Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, so many parts of the world are still feeling the impacts. Fighting fires, while not one of the first to come to mind, isn’t excluded. Firefighting is a pillar of public safety, but the pandemic has made it tough for fire departments to replace their […]

The city of Richmond, Virginia, says it will no longer allow data captured by its license plate reader cameras to be shared with police departments in the state that cooperate with federal immigration agencies. Virginia state law already prohibits the sharing of license plate reader data with out-of-state police departments, including federal law enforcement agencies […]

Tehran is already firing up its drone assembly lines again. According to a CNN report citing multiple sources familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments, Iran is rebuilding some capabilities far faster than Washington initially expected.  The assessment complicates public claims by U.S. officials who said American and Israeli strikes severely damaged Tehran’s ability to rebuild key […]

A recent string of donations to Democratic political candidates is raising eyebrows after publications uncovered that the donations came from organizations connected to the Republican Party. The super PAC Lead Left has donated more than $1 million to at least three Democratic congressional primaries, according to The New York Times, which reported that the donations […]

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin apologized Thursday for creating what he said was a “distraction” by not releasing a report he possessed about the party’s failure in 2024 that led to Donald Trump’s return to the presidency.  CNN published the 192-page document before Martin announced he would release it. He said it was […]

Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and D.C. police officer Daniel Hodges filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the Trump administration’s new $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” arguing the program could ultimately steer taxpayer money toward people involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The filing opens the first legal challenge […]

Cattle farmer Jeff Sherfield needs to know his bulls are fertile before selling them. That requires a semen check at a veterinarian’s office. And this spring, that became a problem. “The vet I typically use couldn’t see the bulls until the end of May,” he told Straight Arrow in late April. The closest veterinarian who […]

Attacks on places of worship in the past year have resulted in 11 deaths and dozens of injuries. Leaders have lobbied lawmakers for more protections, warning that the status quo will lead to more incidents, affecting their congregants’ sense of security.  Amin Abdullah, 51, an armed security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego, […]

Iran says it’s reviewing the latest U.S. peace proposal as President Donald Trump shifts between patience and pressure. Plus, a legal fight over the new “anti-weaponization fund” reaches federal court. Two officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are trying to block payouts they argue could benefit the wrong people. And SpaceX is […]