HOUSTON — When Houston officials pulled the remains of a 67-year-old Black man from the brown waters of Buffalo Bayou on Sept. 20, it marked the fifth body found in a Houston bayou in as many days. The discovery, made beneath the low-hanging morning sun less than a mile downstream from downtown, might have gone […]
The White House is shaking up immigration enforcement, with sources saying ICE isn’t making enough arrests to satisfy the administration. NBC and CBS News report that the Trump administration plans to replace some regional ICE directors with Border Patrol officials. The move comes as part of a push to increase migrant arrests and deportations. Reports […]
Monday night saw a World Series classic for the history books. The Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in a marathon 18-inning thriller, winning 6-5 and taking a 2-1 series lead. Shohei Ohtani delivered an impressive performance with two home runs and two doubles, setting a record for extra-base hits in a World Series game. […]
China, Japan and South Korea are dominating the commercial shipbuilding industry to such an extent that it’s considered a national security issue for the United States. In what can be described as a future war effort, Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., want to reinvigorate American shipyards that sank generations ago and never […]
Elon Musk on Monday launched an early version of Grokipedia — an online encyclopedia powered by his xAI systems and promoted as a “less biased” alternative to Wikipedia. The site briefly crashed after going live, but later reappeared, according to multiple outlets. At launch, Grokipedia listed about 885,000 AI-written articles, far fewer than Wikipedia’s English-language […]
Head Start preschool programs may close across the country later this week because of the federal government shutdown. The National Head Start Association — a non-profit that provides early learning to low-income children and families — said several of its grants will end Friday, eliminating funding for 134 programs. The programs serve 58,000 children, but […]
The House Oversight Committee published a report on Tuesday that requests the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate former President Joe Biden’s use of the autopen for executive actions, and accuses his aides of covering up the former president’s cognitive decline. The report is a culmination of a five-month probe into allegations from President Donald Trump […]
A judge ruled that the man accused of assassinating right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk will be allowed to wear street clothes. However, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson must be physically restrained. Judge Tony Graf made the decision during a virtual court hearing Monday. Kirk was assassinated during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. […]
Health insurance is confusing. There are premiums and deductibles; EPOs and PPOs; HMOS and HDHPs. To bring some clarity to the chaos, Straight Arrow News has written this guide on how health insurance really works. How does health insurance work? Simply put, consumers select an insurance plan from a health insurance company and pay a […]
With Halloween just days away, Airbnb is ramping up efforts to prevent raucous house parties that can leave property owners footing the bill for damage. The company announced it’s deploying its “advanced anti-party technology” across the United States and Canada. It’s an automated system that flags and blocks suspicious bookings before they’re confirmed. How the technology […]
