(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed SB 7, which bans private employers from mandating a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment.
The new law bans private employers from adopting or enforcing a COVID-19 mandate “requiring an employee, contractor, applicant for employment, or...
(Headline USA) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar got a prominent Democratic primary challenger Sunday when former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels announced he'll try once again to unseat her after coming close in 2022.
Omar, a charter member of "the squad” of progressive House Democrats, won reelection twice despite making...
(Headline USA) A Virginia State University police officer was critically wounded early Sunday in a shooting that happened near the VSU campus, the university said.
The officer was taken to a separate university, VCU Medical Center, with life-threatening injuries, according to a news release.
The shooting happened at about 1:34 a.m.
An on-duty...
(TJ Martinel, The Center Square) - The Washington Sex Offender Policy Board last year recommended the Legislature consider treatment rather than imprisonment for those convicted of possessing or viewing child pornography or caught in an internet sting operation.
The recommendations among several contained in a report to the House Public...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Voters have their eyes on their bottom line ahead of the 2024 election.
Voters are more concerned about inflation now than they were over the summer, even though most metrics for inflation have eased.
Inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022 and stood at 3.7% in...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In a move that has ignited a firestorm of controversy, the FBI recently seized the cellphones of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, prompting widespread accusations that the Biden administration is targeting a prominent Democratic critic of President Joe Biden.
The incident has renewed concerns raised after...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered on Saturday outside President Joe Biden's Delaware residence, accusing him of supporting what they deemed as genocide amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Chants of "Biden, Biden, you can't hide! We charge you with genocide!" echoed through the air,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In another alarming incident, President Joe Biden came under scrutiny as a video surfaced showing the 81-year-old leader appearing disoriented during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The video, widely circulated on Twitter, exhibits Biden seeking assistance from a serviceman who guided...
Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza, the White House said Thursday.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said a daily humanitarian pause would be announced Thursday and that the Israelis had committed to announcing each four-hour window...
(Headline USA) The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
Even though more kids were given exemptions, the national vaccination rate held steady: 93% of kindergartners got their required shots for the 2022-2023 school year, the same...
(Headline USA) A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town.
Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida's Withlacoochee Bay and the open view...
(Headline USA) A Democrat, and former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore, was convicted on Thursday of charges that she lied about the finances of a side business to improperly access retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, using the money to buy two Florida homes.
A federal jury convicted...