SYNDICATION

(Peter Clark, FEE) The emerging street drug “tranq” is dubbed the “zombie drug” because it often leaves users with open sores and a disoriented gait. Tranq, better known to veterinarians as Xylazine, an animal sedative, has been making its way into batches of illicit opioids in cities coast to coast. Xylazine is currently not a scheduled narcotic,...

(Jon Miltimore, FEE) When Georgia resident Anita Jefferson pulls her Tesla out of her garage each morning, she knows it's fully charged and ready to go. But she told a local reporter her confidence disappears when she hits the interstate. Charging stations seem few and far between, even at places...

(Headline USA) The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months, U.S. officials told the Associated...

(Headline USA) While students find themselves in dire condition after a union-driven COVID panic kept them out of school for months---if not years---teachers in Los Angeles once again shrugged off the needs of their young charges to demand better wages and working conditions. Tens of thousands of workers in the...

(Headline USA) Wyoming has pushed to the front of state efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion by instituting the nation’s first explicit ban on pills that help induce the death of pre-born babies. So-called medication abortions became the preferred method for killing fetuses in the U.S. even...

(Headline USA) Fire destroyed a large New Jersey church, collapsing its roof as more than 150 firefighters fought to control the blaze. Video showed the Fountain of Life Center in Florence Township engulfed in flames Monday night. https://twitter.com/ARobertsCBS/status/1637972738101985281 No injuries were reported in the fire, which started at about 6 p.m. Monday....

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The University of Helsinki announced that their theology faculty will award environmental activist Greta Thunberg a honorary doctorate degree in June. Thunberg is one of 30 people around the world to receive the honor. All of the other awardees are highly credentialed professionals in scientific fields,...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code, but the fight between Congress and local lawmakers is continuing. The signature merely marks the end of a raucous first chapter in a saga that has left district...

(Headline USA) For the third year in a row, Miami Beach finds itself struggling with spring break violence, including two fatal shootings and unruly crowds, despite a massive police presence and activities designed to give people alternatives to drinking alcohol and roaming the streets. The party-all-the-time vibe in the South...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The attorneys general of 25 states have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to protect a federal law that’s been used to prosecute those who “encourage” or “induce” illegal immigration. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in United...

(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking the first steps in handing out $2.2 billion to farmers, ranchers or forest landowners who experienced discrimination with USDA farm lending programs. The Inflation Reduction Act that was signed by President Joe Biden in August 2022 authorizes the...

(A.B. Stoddard, RealClear Wire) In the prospective 2024 nominating contest, some GOP wannabes are serving up straight talk about the need to fix Medicare and Social Security, even though Donald Trump banished entitlement reform from Republican doctrine in 2016. These fiscally sober, and actually conservative, Republicans aren’t likely to win...