Joe Lawson

Joe Lawson is a science reporter who studied journalism at the University of Southern California with five years of experience in the news. He contributes to Fortune, The Washington Post, and The New Republic. Lawson has written for National Geographic, The Atlantic, Popular Science, and Wired.

Fed. Govt. To Settle $127.5 M With Parkland School Shooting Victims

On Monday, The U.S. Justice Department filed a notice in federal court signifying that a settlement is getting finalized to be paid by the federal government to the victims of the 2018 high school mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. The amount is about to be $127.5 million to be distributed among

Ohio Attorney General Sued Meta For Misleading Information To Public

Dave Yost, the attorney general of Ohio sued Meta Platforms Inc. formerly known as Facebook Inc. as the latter is alleged to mislead the public about how to control its logarithm and effects of the products affecting children. The attorney general said that the lawsuit was filed on behalf of Meta investors and the Ohio

Huge Early Retirement In Pandemic Causing Shortfall In US Labor Market

During the pandemic recession a huge number of older workers, expected to be 1.7 million, took early retirement due to more health risks, sudden job losses, and fewer opportunities now causing a huge lack of manpower when businesses are opening up and trying to grow in economic resurgence. The percentage of retired workers among the

21 Passengers & Crew Safely Escaped In A Houston Plane Crash

More than 20 passengers safely pulled out without any major injuries from an MD-47 plane after it crashed into a fence and erupted in the fire as the take-off slipped at Houston Executive Airport. All the 18 passengers, 2 pilots, and one crew managed to escape from the crashed plane, only two with minor injuries

USPS Staff Shot Down Two Colleagues And Himself In Memphis

Two USPS employees are shot dead at a postal facility in Orange Mound, outskirt of Memphis, Tennessee on Tuesday. Their shooter, suspected to be another postal employee also died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Memphis Police Department & Postal Inspection Service said that the East Lamer Carrier Annex, the venue used by the postal employees

Three Died In Santee Plane Crash With Homes & Vehicles Damaged

A UPS driver and two others were killed and two others were injured with burn after a small plane crashed into multiple residential homes and vehicles in the city of Santee, 20 miles northeast downtown of San Diego in Southern California. The twin-engine Cessna 340 plane made major damage to three homes which two were completely

Texas Man Jailed For Hoaxing With Covid-19 In Social Media

Christopher Charles Perez, a man of 40 from Texas, has been sentenced in federal prison for more than a year with a monetary fine being guilty of spreading tension on social media regarding Covid-19. FBI in San Antonio investigated the case according to online information with screenshots of the post received by the SWTFC, the

Biden’s New TitleX Rule To Aid Clinics With Planned Parenthood Abortions

On Monday, the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era policy of banning organizations used to refer abortions from federal financial aid for family planning. The new rule is supposed to take effect on and from Nov. 8 named as the Title X family planning program, which is the modified version of the law of birth control,

NSBA Seeks Federal Help To End Tension With Contradictoy Safety Protocols

The US School Boards Representative organization asked for help from the Federal Government to take necessary steps to reduce confusion and tension over Covid-19 safety protocols during this year’s academic session, the third one during a pandemic. In a letter to President Biden, the National School Boards Association pointed out more than 20 cases where

CDC Studies Show Indoor Mask Mandate Reduces Covid-19 Cases In Schools

CDC, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention published two studies suggesting face-mask mandates in schools have notably reduced the number of COVID-19 spread in children. One of the studies conducted in Arizona shows schools that did not use face masks at the start of the academic year have more records of COVID-19 infections than those

1 Dead & 12 Injured In Mass Shooting At A Tennessee Store

One person was shot down and 12 others were severely injured when a mass shooter opened fire at a grocery store in Collierville town, an outskirt of Memphis, Tennessee. Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said that his office received a call about a mass shooting at a Kroger store at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. There