(The Center Square) – Effingham County residents are sending a strong message to state and local officials: no new school taxes without a public vote. After learning of a $57 million bond proposal by Effingham Unit 40 School District that could raise property taxes by up to 17%, local organizer Shannon McClurg helped lead a […]
Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead from an apparent suicide on Monday, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from his job. No reason was given for Starovoit’s dismissal, but it came after a Ukrainian air assault that may have significantly disrupted the country’s air industry. The Russian Federal Agency for […]
A two-week trial began Monday in Boston federal court over efforts by the Trump administration to arrest and deport foreign pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activists on college campuses, marking the first of its kind since President Donald Trump took office. Lawyers representing a university faculty union told a federal judge that the Trump administration’s efforts to […]
A new book is shedding light on why former Vice President Kamala Harris did not pick Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) as her Democratic running mate in 2024, even though a majority of analysts said he seemed like the strongest contender. Some theories falsely claimed it was because of his Jewish faith, but the authors of […]
President Donald Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea next month, prolonging the “Liberation Day” duty pause on those two allies amid trade negotiations. Trump announced the tariffs in letters to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday. The personal notes published on social media came […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that fellow mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo urged Adams to drop his reelection bid, saying the former governor has a “real history” of taking similar action with other Black elected officials. Adams claimed Cuomo played a role in the 2002 defeat of H. Carl McCall’s gubernatorial bid, and […]
Canada is now shipping liquefied natural gas to South Korea as the North American country looks to decrease its dependence on trade with the United States. Canada sent its first natural gas shipment from British Columbia to Asia last week, hoping to diversify its export markets. Canadian officials are billing the shipment as a milestone […]
France and the United Kingdom are expected to come to an agreement to crack down on migrants fleeing to the U.K. via the English Channel, which Britain has complained about for years. Over 20,000 boats crossed the channel in migration attempts in the first six months of the year, according to the U.K. government, which […]
Texans are reeling from the major flood disaster over the holiday weekend that killed at least 82 people, with another 41 missing. Those numbers are expected to rise as authorities continue searching the affected areas. On Friday, heavy rainfall caused the Guadalupe River in central Texas to rise rapidly in a short amount of time. […]
Federal agents killed a man after he fired at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas. The man had a rifle and was wearing tactical gear. One agent who returned fire was wounded but is in stable condition. The shooter was identified as Ryan Louis Mosqueda. His motive is unknown, but investigators believe it was […]
