House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is pitching changes to the federal food stamp program that would increase the number of people who have to show they’re working to be eligible to receive help with their groceries. The proposal is a part of a larger legislative framework to raise the nation’s debt limit for one year, […]
Two teenage boys and a man have been charged with murder after a shooting at a 16th birthday in Alabama that killed four and injured 32 over the weekend. Brothers Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, were arrested on Tuesday night. Wilson LaMar Hill, 20, was held on Wednesday afternoon. The suspects are […]
SpaceX’s Starship exploded in a ball of flames on 4/20 during its first orbital launch. The massive 365-foot-tall rocket launched around 9:30am after a pause on the countdown clock to finish final checks. The two stages climbed toward space but experienced an issue when the Super Heavy booster and Starship did not separate. The failure […]
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for the Biden administration to be held accountable for “blocking” Congress and the public from learning more about Biden family members’ business deals with China. The congressional outcries come as a whistleblower within the Internal Revenue Service alleges an investigation into Hunter Biden is being mishandled by the Biden […]
Dominion Voting Systems agreed to settle its billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News Tuesday, ending what had promised to be a high-stakes trial before it began. One day after the trial was originally scheduled to begin, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis informed jurors, who had been sworn in only hours earlier, that “The […]
If you ask Americans how much they’ll need for a comfortable retirement, they’ll throw out a big number: $1.25 million, to be exact. But in reality, most workers are far from reaching that goal — and there’s a significant chunk of older people who are nearing their golden years without a penny in retirement savings. […]
While public backlash against Native American stereotypes has pushed professional sports teams in Washington, D.C., and Cleveland, Ohio, to change their names, there remain countless high schools across the U.S. that continue to use Native American-themed mascots and logos. “The mascot imagery just continues to perpetrate and reinforce colonial white supremacist ideas and [stands] as […]
Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, who was elected in November after promising to take on the city’s out-of-control homeless crisis, announced Monday she would recommend spending what she called a record $1.3 billion next year to get unhoused people into shelter and treatment programs. The funding to be included in the mayor’s upcoming budget could be […]
Police in New York have arrested two men for allegedly setting up a secret police station for a Chinese provincial police agency to collect information on opponents of the ruling Communist Party. Such offices have been reported across North America, Europe and in other countries where Chinese communities include critics of the Communist Party who […]
Hundreds of teenagers stormed the streets of downtown Chicago, smashing car windows, attacking bystanders and sending panicked tourists running from the sound of gunfire. “Where are their parents at? That’s my question,” a woman who identified as a Chicago native told Fox 32 as the unruly scene played out in downtown Chicago on Saturday night. […]
Throwing money out the window has a new meaning. Authorities in Oregon say a driver was hurling cash out of his vehicle on Tuesday, leaving the roadside reportedly littered with $100 bills and prompting drivers in both directions to stop and collect the notes. The Oregon State Police and other local agencies received calls around […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu hailed military cooperation held between their countries amid tensions with the West over the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. During a meeting with Li in Moscow on Sunday, Putin touted his country’s defense cooperation with China and said that joint military exercises, including ground, naval, and air […]
