In unprecedented payout, L.A. County will settle sex abuse claims for $4 billion

Los Angeles County is set to pay $4 billion to resolve roughly 7,000 claims of childhood sexual abuse that allegedly occurred within juvenile facilities, and warns the largest sexual abuse settlement in US history. Mammoth settlement that must be approved by both counties Request Committee County supervisors are $1 billion more than county officials had. […]

‘Everybody Likes Him’: Mark Halperin Calls JD Vance’s Vice Presidency ‘Unprecedented In Our Time’

Political analyst Mark Halperin said Vice President J.D. Vance’s tenure is significantly different from other vice presidents in the “modern” era. In the early weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, Vance demonstrated that he was the most active vice president since former vice president Dick Cheney took office. Halperin, “Morning meetingVance’s terminology is still […]

Government Funneled Unprecedented Amount Of Money To Criminal Gangs Through COVID Relief, Oversight Report Finds

The U.S. federal government sent an unprecedented amount of money to fraudsters and international criminal organizations through COVID-19 relief programs, according to a Friday report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The government has provided an estimated $872 billion in assistance through programs such as the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection […]

Coconino County Voters Face Unprecedented 19-Inch Ballots, Officials

Attention Coconino County Voters: Your November ballot is thick. It's 19 inches in size, and you'll be faced with federal, state, county and local races, as well as numerous propositions you'll need to decide on. And residents of Page Wards 72, 73, 74 and 54 should prepare for the county's first ever two-page, four-panel ballot. […]

US, UK Spy Chiefs Hold Unprecedented Joint Public Meeting Over Global Challenges

The heads of the U.S. and British foreign intelligence agencies held their first joint hearing in London on Saturday, speaking out about threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, as well as ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East. CIA Director William Burns and MI6's Richard Moore discuss the Financial Times Weekend Festival […]

Scientists Make Unprecedented Discovery On Mars By Accident

NASA scientists said they were “surprised” when the Mars rover Curiosity cracked open a rock and found it contained pure sulfur crystals, the space agency said Thursday. “Pure sulfur doesn't smell,” the Curiosity rover's social media accounts tweeted, saying the discovery of elemental sulfur “is something we've never seen before on Mars.” (Related article: Crew […]