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Presidents’ Day is actually George Washington’s birthday, a federal holiday set aside to be celebrated on the third Monday of February. Washington was born on February 22, 1732. He was also the...
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In March 2019, Jimmy Carter became the longest-living former president in U.S. history. Carter, who is now 96, passed President George H.W. Bush, who, at the time of his death, was the longest living...
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As many as 25,000 members of the National Guard could be in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on January 20.
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Gun sales in the United States rose 40% last year to well more than 39 million.
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Homicides have skyrocketed in several large American cities, which appears to be part of a rise in violent crime in general. One of these cities has reported a jump of 120% in homicides through the...
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Joe Biden won the presidential election with 81,282,896 votes. That was 7,060,412 more votes than Donald Trump’s total. Biden won the electoral college by a margin of 306 to 232. Biden’s real...
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Among the accusations which have been aggressively pressed as some candidates in the latest election have demanded votes be voided or recounted is that some deceased Americans voted. They did, of...
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Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States, based on an election called by the Associated Press. Donald Trump will be the first sitting President not reelected since George H.W....
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Mass shootings reached 417 last year as day after day Americans lost their lives to guns. By the end of 2019, deaths caused by guns reached 39,296. The carefully followed Gun Violence Archive tracks...
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Nutritionists and doctors have long told us that too much salt is bad for us. It causes the body to retain excess fluid, raising blood pressure and increasing our risk of stroke, heart failure,...
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It could be dangerous for your little Avengers superhero or Disney princess going door to door to beg for candy this Halloween — but probably not for the reasons you might think. Warning the kids...
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Some groups may avoid participation in the 2020 Census, which could considerably alter its outcome. That, in turn, could affect government funding for some parts of the country, and potentially some...
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The second Monday in October, Columbus Day, is a holiday for people in some states but not in others. It is a federal holiday so government workers have the day off. It received federal holiday...
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The hottest temperatures registered at 14 of the 15 official weather stations in the world were in Iraq today. All reached approximately 110 degrees. At Nasiriya the figure reached just shy of 120...
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There are at least two ways to determine which candidates are most likely to get elected. One is polls, which have, in the past, missed the mark. The other is oddsmakers who are actually willing to...
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