As people start to recover from the devastation brought on by Hurricane Helene, officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency are warning it will take a “complicated” response to help the states affected in recent days. Since Thursday, Helene has wreaked havoc across Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas, leaving dozens dead and millions without […]
The Israeli Air Force launched its largest attack against the Houthis in Yemen so far, bombing power plants and a seaport. Al-Masirah, the Houthi-run news station, said that at least four people were killed — one port worker and three engineers — and 33 injured. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said the attack […]
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff skirted around a chance to detail his wife and Vice President Kamala Harris’s economic policy in a new interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. In the one-on-one interview — which has been a rare occurrence from Harris’s presidential campaign — Psaki pressed Emhoff on what he tells people curious to understand more […]
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued Iran’s interference in the 2024 presidential election is due to its desire to remove former President Donald Trump from the race. Cotton, a frequent critic of the Biden-Harris administration, explained that Iran “clearly” favors Vice President Kamala Harris because the country will be able to “walk all over” her in […]
VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s far-right Freedom Party was headed for its first win in a national parliamentary election on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns, a projection showed. But its chances of governing were unclear. A projection for ORF public television, based […]
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have required new cars to beep at drivers if they exceed the speed limit. California would have become the first to require such systems for all new cars, trucks and buses sold in the state starting in 2030. The bill, aimed at […]
ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina (AP) — As Laurie Buckhout made her way around Nash County GOP headquarters in Rocky Mount, she seemed to be in high spirits. The Republican congressional candidate bounced around the crowded room, hugging and laughing with volunteers set to canvass local neighborhoods that afternoon. But a scandal emerging in North Carolina […]
(The Center Square) – After 158 U.S. House Democrats voted against deporting sex offenders, including child rapists, and one U.S. Senate Democrat blocked a bill to strengthen protections for unaccompanied minors, a Texas group is again calling on state leaders to act. “Despite the extraordinary efforts of [U.S.] Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA, and others, Congress […]
(The Center Square) – Asheville and other parts of western North Carolina were cut off from the world on Saturday, with no roads open into or out of the most populous city in the region and electricity and cell towers limited or inoperable. Fatalities from the storm Helene in the South were more than five […]
(The Center Square) – Requiring students to make a DEI statement to qualify for a course is “inappropriate” and could cross the line of compelled speech, according to a Brookings expert. Stanford University is requiring those applying to enroll in the school’s Global Entrepreneurial Marketing course offered by the Department of Management Science and Engineering […]
