by Laura Baigert | Aug 4, 2021
In a stunning development Wednesday, Fulton County has denied The Georgia Star News the same chain of custody documents for absentee ballots deposited into drop boxes during the November 2020 election, that they purportedly gave to Georgia Public Broadcasting...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 4, 2021
On Tuesday, the second day of Steven Wiggins’s trial for killing 32-year-old Dickson County, Tennessee Sergeant Daniel Baker in 2018, jurors heard from the law-enforcement officers who found the slain sheriff’s deputy. Drug Task Force (DTF) Agent Nathaniel...
by Star News Staff | Aug 4, 2021
by Roger Kimball I have always admired the admonitory wisdom that Auric Goldfinger imparted to James Bond early in Ian Fleming’s novel named for the gold-loving villain: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.” I have...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 4, 2021
U.S. Representative David Kustoff (R-TN-08) on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation aimed to deter repeated robocalls to consumers. The Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious, and Outrageous Telephone Calls (DO NOT Call) Act will create stricter penalties for...
by Star News Staff | Aug 4, 2021
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by The Center Square | Aug 4, 2021
by Steve Bittenbender New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a renewed surge of calls for his resignation after an independent investigation released a report Tuesday finding the sexual harassment allegations against him credible and that his administration broke...
by Star News Staff | Aug 4, 2021
by Andrew Kerr New York Attorney General Letitia James said there will be no criminal consequences for Gov. Andrew Cuomo despite her findings that he engaged in “unlawful” sexual harassment and retaliation against multiple women. “Our work is concluded and the...
by Star News Staff | Aug 4, 2021
by Ailan Evans Fast food chain McDonald’s is requiring all its staff and customers, vaccinated and unvaccinated, to resume wearing masks in its restaurants in areas deemed high risk by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The company first...
by Chris Butler | Aug 4, 2021
Metro Nashville Public School (MNPS) Board members will hold a special meeting later this week to discuss COVID-19 mask requirements, but one board member said Tuesday that it’s a waste of time. MNPS Board members have scheduled the meeting for 11 a.m. Thursday...
by RealClearWire | Aug 4, 2021
by Addison Del Mastro In recent years, an acute housing crisis has engulfed both America’s coastal metros and Rust Belt regions. California’s Bay Area, for example, confronts a crisis of affordability and limited supply that hastens a population exodus. Midwest...
by Star News Staff | Aug 4, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Two of the largest news publications in the country, the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters, have teamed up with one of the leading tech giants, Twitter, in a new partnership to crack down on “misinformation” and “elevate credible information,”...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 4, 2021
Carolyn Mullins and her son William “Larry” Mullins are charged with theft of $83,710.82 from Peakland Baptist Church in Decatur, Tennessee, state Comptroller Jason Mumpower announced Tuesday. The church’s sanctuary area was consumed by fire on February 18,...
by Star News Staff | Aug 4, 2021
by Pedro Gonzalez A shibboleth among some progressives is that in its imperialistic foray, the United States historically has backed “right-wing” and opposed “left-wing” leaders around the globe based on an anti-Communist ideological tendency. But more than...
by Star News Staff | Aug 4, 2021
by Eric Lendrum It’s easy to dismiss happenings within the College Republicans organization as trivial college drama and beneath the notice of serious political observers. But the surprising amount of mainstream media coverage of the latest CR debacle is...
by The Center Square | Aug 4, 2021
by Scott McClallen The federal eviction moratorium is over, but there’s still more than $400 million of rental aid available on the state level. MI State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) still has ample COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) funds...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 4, 2021
Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in conjunction with the Alabama Republican Party in Cullman, Alabama on August 21. The rally will focus on “President Trump’s further support of the MAGA agenda and accomplishments of President Trump’s...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 4, 2021
Joining a growing and bipartisan list of governors, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said Sunday that he will not bring back lockdowns and mask mandates as cases of COVID-19 once again rise. “We are seeing the virus go up,” DeWine told CNN’s Jake...
by The Center Square | Aug 4, 2021
by J.D. Davidson The same week an Ohio group announced its plans to start the formal process to put marijuana legalization in front of the General Assembly, two lawmakers introduced legislation to legalize its recreational use. “It’s time to lead Ohio forward,”...
by Star News Staff | Aug 4, 2021
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 4, 2021
Florida State Sen. Joe Gruters (R-23) is filing a bill which would direct the Broward County School Board to pay out as much at $25 million to the victims and families of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The bill would only allow for 51...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 4, 2021
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has claimed Florida’s Department of Health (FDOH) is not reporting Florida’s COVID data to the CDC in a timely fashion. Fried has since begun doing her own daily COVID briefings after DeSantis moved them to...
