At least two people are dead and eleven are injured following a mass shooting at a large party in rural North Carolina, the county sheriff’s office announced via social media Saturday morning. The incident comes almost one month to the day after a mass shooting killed three people at a popular restaurant along North Carolina’s […]
There are only a few months until the end of the year — and the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) is also quickly approaching. Clocks will be set back one hour at 2 a.m. Nov. 2, which means we’ll “gain” an extra hour. Of course, just a few months later, on March 8, 2026, we […]
Over the past 15 years, pharmacies, hospitals, universities and other community institutions have hosted biannual Take Back Days, offering Americans an opportunity to anonymously and safely dispose of their unused, and unnecessary, prescription medications. With 2025’s second Take Back Day scheduled for Saturday, Straight Arrow News wanted to know how effective these events are and […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the government cannot use $6 billion in contingency funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. These benefits are expected to run dry next month unless Congress reopens government spending. Approximately 42 million people rely on federal help to buy food. In an undated memo obtained by Axios, […]
Among those arrested in a sprawling FBI investigation was NBA player Terry Rozier, accused of tipping bettors about a game he played in. It comes at a time when sports betting has reached an all-time high in the U.S. Players gambling Rozier allegedly tipped off bettors that he would leave a game early due to […]
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced that defense officials accepted a $130 million donation to help pay military salaries during the government shutdown. The New York Times, citing two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity, reported the donor is Timothy Mellon. Trump repeatedly declined to name the person who gave the money. […]
A window at the Louvre has become an unlikely attraction after last week’s daring daylight jewel heist at the world’s most visited museum. Tourists now gather outside the famed Paris landmark to snap photos of the window that thieves used to break into the Apollo Gallery. The site has even become a new stop on […]
An unsecured server hosted by the widely used electronic greeting card company JibJab exposed users’ selfies, including those taken by children. The security researcher who discovered the issue, known as “BobDaHacker,” told Straight Arrow News that “millions of users’ faces” may have been left unprotected as a result. As of October 2024, more than 84 […]
Broken lumber, concrete and bricks lay where the East Wing of the White House used to be after the structure’s demolition to make room for a new $300 million ballroom. President Donald Trump said taxpayers won’t foot the bill for the project, but a list of private donors paying for the ballroom is raising concerns […]
Inflation is up 3% from a year ago, and energy costs are the main driver for rising prices. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that electric and gas utility costs rose 6.4% in September compared to a year earlier. The cost of electricity has risen […]
