Months ago, when Florida’s Schools of Hope law was enacted, it set off a frenzy. Sarasota County Public Schools quickly drafted a plan to close its district headquarters and raze and consolidate some schools. Manatee County Public Schools said the new law would cost the district an additional $2,500 per student who joined a Schools […]
The maker of a gun part used in a deadly, racially motivated mass shooting has agreed to pay $1.75 million to survivors and victims’ families. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the settlement, which also requires the company to stop selling the device. The settlement resolves legal claims stemming from the May 2022 shooting […]
Questions remain, and tensions are stirring around conflicting explanations for the abrupt closure of the airspace over El Paso, Texas. Late Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it was closing the airspace in and around El Paso International Airport for 10 days for “special security reasons.” However, the agency lifted the restriction less than […]
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked the endangerment finding, a 2009 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that classified greenhouse gases as a threat to public health requiring federal regulation. The decision strips the EPA of the legal authority to regulate carbon dioxide and methane emissions. The revocation affects existing fuel economy standards for passenger and […]
Layoffs across storied media institutions, stagnant industry wages, expanding news deserts and the rise of the internet have created a burgeoning independent journalism industry. But it’s also raised new questions about who should be able to claim the constitutional protections afforded to the press and who gets to decide whether someone is a journalist. The […]
The Pentagon could soon send more firepower toward the Middle East as the White House balances a major military build-up with high-stakes diplomacy. The Wall Street Journal reports that a second aircraft carrier strike group has been told to prepare for deployment to the region. If approved, the second carrier — one option officials cited […]
One Republican joined Democrats on Thursday in pushing for answers from immigration officials regarding the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents during a protest in Minneapolis. On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs held a hearing with three top immigration officials in the Trump administration. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., […]
In the Texas border city of Edinburg, scientists are getting ready to release millions of invasive, flesh-eating flies into the wild. While the thought of the U.S. government releasing parasitic flies into the wild resembles a horror movie plot, they’re doing it to help protect people. The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled a new facility […]
A small village in Illinois is suing a major bank over allegedly improper spending by the village’s former mayor. The town of Dolton, which is about 30 minutes south of Chicago, said the bank should have prevented former Mayor Tiffany Henyard from improperly spending nearly $2 million in taxpayer dollars. Lawsuit filed The Village of […]
The social media platform X appears to have stripped numerous Iranian officials of their blue check marks following questions regarding possible violations of U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic. In a report released Thursday, the Tech Transparency Project said that more than two dozen accounts belonging to Iranian officials, government agencies and state-controlled media outlets […]
