(Headline USA) A large, burning cross was discovered at a Chicago park on Tuesday afternoon, and police said they are investigating how it ended up there and the motive behind it.
Video taken by a motorist shows the wooden cross engulfed in bright orange flames as it leans against a tree...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday slapped down a decision from the Biden administration that regulated efficiency standards for furnaces and water heaters.
Justices on the high court vacated the District of Columbia district court's decision in American Gas Association v. Department of Energy, where...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) After being sentenced to 35 years in prison for murder, Karmelo Anthony continues to enjoy the support of a small group of defenders who bizarrely portrayed his conviction as an example of racial injustice.
Anthony received the sentence after a jury found him guilty in the fatal...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Embattled former White House COVID czar Anthony Fauci is set to testify before Sen. Rand Paul’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Fauci, who was among several officials pardoned by former President Joe Biden for potential federal offenses, has faced ongoing congressional scrutiny over the use...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Social Security's retirement trust fund will be depleted in 2032, triggering an automatic 22% reduction in benefits for about 70 million Americans unless Congress acts, federal trustees warned Tuesday.
Social Security paid $1.6 trillion in benefits to 70 million Americans in 2025. The program provides...
(Headline USA) The U.S. military launched airstrikes Wednesday on Iran following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.
Tehran vowed to respond, again throwing into question efforts to reach a permanent ceasefire in the Iran war that's...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) One of the men convicted in the purported 2020 militia plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor had his conviction overturned Tuesday after the state’s appeals court ruled that he didn’t receive a fair trial.
Joseph Morrison, who was serving a 10-year sentence after being convicted in 2022...
(Headline USA) A man charged in the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train cannot currently stand trial because of his mental illness and will undergo medical treatment to try to restore his competency, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Decarlos Brown Jr., 35, faces a federal...
(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) Vice President JD Vance said the Department of Justice's Fraud Division will investigate allegations that Minnesota officials failed to stop widespread taxpayer-funded fraud.
Vance said in a statement that it will be "criminal" investigations.
“Minnesota state officials are not above the law, and if they facilitated fraud,...
(Headline USA) A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a meet was convicted of murder Tuesday in a trial that drew national attention far beyond the booming Dallas suburb where the two students attended different high schools.
A jury rejected Karmelo Anthony’s claims...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, will testify before the U.S. House Oversight Committee in a closed-door hearing on Wednesday over ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Gates is among several individuals brought in by lawmakers on the oversight committee to testify about...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rumors about James Talarico’s sexuality may be settled. The Texas Senate Democratic candidate has dated women. The catch? Both known partners were staffers in the Texas Legislature, raising questions about ethics.
Talarico, a Democratic member of the Texas House since 2018, is set to face Republican Texas...