by Cooper Moran | Aug 29, 2021
Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education under former President Barack Obama, compared individuals who choose not to wear a mask to the deadly terrorists who killed 13 American service members earlier this week. In a tweet, Duncan claimed that people who do not...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 29, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Thousands gathered at a medical freedom rally on the steps of the Minnesota state capitol on Saturday. Estimates ranged from 3,000 to 5,000 participants. Many protesters held signs saying things like “Stop the mandate” and “My body,...
by Olivia Adams | Aug 29, 2021
Hamilton County Schools says it is struggling struggling to control COVID-19 as the delta variant continues to drive cases. This has prompted the public school district that operates 41 elementary schools, 21 middle schools, and 22 high schools in the city of...
by RealClearWire | Aug 29, 2021
by Todd Graves Among last year’s other lessons, none may be more important than this: Our taxpayer-funded education establishment cares more about adults than children. Consider the evidence: public school union bosses pressured officials to close schools and...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee MCALLEN, Texas — Customs and Border Protection agents are so overwhelmed with the number of migrants arriving at the southern border they’re having a hard time verifying whether some illegal migrants are minors or adults, agents told the...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Christopher Roach Having met a number of global traveler-types, I was surprised some years ago when I heard American citizenship described in very unromantic, mercantile terms. The most common expression was, “It’s a good passport to have.” For blood and...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Ailan Evans The House committee probing the Jan. 6 riots is demanding over a dozen social media companies hand over extensive records related to the events at the Capitol. The Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot sent letters dated Aug. 26...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Kendall Tietz A Marine who was killed in Thursday’s terrorist attacks in Kabul has been identified as a 20-year-old man from St. Louis, his father told local affiliate KMOX. Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz is one of 13 marines who lost their lives in Thursday’s...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Fred Lucas Wisconsin lost track of more than 82,000 mail-in ballots cast in the state in the November 2020 elections—more than four times the margin of difference separating the two presidential candidates in the state, according to a report by the nonprofit...
by Chris Butler | Aug 29, 2021
Thales Academy officials have announced they will open a private and low cost K-12 school in Greenville, South Carolina at an unspecified time. Thales Academy is an independent and private school. The Greenville Journal reported this week that prospective...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Kendall Tietz The Department of Education announced it would stop enforcing a Trump administration rule designed to protect those accused of sexual assault on college campuses. A district court in Massachusetts upheld most of the Title IX 2020 amendments in...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer remains undecided about retirement plans, saying in an interview published Friday that there are “many considerations” playing a part in his eventual decision. Breyer, 83, is the oldest member of the court,...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Medical professionals are suing President Joe Biden’s administration over a mandate requiring doctors to perform transgender surgeries in violation of their religious beliefs or medical judgement. Represented by the Alliance Defending...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Harvard University has selected a man who does not believe in God to be the school’s chief chaplain. Chief Chaplain Greg Epstein is the author of “Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe.” He also serves as...
by The Center Square | Aug 29, 2021
by Bethany Blankley Since Oct. 1, 2020, San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents have apprehended more than 7,300 Brazilian nationals, an increase of more than 2,200% from the prior fiscal year. In all of fiscal 2020, 330 Brazilian nationals were apprehended, the...
by Chris Butler | Aug 29, 2021
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee commented Saturday evening on the death of Ryan Knauss, an East Tennessean who was one of the 13 American service members killed in a deadly terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan last week. “Maria and I are heartbroken and mourning...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 29, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Around 150 Stop Line 3 protesters unlawfully gathered outside of the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday afternoon. The protesters blocked Summit Avenue in St. Paul where the Governor’s Mansion is located and hung signs on the surrounding...
by Casey Owens | Aug 29, 2021
The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) announced the temporary closure of three North Florida prisons on Friday. The prisons are Cross City Correctional Institution (CCCI), Baker Correctional Institution (BCI), and New River Correctional Institution...
by Star News Staff | Aug 29, 2021
by Rose Williams The Minnesota House DFL modified its announcement of a women’s equality event after originally promoting an anti-pipeline activist with a history of allegedly covering up and defending accused sexual predators. An event for Women’s Equality Day...
by The Center Square | Aug 29, 2021
by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) secured a $13 million grant from the federal government to support COVID-19 testing and mitigation in 51 small, rural hospitals. “Our top priority is...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 29, 2021
Florida State Rep. Jay Trumbull (R-FL-06), House Appropriations chair, is calling on the Florida Ports industry to lobby for more infrastructure cash while still waiting on federal COVID stimulus money. Trumbull said he wishes “we could have done more” for the...
