The country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) was hit by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake the killed and injured thousands. It was located near the city of Mandalay.
The State of Utah has passed a ban on floridation of drinking water. Already, less than half of the state was using it. Utah is the first state to order a ban. Most European countries forbid it.
The USPS (US postal service) has issued a "Betty White" stamp; it is a "forever" stamp with her picture on it. I am going to have a professional photographer take one of me for when my stamp comes out.
Last week's movie box office leader, "Snow White," fell way down this past weekend - word of mouth must have been bad. The new leader is "A Working Man". It's a thriller starring one of my favorites, Jason Statham.
South Korean city governments are offering financial aid to young singles if they will marry and have children. The birthrate in that state has fallen to .75 births per woman. A country needs a little over 2 births per woman to maintain stability in their population.
There is a twenty-year-old man from Virginia who is doing things on ice that no one thought possible. World Individual title holder, Ilia Malinin, is amazing. Go to YouTube and see what he can do.
The Trump administrations tariffs hit the fan this week and the world is in shock. The stock market guys don't know what to think so they are bailing out to see what happens. Countries around the world are trying to decide how to react. Not everyone agrees on what will happen.
The US Department of Health and Human Services laid off 20,000 workers this week. The total of all layoffs this year is now at about 55,000 plus about 75,000 who accepted buyouts. How many people work for the federal government, anyway?
Four brave souls, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a filmmaker, a robotics engineer and a polar explorer with a medial background, hopped in a SpaceX ship, atop a rocket and went into orbit north to south over our poles. They spent about 4 days up in space doing experiments and got back in one piece.
They have announced a four movie deal to cover the lives of the Beatles - each man separately. It will air in 2028. I'm afraid that by then, most of their fans, me and my friends, will be dead.
Hooters restaurants filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. They now are in the same fix as Red Lobster, TGI Fridays and Buca di Beppo. There seem to be a lot of Mexican and Chinese places to take their place.
Russia is drafting 160,000 more young men to the military.
Robert Casey was installed as the Archbishop of the Greater Cincinnati archdiocese. He replaces Dennis Schnurr who was forced to retire because of his age.
Scientists have developed a blood test that can diagnose Alzheimer's disease with 92% accuracy. It can distinguish between early and late-stage,.
The NFL has announced it could potentially play as many as 10 games out of the country by 2026 and maybe an 18 game regular season schedule.
TikTok got a six month reprieve on it's forced sale to a non-Chinese entity. Keep Tik'n kids.