A recent Viruses journal study discusses the Kiwira virus, which belongs to the Hantaviridae family, including its discovery, phylogenetic placement, and tissue distribution of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA). What are hantaviruses? Hantaviruses belonging to the Hantaviridae family have tri-segmented RNA genomes. The small (S) genomic segment encodes for the nucleocapsid […]

A former New Jersey councilman has come under fire for calling the police on his neighbor — a 9-year-old black girl — who was walking around killing spotted lanternflies. Gordan Lawshe called the non-emergency line to report there was a “little black woman walking and spraying stuff on the sidewalks […]

Hundreds of Chinese-manufactured drones have been detected in restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., in recent months, a trend that national security agencies fear could become a new means for foreign espionage. The recreational drones made by Chinese company DJI, which are designed with “geofencing” restrictions to keep them out of […]

A suspect has been held in the killings of four Chinese nationals on Sunday at a rural marijuana farm in the US state of Oklahoma, investigators say. Wu Chen, 45, was arrested on Tuesday 1,500 miles (2,400km) away in Florida, said law enforcement officials. The bodies were found after police […]

Iran is weighing attacks on the Qatar World Cup, head of the Military Intelligence Directorate Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva warned Monday, saying Tehran was “on the whole field, from nuclear to riots.” Speaking at an Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) conference in Tel Aviv, he said, “Iran is acting […]

Oh to be a fly on the wall for what is being called (at least in this scoop from The Hollywood Reporter) a “Bob swap.” That is, Disney’s ousting of CEO Bob Chapek to bring back its former CEO, Bob Iger. This news was a jaw-dropper for those of us […]

Around 9:30 Thursday morning at South Vermillion High School in Clinton, Indiana, a male student who is a senior at the school was injured after being accidentally shot by an Indiana State Police Deputy. “There was a Vermillion County Deputy who was instructing a class and in the high school, […]

The gunman who allegedly killed five people at a Colorado LGBTQ club is reportedly the grandson of a Republican California lawmaker who compared the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol to the Revolutionary War. Accused gunman Anderson Lee Aldrich’s mother has been identified by multiple news outlets as Laura Voepel, whose […]

A dad-of-five had a heart-wrenching final phone call with his wife, disrupted by interference on the line, before he mysteriously disappeared one week ago. Jose Jesus Albarran Guerrero never returned after leaving home to meet a man who had offered him a job while at the market, according to his […]

The implications of Kanye West’s recent behavior may be catching up to him. According to a new report, the rapper has stopped construction on his Malibu home due to financial concerns. The news comes after Ye lost many brand collaborations and deals amid anti-Black and antisemitic rhetoric, including his billion-dollar […]