Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Peter Suciu India, Asia Meet Boeing’s P-8I Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. Here's What You Need to Know : The P-8I is the Indian variant of the P-8A Poseidon. The Indian Navy’s ability to spot potential adversaries has been enhanced...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Eli Fuhrman Stimulus Plan, Americans should instead expect to see indirect benefits afforded to them should the two plans successfully pass into law. The American Infrastructure Plan, for example, will look to create new jobs through...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Trevor Filseth Gas Shortage North Carolina, Fortunately, Colonial Pipeline – which early on announced it had no intention of paying DarkSide’s ransom demand – managed to restore a limited flow of oil, and they have announced that they...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: Nation
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is pitching the $1 million lottery drawing and school scholarships as a scheme to boost vaccination levels in the state.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Mail.com: US
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge will continue hearing legal motions Thursday in the murder case of three men facing a fall trial in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Eli Fuhrman New Stimulus Payment, If a bill calling for a fourth-round of stimulus payments does come to fruition, either as part of the Biden administration’s current proposals or included in a future piece of legislation, it will come...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: World
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Mark Regev, senior adviser to Israel's president about why tensions with Palestinians have again boiled over into deadly confrontations, and how to break the cycle.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Eli Fuhrman Stimulus Payments, Americas The third round of direct federal stimulus payments has had a major impact on economic recovery in America. Here's What You Need to Remember: These larger payments, combined with greater rates of...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Kris Osborn Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier, U.S. Navy developers of the emerging USS Gerald R. Ford are making extensive efforts to ensure the new class of carriers is positioned to fend off an entirely new generation of enemy attacks...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: Nation
President Biden continues conversations with Republicans, but major hurdles persist over what items would be in an infrastructure measure, and how it might be paid for.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Trevor Filseth Stimulus Fraud, By now, it is a recurring news story. Each time the government offers businesses Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, an unscrupulous boss will fraudulently claim benefits, then spend the money on...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Mondoweiss
The recent violence in the city Lydd (Lod) and other Palestinian cities in Israel has been described by many as “civil war,” but this narrative is misleading. Rather, what we are witnessing is the Israeli settler state declaring a war on...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Sebastien Roblin PLA, China The DF, or Dongfeng (“East Wind”) designation, is mostly reserved for China’s many types of ballistic missiles, which arc high into the atmosphere before plunging down at tremendous speeds. Here's What You...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: World
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, who are members of the group Parents Circle, which brings together Israelis and Palestinians who have lost children to violence.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: Nation
The pandemic affected us all in varied ways. One 87-year-old woman spent almost all of it completely alone, whittling. "I don't know what I would have done without my carving," Minnie Adkins says.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Kris Osborn Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier, Beneath the more visible surface of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carriers’ continued journey to deployment, there appears to be a concurrent and highly impactful, yet more narrowly focused or...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from US from Newser
Brett Favre still hasn't repaid the state of Mississippi $600,000 in welfare money he received for speeches he never gave. The former NFL quarterback promised to return $1.1 million last year after state auditors said funds earmarked for...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: World
Doctors say India's battle with COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented rise in mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection that preys on people with weakened immune systems.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Mail.com: US
DENVER (AP) — Two small airplanes collided in the air near Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the other's pilot to deploy a parachute. Remarkably, both planes landed safely and no one was injured, officials...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Caleb Larson Iranian Air Force, Middle East One of their lesser-known, and indeed less-capable airframes is a copy…of a copy. Meet the J/F-7. Here's What You Need to Remember: These days the F-7 is relegated to a trainer aircraft for...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Mondoweiss
Israelis join in times of wars like in no other times. Well, the Jewish Israeli ones mostly join under their Zionism, and Palestinians who protest in solidarity with their Palestinian brethren, are seen as traitors. So the war situation...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: Nation
The Thompsons, originally from Jamaica, spent 843 days living in churches in Philadelphia to avoid deportation. Now they are free, but reentry comes with new challenges.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Kris Osborn military, Asia Seoul is often overlooked as a strategically vital and critically positioned ally in need of surveillance assets. The complex and fast-changing threat landscape in the Pacific region is leading the United...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Mail.com: US
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery is clear: Pay up. Nearly two decades after the Providence, Rhode Island, institution...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Fabian Hoffmann Air Defense, Europe If Europe is serious about achieving strategic autonomy, the requirement of detaching its ground-based air defense from the United States and moving towards an integrated air defense network seems...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Peter Suciu New Zealand, Australia The peaked hat became iconic with New Zealanders thanks to World War I. Here's What You Need to Know : The hat remained in use in the New Zealand military until 1960 When the first New Zealand units...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Peter Suciu Iskander Missile, Eurasia Efforts may be underway. Here's What You Need to Know : Even if the Russian military develops a replacement, the Iskander-M could find an export market. The 9K720 Iskander mobile short-range...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Michael Peck Fighter Jets, The Americas Whether DARPA’s vision is prophetic or just premature remains to be seen. Here's What You Need To Remember: DARPA is looking for other ways that U.S airpower can accomplish its objectives even...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: Nation
Doctors meeting patients where they are. The use of technology in truly innovative ways. These are among the many positive changes brought by the pandemic, Dr. Shantanu Nundy argues in a new book.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from CBN.com - CBN News
Rockets from the Gaza Strip continued to rain on Israeli cities overnight as Israel’s military stepped up its offensive against terror groups in the coastal enclave.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from CBN.com - CBN News
Despite Israel’s massive bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Hamas and other terror groups continue to fire rockets into central and southern Israel. But Israeli leaders are fighting a two-front war, one with terror groups inside Gaza...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Kris Osborn MQ-4C Triton, Americas The Navy and Northrop Grumman are taking a new series of steps to prepare the maritime-focused Triton drone with new targeting and collision avoidance technology. The advent of new networking...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from NPR Topics: Nation
GOP Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from her House leadership position. Many voters in Wyoming believe she's been shafted, while others have wanted her to resign since she voted to impeach Donald Trump.Thursday, May 13, 2021 from The National Interest
Ethen Kim Lieser Stimulus Payments, There is a section of the American Rescue Plan that says that governments can, in fact, disburse the money for direct assistance to households who have been financially hurt by the ongoing pandemic....Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Mail.com: US
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A tree trimmer in rural Northern California has been charged in throat-slashing serial killings that left three people dead, prosecutors announced Thursday. Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, of the small city of Oroville,...