A smug inability to acknowledge the plight of working class voters led the Democratic Party to political disaster on Election Day, according to a pair of New England senators who say it’s time for America’s left wing to come up with a better plan. Vermont’s independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that the party’s … Read more
60 Minutes Archive: Race to save the tortoise The race to save the tortoise | 60 Minutes Archive 13:06 A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the morning … Read more
Bernie Sanders, the curmudgeonly American politician, is always on a crusade. The Vermont senator’s latest campaign is to warn us all about ultra-processed foods (UPFs). This is now the generally accepted term for mass-produced foods. They typically include ingredients with long chemical names, sometimes with a number enclosed in brackets. These ingredients – preservatives, emulsifiers, … Read more
New England’s electrical grid is set to receive a major upgrade. The Biden-Harris Administration, on Monday, announced a $2.2 billion investment into the U.S. energy network which, according to the Department of Energy, will “protect against growing threats of extreme weather, lower costs for communities, and catalyze additional grid capacity to meet load growth stemming from … Read more
Live Nation is investigating a data breach at its Ticketmaster subsidiary, which dominates ticketing for live events in the United States. Live Nation, based in California, said in a regulatory filing Friday that on May 27 “a criminal threat actor″ offered to sell Ticketmaster data on the dark web. Other media reports say a hacking … Read more
The University of Vermont (UVM) has canceled United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s commencement speech amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus as protests sweep colleges across the nation. “We are looking forward to the upcoming Commencement ceremonies and the opportunity to celebrate our 2024 UVM graduates,” Suresh Garimella, the university’s president, said in a message to the … Read more
Police are searching for a suspect in what appears to have been an attempted arson at the Burlington, Vermont office of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). At around 10:45 a.m. on Friday, a man entered Sanders’ office before spraying an “apparent accelerant” on an entrance door, Burlington police said in a statement. After the man lit … Read more
The US government is awarding US$1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to expand semiconductor production, the Biden administration said on Monday, in a bid to strengthen domestic supply chains after the Covid-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses. GlobalFoundries, the world’s third-largest contract chip maker, will build a new semiconductor production facility in Malta, New York, and expand existing operations … Read more
