President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to add the cost of air pollution from wildfires to the tariffs Canada is currently paying. Other Republicans have also criticized Canada, citing smoke from the wildfires blowing into the U.S., affecting millions of Americans. “The cost” of this, Trump said on social media, “is incalculable.” “The United States […]
Reports of Russian casualties in its war with Ukraine have soared since the war began in February 2022, but a grim statistic confirmed by the head U.S. spy chief puts it in a whole new perspective. CIA Director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russian recruits are getting either wounded or killed 20-30 minutes after […]
Two service members were killed, and one is currently missing, after Iranian missile and drone attacks in Jordan on Friday, U.S. Central Command said. Four other American service members were taken to Jordanian hospitals and later discharged, CENTCOM said Saturday. Some other U.S. personnel were also evaluated for minor injuries, but have since returned to […]
Produce supplier Taylor Farms announced a 27-state recall of iceberg lettuce in an effort to stem an outbreak of a bacterium causing diarrhea across the country. The company said late Friday that it had notified retailers and restaurants alike to pull products coming from its operation in central Mexico for potential cyclospora contamination. The company […]
Kalshi plans to let its customers place contracts on the timeliness of airlines. Flight delays and cancellations have become a chaotic staple of travel. Now, the prediction market is willing to put money down that people would like to cash in on the dysfunction. The company filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday […]
Texas floods are infamous in the collective memory of Americans, and the reasons are more far-reaching than this week’s deadly example. The Hill Country of Central Texas has earned the name Flash Flood Alley due to the prevalence of fast-moving water that can turn deadly during intense downpours. At least two people died in communities […]
Louisiana’s Concordia Parish School District has been under court order to desegregate its schools since 1965. In the district’s Ferriday High School, 92% of students are Black. Just twelve minutes’ drive away is Vidalia High School, where 62% of students are white. In the predominantly Black schools, court documents revealed considerably more deficiencies in the […]
It’s common for businesses that dabble in adult entertainment, alcohol and cannabis to be forbidden from locating no closer than 1,000 feet from schools, churches or other places deemed sensitive areas. South Carolina decided tattoo parlors should join in on that restriction and is now getting sued over it. Two South Carolina residents and a […]
President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. will continue through Jan. 20, 2029, “or until terminated by the President,” a Pentagon official confirmed to Straight Arrow in an email Friday. Trump first sent the National Guard to D.C. under an executive order in which he declared a “crime emergency” in the […]
Wildfires in Ontario have spewed a thick blanket of smoke across parts of Camnada and the U.S. from Minnesota to northern Virginia. Milwaukee reported its worst air quality in history, and two Toronto hospitals recorded an 80% uptick in emergency room visits. Millions of Canadians and Americans even thousands of miles from the flames may […]
