Author: Lily Larsen, Washington Examiner

On Wednesday night, the Geminid meteor shower will light up the sky in one of 2023’s most prolific displays of “shooting stars” in the Northern Hemisphere. In December 1862, the first appearance of this meteor shower was noted when R. P. Greg of Manchester, England, saw the occurrence in the constellation of Gemini. The Geminid…

The Peregrine Lunar Lander is primed to be the first private spacecraft to land on the moon as it opens NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. NASA selected Astrobotic’s “Peregrine,” named for Earth’s fastest flying bird, to carry over 20 lunar payloads, including five science instruments for NASA. They include miniature rovers, a memorial plaque,…

After a decadeslong battle, the ultra-lethal ‘cyanide bomb’ used to kill coyotes and other canines is banned on federal lands. The Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of the bombs on 245 million acres of federal lands. Over 70 conservation groups, politicians, and individuals seriously injured by the devices supported the ban. GDP…

Sandy Hook families, awarded up to $1.5 billion in judgments against Alex Jones, could settle for pennies on the dollar: $85 million over 10 years. On Monday, lawyers for the Sandy Hook victims’ families offered the controversial Infowars host a deal to pay only roughly 6% of the $1.5 billion he owes in exchange for…

President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the release of hostages from Gaza. The president’s remarks are scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Eastern time from Nantucket, Massachusetts. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Original Location: WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks on the release of hostages from Gaza Washington Examiner Videos

“Super pigs,” hybrids between European wild boars and domestic pigs, are headed south into the United States from Canada. In the late 1980s, wild boar were brought to Canada to diversify livestock and increase pork production. The boars procreated with domestic pigs, and the result was the rapidly reproducing super pig. TALKING TURKEY: ARE BLACK…

Japan has a new island after an undersea volcano erupted on Oct. 21 more than 740 miles south of Tokyo, but experts say the new land mass might not last. Like many Japanese islands, this unnamed land mass in the Bonin Islands was formed by a phreatomagmatic eruption, an explosion that occurs when magma erupts…

Americans’ total credit card balance rose $45 billion in the second quarter, reaching $1 trillion for the first time ever in 2023, according to Q2 data from the New York Federal Reserve. This made the yearly average U.S. household $7,951 in credit card debt. HIGHER SHELTER AND ENERGY PRICES PROPPED UP INFLATION AT 3.7% IN…

California lawmakers may reverse a 2016 bill that prohibits state-funded travel to 26 states with laws California says discriminate against LGBT people. Democratic state Sen. Toni Atkins is spearheading the initiative. She wants to reverse the boycott over “unintended economic consequences,” and she said the ban has “unintentionally isolated the LGBTQ community.” GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS…

Kroger has reached a $1.2 billion national settlement for communities affected by its opioid sales, with an additional $36 million for Native American tribes. The company’s public shares dropped on Friday after the grocery store giant’s second-quarter earnings report. The agreement will result in a $1.4 billion charge to its second-quarter earnings, a tally that…