San Francisco just took home a top prize it didn’t want. The liberal bastion, which has a looming $1.4 billion budget deficit and has been struggling post-pandemic, was listed as the worst-run city in the United States, according to a new WalletHub study. The survey considered everything from the effectiveness of local leadership to the […]
A climate activism group vandalized a 5,000-year-old landmark in the United Kingdom to protest against fossil fuels on Wednesday. Just Stop Oil was behind the incident in which protesters were seen spraying orange powder paint on the historic megalithic site. Video of the protest captured activists spraying the giant rocks in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and several […]
The U.S. Army soldier arrested in Russia in May was sentenced to three years and nine months in a Russian prison on charges of theft and threatening murder. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, who was arrested May 2, learned his fate Wednesday while he stood inside a glass cage in the district court of Vladivostok, Russia. […]
Actress and activist Jane Fonda dismissed concerns that President Joe Biden is too old to serve another term in the White House, arguing “he’s just fine.” The question on Biden’s mental fitness has been raised by many ahead of the election after numerous clips online showing him standing motionless or wandering away from events. Fonda, […]
China named 11 swimmers who previously tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs to its 2024 Olympic swim team. The Chinese Swimming Association revealed its roster of 31 swimmers Tuesday, including 11 who tested positive for the drug trimetazidine seven months before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Trimetazidine is typically used to treat heart-related conditions and works by […]
Attorneys representing the city of Baltimore are asking a federal judge to prevent some of the crew members from the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge from leaving the country. In a Tuesday court filing, the attorneys claimed that they were informed earlier that day that some of the Dali crew […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) dismissed the idea of replacing President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, insisting that the Democratic Party will keep Biden as its nominee. Moore was asked about his handling of rebuilding Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which some suggest could be “a launching pad” for him to replace Biden as the […]
In addition to state flowers, birds, and other animals, a group of 12 Republican lawmakers in Michigan have proposed another state symbol for the Great Lakes state: A gun. Michigan House Republicans sponsored a bill that would designate the AR-15, a popular semi-automatic rifle, as the state’s gun and add it to Michigan’s list of […]
Senate Republicans are at odds over whether to outlaw bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era ban on the firearm accessory last week. The divisions resurfaced when Senate Democrats unsuccessfully tried to pass legislation to restore the ban on Tuesday as senators prepare to leave town for a two-week July 4 recess. […]
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s office is being slammed for its lack of transparency regarding its homelessness initiative after new estimates, delivered nearly a year after the program was launched, came out to be about $65 million more than originally projected. Johnston, a Democrat, launched his homelessness initiative, then called House 1000, on his second day […]
