(Associated Press) Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any survivors while fighting back fire and smoke deep inside the concrete and metal remains.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine...
The Air Force suspended a highly trained fighter pilot for refusing to wear a mask after his commander denied him a religious accommodation request, Liberty Counsel reported.
In a June 10 letter to John P. Roth, acting secretary of the Air Force, Liberty Counsel appealed the denial of a religious...
(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) “We need plug-in hybrids!” a young Leftie once chirped at me after I addressed students on his college campus.
“OK,” I asked. “When you go home and plug your car into the electric socket in the garage, where do you think that electricity comes from?”
He stood...
The Army has abandoned an attempt to censor and formally reprimand a chaplain who shared his religious beliefs and endorsed Defense Department policies on his personal social-media account, First Liberty reported.
Chaplain Andrew Calvert, an Army major, commented on a news article that he supports the Defense Department's now-repealed prohibition...
(Headline USA) Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose death last May led to months of race riots and political upheaval.
The punishment---which came after Chauvin broke his yearlong silence to offer condolences to...
The Second Amendment sanctuary movement now includes more than half of America's counties---and almost half of the nation's states.
In total, 1,930 counties—or 61.39% of the nation's counties—are protected by Second Amendment sanctuary legislation, whether at the state or local level, Sanctuary Counties reported.
Of these counties, 1,137 have independently adopted...
(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) New regulations for police in Illinois, combined with negative public sentiments, have departments across the state facing recruitment shortfalls and some don’t think more money will help.
President Joe Biden wants local governments to use federal tax dollars from COVID-19 relief to hire more police.
In part,...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called on jailers to assist sheriffs in border counties with booking, incarcerating and releasing criminal illegal aliens.
"The State of Texas will not tolerate criminal activity, which is why we are stepping up to address this crisis in the Biden Administration's absence," Abbott said,...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is urging the County Board of Supervisors to declare a local state of emergency to address the county’s homeless crisis.
“Enough is enough,” he said, citing increased crime, unsanitary conditions and struggling businesses.
“We’ve been inundated with calls, with concerns, with...
(Headline USA) Kamala Harris is facing perhaps the most politically challenging moment of her vice presidency during a visit Friday to the U.S.-Mexico border as the thus-far absent leader of the Biden administration’s response to a migration spike that's drawn fire from Republicans and made fellow Democrats uncomfortable.
“I’m glad to...
An Iowa teacher is under fire after she posted a video on social media in which she complained about being “forced” to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning and being banned from teaching Critical Race Theory to her students.
Megan Geha, a special education teacher at Des Moines East...
(Headline USA) The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's election integrity laws, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
The announcement will be made later Friday by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
It comes two weeks after Garland said the Justice Department would scrutinize a wave of new laws in...