With the effective date of January 1, 2014 looming, an estimated 7 to 10 million Americans have been or will be given notices that their current health coverage will be dropped and they will need to sign up for Obamacare. The reason for the involuntary cancellations by insurers is that current coverage for these people […]
Yet another study has revealed that many retired professional players of the U.S. National Football League (NFL) are suffering from brain disorders due to repeated head trauma. The study was conducted by Dr. Adam Hampshire from the Imperial College, London. They scanned the brains of 60 participants who never played American-style football and compared them […]
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) continues to draw attention and concern among travelers and U.S. Government Officials. The latest report came Friday with the arrest of a Federal Air Marshal for taking underskirt photos of women travelers boarding a flight from Nashville, Tennessee to Tampa, Florida. A report in August by the U.S. Government […]
Stock markets surged late Wednesday upon word that U.S. lawmakers were likely to reach a deal by the end of the day to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. The deal resulted in a continuing funding resolution for the government and a raise in the debt ceiling. However the solution is only temporary […]
Open enrollment into Obamacare continues to be plagued with glitches while at the same time shocking enrollees as to how much it will actually cost. The confusion created because of these problems is also creating an open season for scammers. The Affordable Healthcare Act, commonly known as Obamacare, went into open enrollment on October 1 […]
Facebook is changing its privacy settings once again, and if you’re been hiding in its shadows, you won’t be for very much longer. According to recent announcement from the popular social media website, the company is getting rid of a privacy setting that lets people hide their profiles from other people in the search field. […]
Conservative Republicans of the U.S. House of Representatives showed signs Wednesday that they might be willing to ease their stance on not raising the debt ceiling just enough to keep the country from going into default. This development began taking shape in the midst of the government shutdown that started on October 1 which is […]
Kenya’s tourism sector had been rising steadily over the past 10 years. However, analysts are worried that Kenya’s tourism industry will take a hit after the Somali-armed group Al-Shabab overtook the upscale Nairobi mall, killing nearly 70 civilians and security personnel. To answer concerns travelers to Kenya may have, David Scowsill, the head of the […]
Burger King is looking to get rid of its unhealthy fast food image by adding to its menu low-fat, low-calorie French fries to assist those health-conscious consumers. Burger King, which is the world’s second-largest hamburger restaurant chain and based in Miami, is introducing Satisfries – a value-size serving will have 190 calories, eight grams of […]
According to a United Nations report, the amount of both HIV infections and AIDS-related death has significantly dropped. At its peak in 2005, there were 2.3 million deaths related to the virus. Last year, there were only 1.6 million deaths, meaning a drop of one-third. The drop among children was even greater. In 2001, over […]