(Headline USA) A few years back, Sage Brook Carbone was attending a powwow at the Mashantucket Western Pequot reservation in Connecticut when she noticed signs in the Pequot language.
Carbone, a citizen of the Northern Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island, thought back to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she has lived for...
(Headline USA) A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel--Hamas war.
In both cases, Meta ended up reinstating the posts—one showing Palestinian casualties and the...
(Eli Pacheco, Headline USA) Nikola founder Trevor Milton received a four-year prison sentence on Tuesday for investor fraud---less than half what federal prosecutors sought in the case.
Milton, 41, who founded the electric truck startup, faced a maximum of 60 years in prison. Federal prosecutors asked for an 11-year sentence...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., addressed Friday the prospect of teaming up with GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump for a hypothetical DeSantis-Trump ticket in 2024.
Despite previously rejecting the idea, DeSantis reiterated his stance against joining Trump. Instead, he highlighted former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's position, noting her...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – The number of homeless people in the U.S. jumped 12% to more than 653,000 people as pandemic spending expired, the highest level on record since the counts started in 2007.
Figures released Friday provide a snapshot of the number of people in shelters, temporary...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) – In the aftermath of a government report projecting a $68 billion deficit for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the California Department of Finance ordered a spending freeze across all state agencies for the remainder of the ongoing 2023-2024 fiscal year.
“The State of California anticipates...
(Headline USA) In a surprising about-face, the Universities of Wisconsin regents approved a deal Wednesday evening with Republican legislators to limit diversity positions at the system’s two dozen campuses in exchange for money to cover staff raises and construction projects.
Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos, who brokered the deal with Universities of Wisconsin...
(Money Metals Exchange) As central banks across the globe continue to scoop up gold bullion for their reserves at record rates, Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., is asking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell some pressing questions about gold.
Gold currently trades at all-time highs in most currencies. Market insiders claim that...
(Eli Pacheco, Headline USA) The digital publisher that operates Sports Illustrated fired its CEO after the iconic magazine was caught publishing AI-produced articles---complete with fake author names and profiles, according to Futurism.com.
The Arena Group, which runs Sports Illustrated, fired four top executives in less than a week, Business Wire...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Around 6 million people have died over the last 75 years as a result of the war in Congo.
But according to the blood-soaked neocons over at The Atlantic, at least the conflict has been good for climate change.
Indeed, The Atlantic hit a new low last...
(Headline USA) A windfall in government income from petroleum production is slowing down but far from over in New Mexico as the nation's No. 2 oil production state grapples with how much it can effectively spend—and how to set aside billions of dollars for the future in case the world's...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Egregious double-standards are not just for the Justice Department when it comes to all things related to former President Donald Trump and his supporters.
With Susan Sarandon's anti-Semitism being the exception to the rule, Hollywood actors are routinely applauded for their tactless and offensive Trump-bashing, as...