Energy Department Approves $2 Billion Loan for Lithium Mine in Nevada

(Headline USA) Joe Biden‘s administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S. deposit of the metal critical to making batteries for electric vehicles key to his renewable energy agenda. The U.S Energy Department agreed on Thursday to provide…

Township Ordered to Shelter in Place After Violent Philadelphia Night

(Headline USA) Several people were shot after gunfire erupted early Saturday in a suburban Philadelphia township, forcing cancellation of a St. Patrick’s Day parade and shutting down a children’s theme park, authorities said. Middletown Township police said Saturday morning that there were “confirmed shootings” in neighboring Falls Township in Western Pennsylvania that resulted in “several…

RFK Jr. Generates Buzz about Celeb Running Mate, Fears about Potential Spoiler Effect

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed Wednesday that he had chosen his vice presidential running mate and would reveal the choicesometime in the next two weeks. Kennedy said he considered several different anti-vaccine candidates, including NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, according to CNN. RFK Jr.…

NAACP Tells Black Athletes to Boycott Fla. Colleges

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has instructed black athletes to boycott Florida colleges and universities because of the recent de-funding of their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, ESPN reported. Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, penned a letter to Charlie Baker, president of the National…