by Star News Staff | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
by Andrew Trunsky A short-term funding bill is set to land on President Joe Biden’s desk after it was overwhelmingly approved in the House Thursday afternoon. The continuing resolution, which funds the federal government through Dec. 3, passed the House on a...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 30, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), running for his second non-consecutive term as Virginia’s most senior elected official, has become the subject of criticism after remarks from a Tuesday night debate. During the debate, McAuliffe claimed he...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 30, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
The city of Hendersonville Board of Mayor & Aldermen decided to postpone the first reading on Ordinance 2021-29 which would create a “Do Not Solicit Registry” for Hendersonville. At the beginning of the meeting on Tuesday, Alderman Pat Campbell (Ward 2)...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Catherine Mortensen Police advocates say the Defund the Police movement is responsible for the nearly 30 percent increase in murders in 2020, the largest single-year jump since the FBI began recording crime statistics six decades ago. The change in murder...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 30, 2021 | Tennessee
A Tennessee man who contracted COVID-19 recently participated in a study by the National Institute of Health (NIH) that seeks to identify and repurpose approved drugs to be used as therapeutics for the virus. Brent Hendrickson is has now mostly recovered from...
by Chris Butler | Sep 30, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Members of the Special Bombing Review Commission on Tuesday discussed rumors that the man accused of setting off a bomb on Second Avenue North on Christmas morning last year originally might have targeted Nashville’s Hermitage Hotel. That man, Anthony Quinn...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 30, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced Tuesday that they have introduced legislation to codify the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative along with a few of their Republican colleagues. Along with...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
by Jennie Taer The MacArthur Foundation has named Boston University professor and author of “How to Be an Antiracist” Ibram X. Kendi to its renowned fellowship. The Foundation’s website named Kendi and 24 others, many of them scientists, artists and academics,...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
by Eric Lendrum On Tuesday, while addressing students at George Mason University, Vice President Kamala Harris praised a female student who made false and anti-Semitic claims about the state of Israel, accusing the U.S. ally of “ethnic genocide,” as reported by...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
by Thomas Catenacci President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging vaccine mandate will affect tens of millions of U.S. workers, but experts, labor unions and business groups are divided on what impact the rule will have. While experts disagree on whether the federal...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
by Debra Heine The Marine officer who received viral attention in August for posting a video on social media blasting military leadership over the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, has been thrown in the brig, the United States Marine Corps has confirmed....
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac this week responded to criticism he received in Rolling Stone for his personal decision not to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The article, called “The NBA’s Anti-Vaxxers Are Trying to Push Around the League — And It’s...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
by Mary Margaret Olohan An Arizona judge blocked part of an abortion law Tuesday that banned doctors from knowingly aborting a baby if the abortion is based solely on a genetic abnormality like Down Syndrome. Former President Barack Obama appointee, U.S....
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
by Sebastian Hughes North Korea launched a “newly-developed hypersonic missile” on Tuesday morning, the state-run outlet KCNA reported. The missile’s firing confirmed the “navigational control and stability of the missile,” and enhanced the “independent and...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | National, News
by Ailan Evans Facebook researched how to market its products and services to preteen users, studying kids’ playdates and developing strategies to address parents’ concerns, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. The tech giant established a...
by Admin | Sep 30, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Joseph Bartel When the Chinese authorities last year arrested the late Dr. Li Wenliang, along with seven others, for warning his fellow citizens about a deadly new coronavirus, those authorities, as usual, were engaged in a cover-up. What were they seeking...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 30, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
A White Bear Lake middle school will no longer be giving any students an ‘F’ in class. In a video from Sunrise Park Middle School Principal Christina Pierre and Associate Principal Norman Bell, they explained how they will automatically be giving students 50%...
by The Center Square | Sep 30, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
by J.D. Davidson Two more lawsuits have been filed with the Ohio Supreme Court challenging Republican drawn legislative district maps, claiming they are unconstitutional and gerrymandered. The most-recent challenge came Monday from the Ohio chapter of the...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 30, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday vetoed over $16 million in funds in the new state budget allocated to programs promoting adoption over abortion. Whitmer, a staunch abortion proponent, nixed spending “that either prohibits pregnancy service...
by Grant Holcomb | Sep 30, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
The state of Florida launched the Office of Safe Schools within the Department of Education three years ago to determine the best practices to ensure Florida’s schools remain safe in the years following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in...
by The Center Square | Sep 30, 2021 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s Assembly speaker is expecting to get a report on the 2020 election that shows there are questions that need to be answered. Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he has faith that former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike...
