The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 96 on Sunday as relatives of the missing frantically searched for signs their loved ones may still be alive, while survivors grappled with the scale of the disaster and sought solace at church services. Days after the inferno destroyed much of the historic resort town of Lahaina […]
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White House evades questions as Biden hides from press
The White House has largely avoided publicly answering questions from reporters for more than two weeks as legal headaches for President Joe Biden continue to mount. Biden started August vacationing at his family home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, before briefly returning to Washington, D.C., on Monday, Aug. 7. The president did hold a public event […]
Next 24 hours could be pivotal for Trump
Donald Trump looks set to know by Tuesday if he is to be indicted for a fourth time this year as part of a criminal investigation into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. It has long been suggested that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will attempt to bring forward charges […]
Princeton: Blacks should be considered ‘disabled’
A Princeton University class curriculum slated for the upcoming fall semester claims that Black people can be considered “disabled” due to the purported systemic racism they face, according to information in a course description. A class taught by a professor who specializes in women, gender and sexuality studies – Satyel Larson – featured a book […]
Police raid newspaper office; seize computers
Law enforcement officers in Kansas raided the home and office of a newspaper owner, prompting a sharp rebuke from a press freedom group and raising constitutional questions far beyond the small city in the state. The paper’s co-owner and publisher, Eric Meyer, believes Friday’s raid in Marion – about 60 miles north of Wichita – […]
Joe Biden’s ‘Uranium Problem’
President Joe Biden may soon be facing a political headache involving uranium and Russian President Vladimir Putin after his decision to protect land around the Grand Canyon from mining. Biden declared almost one million acres of land around the Grand Canyon in Arizona a national monument, called the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni- Ancestral Footprints of […]
For the 1st time,US credit card debt tops 1 trillion
They can’t keep it straight. While President Biden claims ‘Bidenomics is working,’ his Vice President Kamala Harris bemoans the fact that ‘[m]ost Americans are a $400 unexpected expense away from bankruptcy.’ So, which is it? Here’s a clue. New numbers out Thursday morning showed inflation ticked up to 3.2 percent in July, from 3 percent […]
Hunter gets his very own special counsel
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that David Weiss, the U.S. attorney overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden, has been appointed special counsel, giving him expanded powers to continue the probe. A career federal prosecutor, Weiss was appointed by President Donald Trump to become the U.S. attorney in Delaware in 2018 and began investigating Hunter […]
Watch out Trump! Georgia indictments imminent
A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, may soon consider charges against former President Donald Trump and allies who allegedly sought to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results, which he lost. The investigation, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, began shortly after a recorded Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and […]
Maui fire death toll now at least 55
Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that killed at least 55 people and wiped out a historic town. Instead, officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations — but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their […]
50,000 US suicides reported in 2022, a record
A total of 49,449 Americans died by suicide in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. This is a 2.6% increase from 48,183 in 2021 and the highest number ever recorded, according to provisional numbers released in a new report from the federal health agency. The greatest increase was seen among adults […]
Utah man killed by FBI after making threats
A man was shot and killed during an FBI raid early Wednesday morning in Utah, the FBI confirmed to CBS News. Special agents attempted to serve arrest and search warrants at a residence in Provo at 6:15 a.m. local time when the subject was shot and killed, officials said. The man allegedly posted threats online […]