Unbiased headline news – The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza said there could be as many as 10,000 bodies buried under rubble all across the strip.
Just as many displaced Gazans try to return to their homes under a nascent ceasefire agreement. The Civil Defense said in a post to Telegram that 10,000 missing people are believed to be “under the rubble of destroyed homes, buildings and facilities.” They are not counted in the 38,300 fatalities listed by the Civil Defense since Oct. 7, 2023.
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Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named “Gulf of America.”
During his January press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump declared he would change the name, saying the gulf is currently run by cartels and that “it’s ours.” “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory, the Gulf of America,” Trump said at the time.
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Five major banks have agreed to provide mortgage relief to customers affected by wildfires.
This is for fires that have ravaged thousands of homes, businesses and structures in the Los Angeles area, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced over the weekend. Fires that erupted earlier this month have scorched tens of thousands of acres, killing at least 27 people and destroyed some 15,000 structures.
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Georgia officials halted all in-state poultry sales, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $590 million to Moderna to accelerate development of vaccines.
This is to protect people from flu strains in cows and birds. State and federal officials confirmed a case of bird flu at a commercial poultry operation in Georgia’s Elbert County, which prompted state officials to halt all in-state poultry sales and activities.
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Teamsters union members working at Costco Wholesale locations across the country voted to authorize a strike, with more than 85% of members in favor of hitting the picket lines.
The union represents more than 18,000 Costco employees nationally. “Our members have spoken loud and clear — Costco must deliver a fair contract, or they’ll be held accountable,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said in a press release Sunday.
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Veteran news correspondent Elizabeth Nissen has died, her family announced.
She died at home on Jan. 7, three days after her 71st birthday, her family said. Nissen had a storied career in broadcast journalism, including her coverage on ABC’s “World News Tonight” the evening Princess Diana died in 1997. Nissen also worked for CNN, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, and she was a co-founder and senior producer of NBC Learn.
