A judge recently signed a warrant ordering the seizure of a headless bronze statue from Ohio’s Cleveland Museum of Art as part of an investigation into antiquities trafficked from Turkey. The 76-inch-tall statue portrays a man in flowing robes and is estimated to be worth $20 million. The warrant was signed by New York County…
If you enjoy tinkering with financial calculators, FI Calc is a new one that is visually easy to use and thus potentially more educational. The portfolio inputs are somewhat limited (“stocks” = S&P 500, “bonds” = 10-year US Treasuries) but I enjoy changing up the rest of the variables and seeing how that affects the…
The family of a British poet who disappeared last weekend from a music festival in England was in mourning after a body was found following a nearly weeklong search that drew national headlines and intense interest on social media. The poet, Gboyega Odubanjo, 27, was last seen at the Shambala music festival in Kelmarsh, England,…
Tom Kertscher, PolitiFact Covid-19 vaccines have killed 676,000 Americans. Steve Kirsch in an Aug. 6, 2023, blog post A blog post shared on Facebook claimed that covid-19 vaccines have killed some 676,000 Americans. The post was written by anti-vaccine activist Steve Kirsch, who has made other vaccine claims debunked by PolitiFact and other fact-checkers. Kirsch’s…
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