Voices, The Peoples News
January 2, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Dog owner sounds warning over newly approved arthritis drug, Librella ‘miracle’ pain medication. Librela is a monthly injection used to treat pain and inflammation created by osteoarthritis. More than 8000 “adverse reactions” have been reported to the FDA since May of 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3SFWuxG1s
# Border / Immigration / Cartels / Trafficing
‘This Is What Makes Us Rich’: Inside a Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Lab: New York Times reporters witnessed the dangerous production process inside a secret lab in Culiacán run by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/world/americas/inside-fentanyl-lab-mexico.html
Mexican authorities said they recovered a total of 31 bodies from pits in a southeastern state plagued by cartel violence since they began excavating the improvised graves at the weekend.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hidden-graves-dozens-bodies-chiapas-mexico-cartel-turf-war/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Big Lots CEO reveals going-out-of-business process could ‘be reversed’ as bankrupt chain may get second chance
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13183394/big-lots-bankruptcy-second-chance-reversed/#:~:text=All%20Big%20Lots%20stores%20subsequently,email%20obtained%20by%20The%20Hill
Fact Check: Photo Showing Large Temu Warehouse Fire in China Is Fake
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/temu-warehouse-fire-china/
Japan’s Nippon Steel offers governmental veto power for U.S. Steel production
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/02/biden-japan-nippon-steel-acquisition
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China. Treasury says hackers accessed “certain unclassified documents” in a “major” breach, but experts believe the attack’s impacts could prove to be more significant as new details emerge.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-treasurys-workstations-hacked-cyberattack-by-china-afp-reports-2024-12-30/
TD Bank Insider Arrested And Charged With Facilitating money laundering to Colombia through the financial institution, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/td-bank-insider-arrested-and-charged-facilitating-money-laundering
Update on $1.8 billion dollars unaccounted for in South Carolina
https://www.newsbreak.com/news19-wltx-524558/3738252306384-update-on-1-8-billion-dollars-unaccounted-for-in-south-carolina
# Education / Schools
“Not Qualified for Fifth Grade.” Teacher Cites Shocking Holes in American Elementary Education. “I see what you mean about the bar being on the floor.”
https://www.distractify.com/p/skills-fifth-graders-should-have
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM [Bureau of Land Management]
Miami’s beachfront high-rises are sinking fast. It’s a warning for coastal properties worldwide. 35 buildings along the coasts of Miami’s barrier islands sunk into the ground by 2 to 8 centimeters between 2016 and 2023.
https://www.aol.com/miamis-beachfront-high-rises-sinking-090301177.html
12 Grocery Tips That Could Save You Hundreds This Year
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3737904983493-12-genius-grocery-tricks-that-could-save-you-hundreds-this-year?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzU3ODEzNjMxNTM%3D
Elevated Levels of Radium Found in Western Pennsylvania’s Freshwater Mussels. Researchers detected increased radioactivity in mussels downstream of oil and gas wastewater discharge points, raising concerns about effects up the food chain.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02012025/elevated-levels-of-radium-found-in-western-pennsylvanias-freshwater-mussels/
# General News
As Musk gains influence, questions hover over US probes into his empire. Last month, in the waning days of the Biden administration, the SEC set a tight deadline of several days for demanding that Elon Musk pay a settlement or face civil charges relating to alleged securities violations during his $44 billion takeover of Twitter in 2022.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-gains-influence-questions-hover-over-us-probes-into-his-empire-2025-01-02/
New Jersey drones mystery sees craft banned in 30 areas as national security threat fears grow
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/new-jersey-drones-mystery-sees-886141
# Gov / Politics
One week until Congress meets to certify the results of the 2024 presidential election
https://www.wusa9.com/video/news/local/dc/one-week-until-congress-meets-to-certify-the-results-of-the-2024-presidential-election/65-426136be-a82c-4708-b67b-f4826239d855
Report to Congress on Iran: Setbacks in 2024 may raise questions about the future of the Iranian government’s longtime strategy to erode U.S. influence in the Middle East and project power in neighboring states by backing a range of regional armed groups (sometimes known as the ‘axis of resistance’
https://news.usni.org/2025/01/01/report-to-congress-on-iran
Enshittification Comes to Washington: Our tech overlords have ruined the online platforms that Americans depend on. Now, as Donald Trump returns to the White House with Elon Musk in tow, expect the same to happen to our government.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189701/trump-2025-enshittification-civil-service
Struggling Mike Johnson Has a New Plan to Keep His Job. Mike Johnson is scrambling to cling to power.
http://socket.newrepublic.com/post/189763/mike-johnson-speaker-new-rules
‘Emergency break glass option’ on the table for Republicans to rush Trump certification
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-break-glass/
‘Techbro goons’ ruined the economy — and Trump now wants them to ruin government: Tech billionaires have run many facets of the economy as we know it into the ground — and now President-elect Donald Trump is putting them in charge of doing the same to the government
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/techbro-goons-ruined-the-economy-and-trump-now-wants-them-to-ruin-government-analyst/ar-AA1wOYyz
House GOP proposes new rules for next Congress — including a ‘crucial alteration’: report
https://www.alternet.org/house-rules/
Stop Trump’s mad Greenland scheme before it gets started
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5061620-stop-trumps-mad-greenland-scheme-before-it-gets-started/
Gold Bars, Cash-Stuffed Envelopes and Turkish Campaign Donations: The Most Insane Dem Corruption Scandals Of 2024. Democratic politicians have long found themselves at the center of corruption scandals, but 2024 may have been a year like no other in the double-dealing department.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/01/gold-bars-cash-stuffed-envelopes-and-turkish-campaign-donations-the-most-insane-dem-corruption-scandals-of-2024/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Xi says China’s annexation of Taiwan can’t be stopped
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/12/31/taiwan-annexation-economy/9361735679112/
# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Wisconsin police search for convicted felon after multiple children found dead
https://www.foxnews.com/us/wisconsin-police-search-convicted-felon-after-multiple-children-found-dead
New Orleans Truck Attack Responsible for 15 Deaths, FBI Searches for Accomplices. US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Texas was shot and killed by police after he targeted New Year’s Eve revelers on Bourbon Street.
https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-terror-attack-jabbar-live-updates/63320965
Also: FBI Statement on the Attack in New Orleans
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-the-attack-in-new-orleans
FBI found 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home during search in December, prosecutors say
https://apnews.com/article/homemade-bombs-seized-virginia-firearms-c68488480ef8bd3de7b432272399aa28
Lawsuits, FBI probe engulf South Dakota doomsday bunker complex
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/lawsuits-fbi-probe-engulf-south-dakota-doomsday-bunker-complex/
‘The CIA Must Get Involved, NOW’: Trump Urges Agency To Take Action Amid ‘Virtually Nonexistent Leadership’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/the-cia-must-get-involved-now-trump-urges-agency-to-take-action-amid-virtually-nonexistent-leadership/
Feds, NYPD raid home of ex-top cop Jeffrey Maddrey in latest probe of NYC Mayor Adams’ admin
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/02/law-enforcement-raid-aide-eric-adams-00196205
Mass shooting outside Amazura nightclub in New York leaves 10 injured after ‘4 men open fire over 30 times at revelers’
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/new-york-mass-shooting-in-queens-live-updates-ny-queens-nightclub-amazura-11-shot-suspect-latest-news-2-january-2025-11735801056555.html
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Donald Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban Decision Until After Inauguration
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-urges-supreme-court-to-pause-law-threatening-tiktok-ban
# Medical / Health News
Parents of toddler who died from flu after hospital failings speak out on five-year wait for answers
https://www.yahoo.com/news/parents-toddler-died-flu-hospital-120630986.html
People who drink bottled water issued urgent health warning. Roughly 10% to 78% of bottled water samples contain contaminants, including microplastics. These are often hormone (endocrine) disruptors. Microplastic contamination is associated with oxidative stress, immune system dysregulation, and changes in blood fat levels.
https://www.aol.com/scientists-urgently-warn-stop-drinking-130000353.html
Some states on track to restore abortion access, while others push for fetal rights in 2025
https://www.aol.com/states-track-restore-abortion-access-183840740.html
Bernie Sanders’ nine-point plan to overhaul America’s healthcare system. Bernie Sanders unveils bold plan to reform U.S. healthcare and address inequality. “Our real problem is not so much a healthcare crisis as it is a political and economic one,” he wrote in an op-ed.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/01/02/bernie-sanders-nine-point-plan-to-overhaul-americas-healthcare-system/
# Medical / Health News / Global
Chinese scientists find common blood pressure drug could cure rare brain tumour. Treatment for an invasive, noncancerous brain tumour that causes complications including diabetes could lie in a cheap medication often prescribed for high blood pressure.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/health/joint-china-us-team-develops-new-drug-for-aggressive-brain-cancer/3325304
# Military General News
‘Without honor’: Marine vet raises red flag about key Trump defense nominee
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3738778378987-without-honor-marine-vet-raises-red-flag-about-key-trump-defense-nominee?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzU4MjY2MzE4NjU%3D
# Military General News/ Global
Chinese Ships Carrying Autocannons Trouble US Ally Japan
https://www.newsweek.com/china-news-ships-carrying-autocannons-trouble-us-ally-japan-2008407
# Ongoing Wars
US military hits Houthi targets in Yemen after attacks on Israel
https://nypost.com/2024/12/31/world-news/us-launches-multiple-strikes-on-houthi-targets-in-yemen/
Yemen’s Houthis defiant after new US strikes: CENTCOM says it struck ‘Houthi targets’ in Sanaa and coastal locations in Yemen, days after Israel targeted the country.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/31/yemens-houthis-defiant-after-new-us-strikes
On e-scooters and ATVs, Russian forces swarm Ukrainian positions in the east
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/on-e-scooters-and-atvs-russian-forces-swarm-ukrainian-positions-in-the-east
How suicide drones transformed the front lines in Ukraine. Outnumbered and desperate, the nation began hacking cheap consumer drones with explosives — bringing a brutal new form of violence to 21st-century warfare
https://www.pbs.org/video/russian-invasion-1727375055/
Iran Issues Warning About US Bases in Syria
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/7/where-does-iran-stand-on-syrias-fast-moving-conflict
# Other Interesting Things
Archaeologists shocked by mystery building complex found by complete luck
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/castle-ward-co-down-dig-b2672750.html
# Planetary
New Study Reveals Decades of Groundwater Pumping Has Impacted Planet’s Motion Significantly, Tilted by Nearly 80 Centimeters. Earth’s tilt has changed by 31.5 inches (80 centimeters) between 1993 and 2010 because of the amount of groundwater humans have pumped from the planet’s interior.
https://www.space.com/earth-tilt-changed-by-groundwater-pumping
# Science
Microplastics linked to organ lesions while scientists may have found how to clean them from nature. Mmicroplastics are less than five millimeters long. Their tiny size has allowed them to get into everything, from human blood and breastmilk to the food we eat, stretching to every corner of the globe.
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/02/microplastics-are-linked-to-lesions-on-organs-scientists-may-have-found-a-way-to-get-rid-of-them/
# Space / Solar / Lunar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Transforming the Moon Into Humanity’s First Space Hub. The small step back to Earth’s satellite will provide a giant leap for exploring our solar system.
https://www.wired.com/story/moon-humanity-industrial-space-hub/
10,000-kilometer precision: Astronomers pinpoint origin of mysterious space signals: Every day, several times a day, massive explosions of radio waves burst forth from distant corners of the universe, each carrying more energy than our sun produces in a month.
https://www.sciencealert.com/mystery-signals-may-be-coming-from-one-of-the-rarest-stars-in-the-galaxy
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Automate software testing for aerospace and defense. Ensure mission success with advanced AI test automation
https://www.keysight.com/us/en/cmp/2024/automated-software-testing-for-aerospace-and-defense.html
Future-Proof Testing: Software Adaptability Guide. Learn about Future-Proof Testing to ensure software stays relevant with adaptability strategies. Discover its key traits, its types, components, and more.
https://www.lambdatest.com/learning-hub/future-proof-testing
Inside the Plan to Teach Robots the Laws of War. Artificial intelligence is coming to warfare. Can it learn ethics?
https://newrepublic.com/article/189236/inside-plan-teach-robots-laws-war
NATO is working to reroute data through space, fearing Russia could slice undersea internet cables
https://www.businessinsider.com/nato-plan-to-defend-undersea-internet-from-sabotage-using-satellites-2025-1
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