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- Life expectancy in U.S. hit record high of 79 years in 2024, CDC says
U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 - the highest mark in American history. But the U.S. still ranks below dozens of other countries. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - U.S. Diesel and Gas Prices Rise After Winter Storm
Severe winter weather across large parts of the United States has begun to show up at the fuel pump, with both diesel and gasoline prices rising after weeks of relative stability. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the national average on-highway diesel price increased sharply, climbing 9 cents to $3.624 as of January 27. Gasoline prices also moved higher, rising 5 cents to a national average of $2.853. The price increases come as winter storms disrupted refinery operations, slowed fuel deliveries, and complicated logistics across key transportation corridors. For trucking fleets and logistics providers, even small price changes can quickly translate into higher operating costs, especially during periods of weather-related delays and reduced efficiency. Regional Diesel Price Trends Diesel prices rose in every major U.S. region, with the Midwest seeing the largest jump. Here’s a breakdown of how prices changed across the country: Midwest: Diesel… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz worries that the violence in his state could produce a national rupture. “I mean, is this a Fort Sumter?” he mused today in an interview in his office at the state capitol. The island fortification near Charleston, South Carolina, is where Confederate forces fired the first shots of the Civil War in 1861. Now it’s federal forces that are risking a breach. “It’s a physical assault,” Walz told me. “It’s an armed force that’s assaulting, that’s killing my constituents, my citizens.”He let his question about Fort Sumter hang without an answer.Walz bowed out of his reelection race earlier this month. The 2024 vice-presidential candidate said that he didn’t want politics to interfere with his work amid an intensifying federal probe into welfare fraud in his state. Two days later, his phone rang, and it was Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis. Renee Good had been shot… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago - The New Shadowbanning PanicOver the past several days, TikTok users have found themselves at a loss. Literally, I mean: They lost their audiences, and their view counts showed “0.” Some people who attempted to upload content about anti-ICE protests or the killing of Alex Pretti alleged that the platform was intentionally blocking them from doing so. Others were able to get their videos uploaded, but alleged that TikTok was not distributing them. Still others noticed that they were unable to send the word Epstein in a direct message, a quirk so bizarre that it incited California Governor Gavin Newsom to repost a screenshot shared by an anonymous X account using the handle @intelligentpawg.For many of these people, the explanation was obvious: “MAGA censorship.” Newsom said in his post that he would be launching a review “into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring Trump-critical content,” and the concern isn’t totally random. TikTok’s… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 week ago
- Justice Department Pulls Back on Criminal Prosecution of Diesel Emissions Deletes
The U.S. Department of Justice has made a significant change in how it enforces emissions laws related to diesel engines. Federal prosecutors have been instructed to stop pursuing criminal cases tied specifically to software-based diesel emissions “defeat devices.” While this move reduces criminal risk, it does not make diesel deletes legal, nor does it remove the financial and regulatory exposure facing trucking fleets and repair shops. On January 21, the DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced it would no longer pursue criminal charges under the Clean Air Act for cases involving tampering with onboard diagnostic (OBD) software. A memo from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed prosecutors to drop pending criminal cases and halt new ones related to emissions software manipulation. What This Change Really Means This decision marks a shift away from nearly a decade of aggressive criminal enforcement. However, it is important to understand what… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago - Closing the Gap in American SchoolsOn a chilly day before Christmas, Teresa Rivas helped a tween boy pick out a new winter coat. “Get the bigger one, the one with the waterproof layer, mijo,” she said, before helping him pull it onto his string-bean frame. Rivas provides guidance counseling at Owen Goodnight Middle School in San Marcos, Texas. She talks with students about their goals and helps if they’re struggling in class. She’s also a trained navigator placed there by a nonprofit called Communities in Schools.The idea behind CIS and other “community school” programs is that students can’t succeed academically if they’re struggling at home. “Between kindergarten and 12th grade, kids spend only 20 percent of their time” in a classroom, Rob Watson, the executive director of the EdRedesign Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, told me. If America wants kids to thrive, he said, it has to consider the 80 percent. Educators… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago
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