Author: Julia Mehalko

New data from a tech company has revealed that California’s ongoing exodus may continue — and get even worse in the near future. For the past few years, many Californians have chosen to move out of the Golden State and live in another state, thanks to factors like high housing costs, high cost of living, and an increase in crime. Now, it appears that this exodus likely won’t end anytime soon. A Fluctuating California Population Source: Jack Finnigan/Unsplash Earlier this year, analysts had theorized that California’s exodus may have come to an end, as the population in the state grew…

Substantial damage has been found on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 jet almost one month after the plane underwent an extremely rare Dutch roll maneuver during a flight from Phoenix to Oakland. This recent, remarkable situation comes as many controversies have hit the air amid ongoing worries over plane safety. A Southwest Situation Source: Samantha Gades/Unsplash This Dutch roll incident occurred on May 25 when Flight 746 of Southwest Airlines was flying to Oakland from Phoenix. While in the air at about 34,000 feet, the plane underwent this unusual incident. Now, we’re learning more about what exactly happened during this…

President Joe Biden slammed the U.S. Supreme Court during a fundraiser held in Los Angeles alongside former President Barack Obama and actor George Clooney. Biden also took the time to warn those in attendance that the next president elected could place two new justices on the Supreme Court — something that he says could be worrisome if former President Donald Trump is elected. Biden Comments on the Supreme Court Source: Joshua Woods/Unsplash Biden’s recent comments come as the Supreme Court has faced much controversy thanks to the recent moves of two justices, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito. Many…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially set a risk level of Class III on recently recalled coffee products sold on Amazon. These coffee items were voluntarily recalled by the company Waco Bottling LLC over ingredient labeling concerns. Recalled Coffee Products Source: 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič/Unsplash Last week, Waco Bottling LLC announced a voluntary recall of a batch of coffee concentrate the company sells online. TryBrewed Coffee Concentrate, which sells in a case of six amber glass bottles, was recalled nationwide. So far, it appears 321 cases containing about 3,852 bottles of this coffee concentrate have been taken off…

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Starbucks Corp. in a case revolving around the coffee chain’s firing of employees who were trying to unionize. After this near-unanimous decision, many analysts have come out to claim that this ruling could start to impact unions nationwide — and how employers treat workers trying to unionize — immediately. An 8-to-1 Decision Source: Stephen Talas/Unsplash The court’s 8-to-1 decision — with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing an opinion that partly concurs and partly dissents — could possibly make it harder for the federal government to utilize the courts successfully in its…

Restaurant owners and executives in California have admitted that there is one surprising benefit to California’s recent $20 fast food minimum wage law: better workers. This revelation comes after the fast food industry has bashed California’s minimum wage law, as it’s led to many fast food eateries being forced to shut down, lay off employees or raise menu prices. California’s Fast Food Workers Are the Highest Paid in the U.S. Anna Tarazevich/Pexels Due to the $20 minimum wage increase, California’s fast food workers are now the highest paid in the industry across the U.S. Before this increase, the highest-paid workers…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Joe Biden’s administration’s federal bump stocks ban is unlawful. This ban on bump stocks — which are accessories that can be attached to guns to allow quicker fires, similar to machine guns — was first implemented by former President Donald Trump after the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017. Court Rules That Bump Stocks Are Not Machine Guns Source: Adam Michael Szuscik/Unsplash In this 6-3 ruling — which was decided on ideological lines — the Supreme Court voted that a nearly 100-year-old law banning machine guns does not mean that bump stocks,…

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has publicly refuted fellow Justice Clarence Thomas after the court unanimously decided on a trademark case. This refutation came in a separate opinion written after Thomas’ own majority opinion evidently mischaracterized Barrett’s stance on the case and her ultimate decision. Vidal v. Elster Source: Adam Michael Szuscik/Unsplash The Supreme Court decided on Vidal v. Elster, a trademark case. All justices sided with the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) against Steve Elster. Elster brought this legal case forward after the PTO denied his attempt to register the phrase “Trump too small” for t-shirts. The…

A 1,600-year-old parchment containing an ancient tale about Jesus Christ’s childhood has recently been found in Germany. This text contains a story about Jesus that is not included in the Bible. This remarkable parchment sheds light on the ancient past and the types of stories that were told almost 2,000 years ago. The Discovery of an Old Piece of Parchment Source: Sergiu Vălenaș/Unsplash This piece of parchment was discovered by chance in a German library at the Faculty of Theology at Humboldt-Universitat. For quite a while, this specific papyrus went unnoticed by researchers and analysts. They didn’t believe this very…

Mexico has seen a surge of American migrants crossing over the U.S.-Mexico border, according to new data from the Mexican government. This new data marks an increase seen between 2023 and 2024. However, it also comes as the United States continues to deal with what some call a border “crisis”, as many migrants have crossed the southern border. An Increase in Americans Crossing Over to Mexico Source: Jorge Aguilar/Unsplash As seen in this new data, even more Americans have chosen to cross the southern border into Mexico for either temporary visits or permanent stays. Between January and April of 2024,…