CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made progress Saturday against California’s largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds and erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the fire-stricken West. “We’re not completely out of the woods yet, but we’re looking […]
Country music star Tyler Hubbard said the importance of fatherhood is just as important to his life as his career in music. The musician reflected on how he and his former bandmate, Brian Kelley, opted to go solo several years ago, and has since released almost two dozen songs to hit #1 on country radio. […]
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby strengthened rapidly Sunday and was expected to become a hurricane as it moved through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, bringing with it the threat of devastating floods to the southeast Atlantic coast later in the week. The storm was likely to become a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall Monday […]
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) called out media outlets for not holding Vice President Kamala Harris to the same kind of scrutiny typical of a presidential candidate since she was moved to the top of the Democratic ticket two weeks ago. Since Harris was elevated to be the Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out […]
Washington Examiner White House Reporter Christian Datoc joins Magazine Executive Editor Jim Antle to discuss how Vice President Kamala Harris has changed the dynamic of the campaign, how she is leaning toward her past record as a prosecutor in this campaign and hinting she is tougher on crime than former President Donald Trump is, and […]
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), former President Donald Trump‘s running mate, expressed increased confidence that the 2024 election will be fairer than its 2020 counterpart. “I think we’re making a lot of progress,” Vance told Fox News on Sunday. “Georgia passed a mandatory voter ID law. I think that makes Georgia’s elections much more secure. I […]
(The Center Square) – Shoplifting has soared in the U.S. in 2024, forcing many stores to leave cities and continuing a trend in recent years. Shoplifting has risen 24% in the first half of 2024 alone, according to newly released data from the Council on Criminal Justice. The White House cited the CCJ’s data to […]
(The Center Square) – An Illinois Constitutional attorney and members of Congress react to President Joe Biden’s calls for US Supreme court reforms. Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, like Biden, is calling for an enforceable ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court. In a statement, Durbin said Justice Clarence Thomas’s spouse was on the payroll […]
(The Center Square) – Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, are requesting that a judge deny Welch’s motion to dismiss a case where Illinois Statehouse staffers are seeking to collectively bargain. Welch’s motion includes an accusation that the legislative staff forum shopped, which is a strategy of filing a case […]
(The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, is pledging to do all he can to slow an ongoing trend that has seen at least 140 Chicago postal workers attacked while on the job over the last year. In the latest incident, longtime city letter carrier Octavia Redmond was gunned down July […]
