already out of money.” “I’d been in […]

Boxing legend Mike Tyson calls out Biden, wants clemency for all federal marijuana offenders

10:02 pm February 21, 2024

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson sent a letter to President Biden and the White House requesting clemency for all federal marijuana offenders, as he says the “war on marijuana is over.” Tyson, a cannabis entrepreneur with his Tyson 2.0 brand, called for Biden to uphold his campaign promise to release incarcerated marijuana offenders. “I write […]