Day: December 18, 2024

Christmas trees in Germany were decorated with apples instead of ornaments in the 1600s for ‘Adam and Eve Day’

5:22 pm December 18, 2024

The choosing and decorating of a Christmas tree to display during the holiday season is a beloved tradition with a long history. Today, Christmas trees are often decorated with an array of ornaments, including glass ones, homemade creations, candy canes, tinsel and sparkling lights, but that was not always the case. There was a time […]

Kamala Harris laughs at her own ‘the context in which you exist’ word salad: ‘Yeah, I did that’

4:30 pm December 18, 2024

Even Vice President Kamala Harris was laughing at her own word salads during a post-election speech Tuesday. As many of her supporters still reel from her defeat in November, Harris urged an audience of young people to “stay in the fight” during a visit to Prince George’s Community College in Maryland. “I ask you to […]

Incoming Trump ‘border czar’ has a message for Aurora chief of police after arrest of suspected gang members

4:30 pm December 18, 2024

Incoming Trump “border czar” Tom Homan called on the Aurora chief of police to hand suspected Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents so they can be removed from the country. The Aurora Police Department arrested 14 suspected TdA gang members in a home invasion Tuesday at […]

Half a million patients’ personal info stolen in massive health care data breach

4:30 pm December 18, 2024

Data breaches happen all the time, and while no data breach should be ignored, those involving health care institutions require special attention. These breaches can be very damaging and haunt people for life. Recently, hackers leaked the personal data of around 500,000 Americans. They breached the databases of the Center for Vein Restoration (CVR), which […]

Justice Department to pay nearly $116M to inmates sexually abused at California prison dubbed the ‘rape club’

4:22 pm December 18, 2024

The Justice Department has been ordered to pay almost $116 million to 103 women who say they were abused at the now-closed Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, dubbed the “rape club.” The settlement was approved on Tuesday and will average $1.1 million for each woman who sued the prison for mistreatment and staff-on-inmate sexual […]