A nationwide retail theft epidemic cost the United States close to $100 billion in 2021. Stores are being forced to raise prices or shut up shop, insurers are refusing to help, and smaller mom and pop stores are being left behind. In this series, Mayhem on Main Street, the Washington Examiner will investigate the causes behind the scourge of shoplifting, the role of the cartels, the cost to stores big and small, and the complicity of lax prosecutors. Part 5 will focus on the side effects of retail theft to communities. To read parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, click here, here, here and here.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has become the latest candidate to support Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-AL) protest regarding the Department of Defense's reproductive healthcare policy.
State legislators in North Carolina pocketed $530,000 in campaign donations in the first half of 2023 from pro-marijuana and casino industry interests as they mulled various legalization proposals, according to a new report.
Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) on Thursday claimed his state does not have enough room or resources to help its northern neighbor with the immigration crisis unfolding there, despite promising to turn New Jersey into a "sanctuary state."
The Biden administration announced on Friday new federal minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service estimated would require nearly 75% of facilities to increase their staff sizes.
