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Apple Inc., a corporation famous for selling innovative electronics such as the iPhone and the Apple Computer, may be setting its sights a little higher than tangible objects.
After creating an energy subsidiary called Apple Energy LLC, Apple filed a request earlier this week with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow them to sell energy.
Apple's energy subsidiary is registered in…
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Two suicide attacks struck Baghdad on Thursday. Combined, the attacked killed 31 people and injured at least 78 others.
The first attack, which was the more deadly of the two, was aimed at a commercial area of Baghdad. Police confirmed that there were at least 19 civilians killed and 46 wounded.
The second attack targeted an Iraqi army checkpoint in a city to the north of the capital.…
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The city council of Cambridge, Mass., decided earlier this week that the city will no longer celebrate Columbus Day, because apparently it's politically incorrect. Instead, the local citizens will be able to take part in a new holiday: Indigenous Peoples Day.
The Cambridge City Council unanimously agreed to rename the national holiday to honor the thousands of Native Americans that were killed…
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Early Thursday in Pakistan, Parveen, a mother and proud Muslim, was taken into custody by local police after allegedly brutally murdering her 19-year-old daughter, Zeenat. Parveen allegedly strangled her daughter almost to death and then set her on fire before reportedly running into the street outside her house and announcing, “People! I have killed my daughter for misbehaving and giving our …
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Despite the lack of research to substantiate the claim that the $15-an-hour wage increase will improve the life of employees, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has promised to sign a measure that will implement it anyway.
On Tuesday, Bowser and the Washington, D.C. City Council announced that they have finally come to an agreement on minimum wage requirements,…
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In January, the White House announced it will be hosting the first ever summit on “The United State of Women.” The goal of the summit is to celebrate the progress made in gender equality over Obama’s two terms as president and to see what issues are left to overcome. But almost all of the women who will be representing the summit will be liberals and will be sure to push a liberal agenda.
The…
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A father in Florida is making waves online after posting an advertisement on Craigslist listing his 1998 Ford Explorer for sale. But it’s not the car that’s grabbing people’s attention, but the reason why he was selling the car.
The Jacksonville resident was selling the car in order to teach his son a valuable life lesson. According to the Craigslist ad, Allan Gieger Jr. originally bought…
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This summer is not off to a good start for the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), who just confirmed the state’s first case of West Nile Virus on Tuesday.
Since the usual time for the West Nile Virus to show up in Illinois is in early August, this is almost a full two months earlier than normal. The disease was reportedly contracted by a minor in west-central Illinois late last month.…
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It appears that the Michigan city of Flint may not be the only city that has been ignoring EPA guidelines when testing their water for lead and other harmful chemicals.
According to the Guardian, who reviewed public water testing records for 43 cities east of the Mississippi River, 33 major cities used distortions in their testing methods in the past decade in…
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Although the Philippines’ presidential election was decided a little less than a month ago, some voters may be rethinking their vote.
President-elect Maverick Rodrigo Duterte, a candidate popularized for his crass comments and success as a local mayor, ran on a platform of fighting corruption and improving the economy.
Duterte's bid for president was…