Travis King, the Army private who dashed into North Korea from South Korea in 2023, has pled guilty to desertion and other charges. King had been court-martialed at Fort Bliss, Texas, and he took a plea deal to avoid nine additional charges. The soldier will not face any jail time because of time served and […]
For decades, 19 of New Jersey’s 21 counties used an unusual method for designing their primary ballots: the county line. The county line placed party-backed candidates in one row or column with other candidates placed somewhere else on the ballot in what is sometimes called “ballot Siberia.” In turn, complaints about voter suppression and manipulation […]
Pagers and walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon in two attacks targeting Hezbollah this week, killing 32 and injuring thousands. The innovative attack, widely believed to have been masterminded by Israel, is just the latest example of the country’s intelligence forces bringing plots akin to those from spy novels to life. While Israel and its national intelligence […]
(The Center Square) – While the bench trial for Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is over, the reverberations could impact a separate lawsuit against banning firearm silencers. Litigants in the trial that wrapped up Thursday argued over the difference and similarities of now banned semi-automatic only firearms and military rifles that go full auto or […]
(The Center Square) – Washington ranks 35 out of the 50 U.S. states in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories’ 2024 Index of Freedom report, which measures government efficiency, regulatory freedom and energy resiliency. Based in Pullman in eastern Washington, SEL is a global leader in power system protection, automation and control solutions. The third annual Index of Freedom […]
(The Center Square) – Republican Laurie Buckhout wants “America first” initiatives, incumbent Democrat Don Davis says the route is to invest in communities. In one of the tightest U.S. House races in the nation, Buckhout and Davis are fighting to win the only truly competitive congressional race North Carolina. In the 1st Congressional District like […]
(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $18 million as the first of $100 million in the next five years to boost the state’s supply chain and aggregate storage. State officials say the first five grant recipients will create an additional 1.2 million tons of aggregate materials storage and enable more rail access to existing […]
(The Center Square) – Springfield, Ohio’s Wittenberg University is cutting five majors and over 60 positions in order to balance its budget. East Asian studies, German, music, music education, and Spanish are all “slated for elimination at the end of the 2024-25 academic year,” as well as a minor in Chinese, Wittenberg stated, while around 40 […]
(The Center Square) — As the Pennsylvania Opioid Trust switches out some board members, an outgoing state legislator wants the public to focus on the victim of addiction — and what can be done to make the state better in the coming years. “Our objective was to get that money out as quickly as we […]
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) cited the high level of staff turnover with Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign as an indication of incompetence and one of several reasons she should not enter the White House come 2025. As former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Vance sat down with media personality Tucker Carlson to discuss the 2024 […]
