Russia has agreed to help train China in a way that could help the Chinese invade nearby Taiwan, according to a new report. It’s the latest sign of military cooperation between the two superpowers. Why China needs Russia The report is based on 800 pages of documents that were originally obtained by Hacktivist group Black […]
Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented at least 152 cases of journalists injured and two cases of journalists missing. CPJ believes the true number of injured Palestinian journalists is likely higher and continues to investigate additional cases. CPJ counts the journalists’ cases it has been […]
Texas officials are urging residents to check their pets and livestock, as well as use pesticide bait, after a confirmed infection of flesh-eating New World Screwworm (NWS) in an 8-month-old cow less than 70 miles from the United States border in Mexico. That’s the closest a confirmed case has been to the U.S. border this […]
Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is resigning to become CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a nonprofit that claims to work to limit teachers unions’ influence. Walters confirmed the move on Wednesday and said he will officially assume the role on Oct. 1. “We’re going to destroy the teachers unions,” Walters said during a Fox […]
Details about the gunman who allegedly killed a detainee before dying by suicide at a Dallas immigration office emerged Thursday as federal officials said anti-immigration enforcement sentiment led to the shooting. Law enforcement officials identified the gunman in the Wednesday shooting as Joshua Jahn, 29 of Texas. Two other detainees were wounded in the shooting […]
Xcel Energy will pay $640 million in a settlement related to the company’s role in the 2021 Marshall Fire in Colorado. The Minnesota-based utility company did not admit any wrongdoing. Investigators found that sparks from an Xcel power line were one cause of the Marshall Fire, which destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and killed two people, […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Democrats will not be forced into a deal to fund the government, despite potential mass layoffs of federal employees in the event of a shutdown. White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought has instructed senior government officials to lay off workers in departments without funding […]
A new peer-reviewed study has found that some of the healthiest foods on grocery store shelves may also carry the heaviest pesticide loads. Published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, the research ranked 44 different fruits and vegetables by pesticide residue and linked them to human exposure measured in urine samples. Researchers […]
The Justice Department has indicted former FBI Director James Comey. The charges come just days before the statute of limitations on charging him with crimes related to his tenure as bureau chief expires. Comey indictment Comey’s indictment stems from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump has long called that investigation a […]
Just days before a deadly shooting on Wednesday at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, the Department of Homeland Security claimed assaults on ICE officers have increased by more than 1,000%. The agency said that it included incidents ranging from violent assaults to publishing agents’ private information online, a practice known as doxxing. […]
