by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
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by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
by Angela Morabito Dr. Elliot Stern, president of Saddleback College, a public community college in California, issued an open letter commemorating Juneteenth that also voiced support for Critical Race Theory. Amid thoughtful comments on the historical...
by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
by Ailan Evans The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Nestle USA and Cargill could not be sued for alleged human rights abuses that occurred overseas. The plaintiffs, six Mali citizens enslaved as children on Ivory Coast cocoa farms supplying the food...
by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
by Logan Washburn A Christian university’s Student Government Association is recommending students take “helpful classes” related to “anti-racism.” The Northwest Nazarene University Student Government Association sent out an email...
by The Center Square | Jun 21, 2021
by Bethany Blankley Within months of President Joe Biden halting the Keystone Pipeline, pausing new oil and gas leases on federal lands, and imposing further restrictions on U.S. oil companies, U.S. oil imports from Russia set a new record in March. According...
by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Catholic congressional Democrats are accusing U.S. Catholic bishops of weaponizing the Eucharist against President Joe Biden. Sixty Catholic Democrats issued a “Statement of Principles” Friday warning U.S. bishops against “the...
by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
by Debra Heine Two Republican lawmakers are suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the fines they’ve been slapped with for violating her oppressive security screening rules. Following the riot at the Capitol on January 6, Pelosi had magnetometers installed...
by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
by Debra Heine Conservative political commentator and attorney Rogan O’Handley is suing former California Secretary of State and now U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, current Calif. SoS Shirley Weber, Twitter, Team Biden campaign consultants SKDK, and others, for...
by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee A spokesperson for the Portland Police Bureau told the Daily Caller News Foundation Thursday that the department doesn’t track gang activity despite reports detailing an increase in gang violence in the city. Police officials estimate half of...
by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
by Fred Lucas A top Internal Revenue Service official told a Christian group that “Bible teachings are typically affiliated” with the Republican Party as a rationale for denying its application for tax-exempt status. The Texas-based Christians Engaged filed an...
by Eric Burk | Jun 21, 2021
Watchdog blog the Checks and Balances Project (CBP) is facing criticism over its links to the Tigercomm public relations firm. On November 9, 2020, the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) signed a contract with Tigercomm during a conflict with major Virginia...
by The Center Square | Jun 21, 2021
by Nyamekye Daniel A recent National Association of Realtors report shows the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta metro area is experiencing new-home growth amid a national housing shortage. The area ranked fourth in the country for metro areas with the most...
by Eric Burk | Jun 21, 2021
Cordish Companies is suing the City of Norfolk for $100 million, alleging in its complaint that in a 2013 agreement to develop the Waterside property, the city promised to support Cordish’s effort to build a casino if casinos were legalized. The city is...
by Tiffany Morgan | Jun 21, 2021
Seven months after the November 3, 2020 presidential election, state and county officials in Georgia have failed to produce chain of custody records for more than 316,000 absentee vote by mail ballots deposited in drop boxes located around the state for that...
by The Center Square | Jun 21, 2021
by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has once again ditched her COVID-19 reopening plan, announcing the state will drop its COVID-19 restrictions on June 22. Her previous plan dropped restrictions on July 1. “Today is a day that we have all been looking...
by Laura Baigert | Jun 21, 2021
A tweet by Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) News writer Stephen Fowler on Saturday revealed more chain of custody document discrepancies in Fulton County’s absentee ballot drop box transfer forms. The tweet included a partial image – the very top...
by The Center Square | Jun 21, 2021
by Tyler Arnold Some Virginia universities intend to prohibit marijuana on campus grounds after it becomes legal for recreational use for adults age 21 and older in the state. Although the commonwealth will allow legal possession beginning in two weeks, the...
by Steve Stewart | Jun 21, 2021
According to publicly available data, Florida gas prices have increased approximately 48.0% over the last 12 months. The current average price of a gallon of regular gas, as of June 20, was $2.96. This is up from $2.00 per gallon reported one year ago. The...
by The Center Square | Jun 21, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Sports bettors in Ohio are a step closer to being able to stay in state to place a wager after the Ohio Senate passed a bill legalizing sports betting and e-bingo. If passed by the House and signed by Gov. Mike DeWine, Senate Bill 176 brings...
by Star News Staff | Jun 21, 2021
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by Casey Owens | Jun 21, 2021
In the most recent data released by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) on Friday, the May unemployment rate in Florida was 4.9%, up .1% from the unemployment rate in April. Although the number of individuals who qualified for unemployment rose...