May 11, 2021
Gaza militants, children among 24 dead as Israel Battles Hamas GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting the high-rise home of a Hamas field commander and two border tunnels dug by militants, as Hamas and other armed groups fired dozens of rockets toward Israel. The escalation in …
May 10, 2021
1 US pipeline company hacked, halts operations after cyberattack WASHINGTON — A U.S. energy company says a cyberattack forced it to temporarily halt all operations on a major pipeline that delivers roughly 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast. Colonial Pipeline said the attack took place Friday and also affected some of its …
May 7, 2021
It’s Friday. I’m taking the weekend off. You should, too. 1 Economists expected massive jobs increase, disappointed As the economy re-opens post-COVID (ahem!), employers are trying to re-hire their employees that they laid off or find new ones to exploit hire. Except there is a problem: Workers don’t want to go back. Now, there are …
May 6, 2021
Today’s Morning Sixpack is going to be light. Tell me if it still tastes great but is less filling, or nah? 1 ‘Turning the Corner’: U.S. Covid Outlook Reaches Most Hopeful Point Yet After weeks of coronavirus patients flooding emergency rooms in Michigan, the worst Covid-19 hot spot in the nation, hospitalizations are finally falling. On some …
May 5, 2021
1 Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson puts the hammer on Former Attorney General William Barr (CNN) A federal judge this week rejected the Justice Department’s attempts to keep secret a departmental opinion to not charge former President Donald Trump with obstruction at the end of the Mueller investigation, calling the administration’s lawyers “disingenuous.” The department …
May 4, 2021
1 Mexico City subway overpass collapses, killing at least 23 and injuring dozens An overpass carrying a subway train collapsed in Mexico City late Monday, killing at least 23 people, including children, according to local government officials. At least 70 people have been hospitalized, seven of whom are in serious condition, officials added. The train …
May 3, 2021
It’s a slow news day, so today’s Morning Sixpack will be a quick read! 1 4 dead, more than 20 hospitalized after suspected smuggling vessel overturns off San Diego Four people are dead and nearly two dozen people were sent to hospitals after a suspected smuggling vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego on …
April 30, 2021
But I bet he wish he had. I can’t wait to read his tweets this morning. 1 Goose: Cooked A confession letter written by Joel Greenberg in the final months of the Trump presidency claims that he and close associate Rep. Matt Gaetz paid for sex with multiple women—as well as a girl who was 17 at …
April 29, 2021
1 Rudy Giuliani’s office and apartment were raided by federal investigators. Federal agents raided the apartment and office of former President Donald Trump’s longtime attorney Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, an extraordinary move in the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal probe.The shocking development is part of the two-year investigation into Giuliani’s political activities in Ukraine. He hasn’t been charged and denies …