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Colleges Moving to Waive ACT and SAT Scores for Admissions

Colleges Moving to Waive ACT and SAT Scores for Admissions

Due to the disruption of normal school activity from COVID-19, many colleges are waiving standardized test scores for new applicants. Since many students have had their high school careers abruptly cut short due to COVID closures, colleges have noted few students actually completed ACT or SAT testing. Colleges usually require …

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Lockdown Delays Caused 36,000 Deaths, Data Reveals and More News

Lockdown Delays Caused 36,000 Deaths, Data Reveals and More News

36,000 Lives Lost Because of Lockdown Delays, Data Reveals; Employees Who Reject Work Ineligible for Unemployment; and Florida Removes Top COVID-19 Scientist for Refusing to Manipulate Data. 36,000 Lives Lost Because of Lockdown Delays, Data Reveals New estimates from Columbia University show that if the United States started social distancing …

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Johnson and Johnson to Discontinue Talcum Baby Powder

Johnson and Johnson to Discontinue Talcum Baby Powder

After a lengthy legal battle, American company Johnson and Johnson will be discontinuing their talcum baby powder. The company faced down thousands of talcum powder lawsuit claims that insisted the baby powder contained asbestos. Johnson and Johnson has denied that their products contain any asbestos. Due to the lawsuits, the …

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Conflict Over Churches Reveals Fundamental Divide in US

Conflict Over Churches Reveals Fundamental Divide in US

One of the most contentious debates of the COVID-19 saga has been that of churches being allowed to operate. On the one hand, most stay-at-home orders would normally preclude people from gathering in an enclosed space. This measure is ostensibly for public health, even when it results in the cancellation …

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Michigan Dams Break, Leading to Widespread Evacuations

Michigan Dams Break, Leading to Widespread Evacuations

Homeowners insurance rates are sure to be rising as fast as the floodwaters in parts of Michigan. The state, which has been wracked by the COVID-19 pandemic, is now facing heavy rains and flash floods. After two dams in Midland County broke, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency …

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