by Hayley Feland | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Great Lakes
The Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) bailed out a convicted domestic assault perpetrator in August days before he murdered a man on an onramp onto a highway. According to tweets from Crime Watch Minneapolis, a man named George Howard was bailed out of jail by the...
by Chris Butler | Sep 5, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
A Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) nursing student who will not take the COVID-19 vaccine said other people in the profession she’s pursuing are losing their jobs for similar reasons. This, because certain nurses also won’t allow anyone to inject them...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Kyle Shideler In the wake of the bungled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, many Americans may be wondering how the U.S. government found itself closely cooperating with, and even relying upon, an enemy with whom we were at war for 20 years. The Taliban...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | National, News
by Debra Heine White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday refused to discuss the transcript of a shocking phone conversation between Joe Biden and then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, even though she once called for more transparency regarding a phone...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | National, News
by Andrew Trunsky Progressives renewed their calls to abolish the Senate filibuster and expand the Supreme Court after it did not block a Texas law restricting abortion access from going into effect. “Republicans promised to overturn Roe v Wade, and they have,”...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | National, News
by Harry Wilmerding The total number of people diagnosed with dementia will increase by over 40% by 2030, the World Health Organization predicted on Thursday. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over 55 million currently live with dementia,...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | National, News
by Ailan Evans Apple is delaying the release of a software update that scans iPhones for child pornography after criticism suggested that the features violated user privacy, the tech giant announced Friday. “Previously we announced plans for features intended...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | National, News
by Thomas Catenacci The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court’s use of the so-called “shadow docket” — a method of issuing brief late-night rulings on key cases like the Texas abortion law. “The Supreme Court must operate with the...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | National, News
by Sebastian Hughes The State Department would not reveal what the U.S. will do with Afghan refugees who are flagged for security reasons. “I would rather not entertain a hypothetical,” Ned Price, a spokesperson for the State Department, said at a press...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Kerry McDonald The numbers are startling. More parents are pulling their children out of school for homeschooling this fall, prompted in large part by school mask policies and ongoing virus concerns. The homeschooling rate in the US doubled in 2020,...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | National, News
by Ailan Evans European Union regulators imposed a $265 million fine on Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp on Thursday for failing to adequately inform consumers what it did with their data. The fine, issued by the Data Protection Commission (DPC),...
by The Center Square | Sep 5, 2021 | National, News
by Tyler Arnold Some Virginia universities have started kicking out students who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and other institutions may start following suit. Virginia Tech disenrolled 134 students this week who did not receive the vaccine. Before...
by Grant Holcomb | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced his administration has appealed a legal ruling striking down his July executive order banning mask mandates. DeSantis initially signed the order to prevent school districts from imposing district-wide mask mandates on...
by Grant Holcomb | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) took jabs at Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL-13) over his previous political affiliations and supporting pro-life policies when he was a Republican. Fried and Crist are both running to unseat Florida Gov. Ron...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
The Virginia GOP launched an ad bashing Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe for his recent fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton. “I go back with President Clinton and Hillary to 1980,” McAuliffe says in an interview included in...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Great Lakes
– – – Photo “Governor-Whitmer Officail-Picture” by Office of the Governor, State of Michigan. CC BY-SA 3.0. Background Photo “U.S. Department of Justice headquarters” by Sebmol. CC BY-SA 3.0. ...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, News, The Great Lakes, Uncategorized
Wisconsin Representative Bryan Steil (R-01-WI) is questioning why the Biden administration shuttered the Trump era Contingency and Crisis Response (CCR) Bureau prior to withdrawing from Afghanistan. Steil co-wrote a letter to the Secretary of State Anthony...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
– – – Photo “Frank LaRose” by Georgebailey2015. CC BY-SA 4.0. Background Photo “Ohio Statehouse” by Ɱ. CC BY-SA 4.0.
by Eric Burk | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
Two more teachers will join Tanner Cross’ lawsuit against the Loudoun County School Board. On Thursday, the Loudoun Circuit Court approved a motion to amend the case, which adds Loudoun County High School history teacher Monica Gill and Smart’s Mill...
by Chris Butler | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
U.S. Representative Jody Hice (R-GA-10), running to replace Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger next year, has announced a statewide “Election Integrity Fly Around Tour” later this month. Hice has scheduled the tour for September 14...
by Star News Staff | Sep 5, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
by Kendall Tietz Parents in Georgia’s largest school district are suing the superintendent and school system over its mask mandate, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Four parents are seeking an injunction against the mask mandate at Gwinnett County...
