San Francisco is considering buying trash cans that would cost up to $20,000 apiece in order to fix the city’s growing trash problem.
A committee on the board of supervisors said Wednesday that the new, custom-made trashcans they want to place throughout the city could cost between $12,000 to $20,000...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Brian Hastings reported that his sector at the Texas-Mexico border alone took into custody more than 15,000 illegal immigrants in one week, the most so far this year.
In the same sector, agents saw a 900% increase in those...
Coronavirus czar Dr. Anthony Fauci defended funding China’s virus research lab and claimed it would have been “negligent” not to support its research, even though several experts believe the Wuhan lab was conducting dangerous experiments that may have produced COVID-19.
When asked why the National Institutes of Health sent grant...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) A mandate imposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom barring private school children from attending in-person classes is unconstitutional, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled.
In July 2020, with no end in sight for Newsom’s color-coded lockdowns and a return to in-person...
(Associated Press) President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi are expected to announce on Monday that they’ve come to an agreement to end the U.S. military’s combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year, according to a senior Biden administration official.
The plan to shift the American military...
(Headline USA) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Capitol trespassers.
She pledged that the Democratic-majority panel will "get to the truth."
Kinzinger said he "humbly accepted" the appointment even as his party's leadership is...
(Headline USA) Although the government lockdowns and virus restrictions disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They're now opting to homeschool their children, even as schools plan to resume in-person classes.
The specific reasons vary widely. Some families...
(Headline USA) The United States is in an "unnecessary predicament" of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the delta variant, the nation's top infectious diseases bureaucrat said Sunday.
"We're going in the wrong direction," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, describing himself as "very frustrated."
He said recommending that the vaccinated...
(Headline USA) Lawmakers racing to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal early this coming week are hitting a major roadblock over how much money should go to public transit, the group's lead Republican negotiator said Sunday.
As discussions continued through the weekend, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman said both sides were "about...
(Headline USA) France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers.
Both measures have prompted protests and political tensions. President Emmanuel Macron and his government say they are needed to protect vulnerable populations and hospitals...
(Headline USA) Just when Americans thought they were finally done with mask mandates, it seems they are back in action.
One Republican attorney general, though, is fighting back.
St. Louis leaders experienced backlash after announcing Friday a new mask mandate while indoors, even for children and even for the vaccinated.
St. Louis...
(Headline USA) Nine U.S. residents have been arrested and accused of spying for China.
The defendants received an indictment from a federal grand jury in New York for "acting and conspiring to act in the United States as illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China," among other charges.
“As alleged,...