Thursday, December 18, 2025 Mexican Crime Organizations and the Synthetic Drug Crisis Thousands of Americans die each year after overdosing on illicit synthetic drugs, including synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Transnational criminal organizations have played a central role in fueling this health crisis here in the United States. In a new report, we look specifically at…
Topline Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday the Department of Defense would begin screening soldiers for “testosterone deficiency,” another controversial policy in line with Hegseth’s hyper-masculine vision for the U.S. military. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during the press conference at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto…
A coalition of public health organizations, pediatricians and parents sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on July 14, challenging a new policy that allow some manufacturers to sell vapes and nicotine without the legally required license. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland, targets FDA guidance issued in May. The guidance states…
Wealth units at wirehouses and larger public banks continued to beat estimates in the second quarter of 2026, with Morgan Stanley touting that stock market IPOs (like SpaceX) are turbocharging net new wealth assets, while Wells Fargo claims the bank has continued to hit near-record advisor recruiting in the past year. In the second quarter,…
Air fryers have quickly become one of the most used kitchen appliances in the home, and for good reason! They make cooking faster, easier, cleaner, healthier and everything comes out delicious! If you or a loved one have an air fryer on their list this year, then this Air Fryer and Air Fryer Accessories Gift…
By Tyler Scott, WCI Columnist <!– I am grateful and excited to be writing a WCI column again. My last column ran nearly 10 months ago, and since then, my life has taken some exciting, if not tumultuous, turns. Most notably, I left my steady 9-to-5 job and accepted Jim and Katie Dahle’s offer to…
Visiting the Happiest Place on Earth is getting more expensive. Disneyland recently increased menu prices across the Southern California resort. Popcorn, for instance, now costs $7. Of course, you don’t have to purchase food or drinks when you visit. Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World welcome guests to bring their own into the parks. However,…
SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, dropping below their $135 initial public offering price for the first time as hype around the reusable rocket maker fizzled. Shares have whipsawed since the reusable rocket maker’s historic IPO last month, which raised a record $86 billion and cemented founder Elon Musk as the first…
Handmade Christmas ornaments are so fun to make and give as gifts! This tutorial showing how to make glitter in glass ornaments is easy to follow and you can make them in any color you like. It takes the mess out of glitter ornaments by making the glitter stick to the inside…once you make these,…
Bank of Hawaii stock hits 52-week high at $83.82