The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.
A global emergency is WHO’s...
(Headline USA) Fla. has launched its first-ever civics program to prepare high school and college graduates for public service.
As Fla.’s K-12 students excel in civics education, according to national studies, the state’s Civic Literacy Excellence Initiative curriculum helped provide the basis for a new national curriculum, and Fla.'s commitment...
(Headline USA) Two men convicted of killing a pair of California teenagers who vanished six years ago were sentenced on July 22 to life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.
Chandale Shannon, 25, of Winters, and Jesus Campos, 22, of Woodland were sentenced for the 2016 kidnapping...
(Headline USA) Three family members were shot to death while camping in a state park in eastern Iowa on July 22, and the suspected gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Officers responded to reports of the shooting at the Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground before 6:30 a.m....
(Headline USA) The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to the highest level in more than eight months in what may be a sign that the labor market is weakening.
Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 16 rose by 7,000 to 251,000, up...
(Headline USA) Kyle Tomcak was looking for a home for his in-laws in the suburbs around Denver, something priced close to $450,000.
Tomcak became dispirited as he lost out to investors fronting cash offers of $100,000 over the asking price. Then mortgage rates ballooned, putting his price range out of...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Friday took a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions.
Jackson, who joined the court...
(Headline USA) Steve Bannon was convicted Friday of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Bannon, 68, was convicted after a four-day trial in federal court on two counts: one for refusing to appear for a deposition...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) After the U.S. Department of Energy sold oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese company linked to the president’s son’s investment firm, Congressional Republicans are demanding answers, and a nonprofit representing American energy workers is calling for a special investigation.
Nineteen members...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Texas leaders are pushing back against claims made by Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser after she blamed Texas for her city’s struggles to deal with illegal immigrants.
Bowser said that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and others are "tricking" illegal immigrants by transporting them to Washington,...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed Texas another legal win in an ongoing lawsuit over the Department of Homeland Security’s deportation policy.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito, the circuit justice appointed for the Fifth Circuit, denied a request made by the Biden administration to issue...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) While some Texas Republicans are urging Congress to pass a $250 billion CHIPS Act, Florida’s Republican U.S. senators are opposing it, arguing it will continue to drive “Biden’s inflation crisis,” is a pro-China bill and gives billions of dollars to companies with no accountability.
Proponents...