It will have been one year since a mob of people stormed the U.S. Capitol, leaving five people dead and many others injured, on January 6, 2022. The violent mob of people stormed the Capitol MORE
It feels like the aspirin just wore off from this week’s travel headaches and the last thing you’ll likely want to read about is another impactful winter storm potentially snarling transportation across the nation. Unfortunately, this is MORE
Pope Francis has criticized couples who choose to have pets instead of children as selfish, arguing that their decision to forgo parenthood leads to a loss of “humanity” and is a detriment to civilization.The Pope MORE
Happy Monday News Viewers, this is Monday’s NV free chat, all the topics fit to print, especially those mysterious features of this planet that animates us, the universe that beckons us, and the life forms MORE
Oops. Schedule change. NASA said Jan. 1 it would wait a day before beginning the process of tensioning the five-layer sunshield, getting it into its final form and ensuring the layers are separated from each MORE
“In short: We are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeding next time,” they wrote. Retired two-star U.S. Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton co-authored a recent op-ed about the fear that a MORE
Two of Prince Andrew’s efforts to prevent or stall the progression of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s sex assault lawsuit against him were blocked on Saturday when a US federal judge ordered the prince’s lawyers to turn MORE
Donald Trump has already telegraphed the remarks he plans to give at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. If he follows the script laid out in his announcement MORE
A Capitol police sergeant seriously injured in the Jan. 6 insurrection called it a “disgrace” that former Vice President Mike Pence recently seemed to downplay the significance of the day after officers risked their lives to save MORE
Happy New Year’s Eve News Viewers, welcome to Friday’s free chat here at News Views; today is the last day for all lousy habits, all processed food, all snarky comebacks, all road rage, all throwing MORE
Garland police on Wednesday are charging a 14-year-old with capital murder in a triple killing at a gas station convenience store and are warning that the boy is at large, armed and dangerous. Abel Elias Acosta, 14, MORE
The Oregon father of four who quickly rose to infamy by blurting out “Let’s Go Brandon” during a Christmas Eve call with President Joe Biden is—of course—now fully leaning into his newfound right-wing celebrity status. Jared Schmeck MORE
In the Galilee, migrating cranes infected with H5N1 are dying by the thousand, raising fears of a global pandemic. Israel’s National Security Council has assumed control of a massive bird flu outbreak in the Galilee, which scientists MORE
Happy Monday News Viewers on the final leg of the 2021 voyage, and it’s been quite a trip; if we’d taken this trip in one of the old Master and Commander war ships, we’d be MORE
The man who said “let’s go Brandon” to President Joe Biden during a Christmas Eve phone call says it was meant as a joke and insisted that he’s “not a Trumper.” The phrase has become popular among MORE
An anxiety-ridden launch that’s been decades in the making On Christmas Day, NASA is gifting astronomers one of the greatest presents it can give by launching the most powerful space telescope ever created. Called the James MORE
Happy Friday News Viewers (or should I say Happy Christmas Eve, 2021). This year, I find myself reframing Christmas, tearing it away from past traditions, family memories, cultural expectations and nutty stories about judgy old MORE
Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is set to leave office next week without bringing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. But Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg, has indicated that he’ll keep up the pressure on Trump, MORE
From the co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project, Erin Kissane: On and around major holidays, thousands of people whose labor makes testing and data-reporting pipelines function go home. As a result, testing slows, and reporting MORE
Manchin’s blockade of the bill is poised to have serious, real-world consequences. If passed, the legislation would have extended the expanded child tax credit, which was distributed to families across the country in monthly payments MORE
Happy Monday and welcome to life in the fast lane, at least if you’re a dog named Reas in a Race for the Kibbles. . . . Reas, a male white-and-blonde whippet, bolted ahead of the competition MORE
From NBC: For the fifth time since taking office less than a year ago, President Joe Biden is taking on the grim task Wednesday of visiting an area impacted by natural disaster to offer comfort MORE
Happy Monday, News Viewers, and welcome to Free Range, our environmentally focused open thread where the topics are wide ranging and the conversation free flowing. Our focus is the earth we inhabit, the space above MORE
Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday across parts of the central and southern US including Kentucky, where the governor says the death toll will exceed 50 after “one of the toughest nights in Kentucky MORE
In Pittsburgh; Memphis, Tennessee; and Los Angeles, massive billboards recently popped up declaring, “Birds Aren’t Real.” On Instagram and TikTok, Birds Aren’t Real accounts have racked up hundreds of thousands of followers, and YouTube videos MORE