by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Harold Hutchison A black student admitted responsibility for racist graffiti that prompted a Sept. 23 walkout by over 1,000 students in a Missouri high school, administrators told St. Louis-area media outlets. “The student responsible is not white, however,...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Harry Wilmerding Authorities in Mississippi said Wednesday they’ve witnessed an increased number of sick or dead deer, and suspect one disease could be the cause, the Associated Press reported. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Sebastian Hughes Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the U.S. will “build on” existing tariffs targeting billions of dollars in Chinese imports issued during the Trump administration as President Joe Biden seeks to define his relationship with China,...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci President Joe Biden’s approval rating has declined to 50%, its lowest level since he took office, the latest Associated Press-NORC poll showed. While 50% of Americans approved of Biden’s job performance, 49% disapproved, according to the AP...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Mary Grabar The cover of the August 18, 2019, issue of the New York Times Magazine was adorned with a photograph of a blackish, foreboding ocean captioned by these words: “In August of 1619, a ship appeared on this horizon, near Point Comfort, a coastal port...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Biologically male athletes have unfair advantages over women, a report from the Sports Councils’ Equality Group released Thursday found. The Sports Councils’ Equality Group (SCEG) found that there are “retained” differences in an average...
by Bethany Bowman | Oct 4, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee I first interviewed Mia Morris not because she was the Cajon player for my favored Song Suffragettes but because of the viral Youtube videos that became popular before she was even a teenager. It goes without saying that she is a prodigy...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky President Joe Biden told reporters Friday that he was in no rush to see his bipartisan infrastructure bill and budget pass Congress as Democratic divisions over the two slow their path to becoming law. “We’re gonna get this done,” Biden said...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending package refers to mothers as both “pregnant” and “lactating” individuals on 11 separate occasions. Though the spending package specifically mentions the word “mother” three times and the word “maternal”...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Harold Hutchison Special Counsel John Durham reportedly issued subpoenas to Perkins Coie, a law firm tied to the Steele Dossier, the Democratic National Committee, and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. The subpoenas are part of Durham’s probe...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Ailan Evans A letter written by current and former employees of Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin took aim at the company’s workplace culture. The letter, posted on website Lioness and written by former Head of Blue Origin Employee Communications...
by Star News Staff | Oct 4, 2021
by Kendall Tietz In a last-ditch effort to delay the Friday deadline for unvaccinated New York City teachers to receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, some teachers filed a petition for an emergency injunction, the New York Post reported. Four plaintiffs...
by Hayley Feland | Oct 4, 2021
The Minnesota Republican Party elected a new chair on Saturday, to replace the former Chair Jennifer Carnahan. The newly elected chair, David Hann, was a former state senate minority leader. The former chair of the Minnesota GOP resigned in August after...
by Casey Owens | Oct 4, 2021
Former U.S. President Donald Trump made comments about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ potential presidential run in 2024, suggesting that he does not believe DeSantis will be able to compete against him and that he will most likely drop out. Although...
by RealClearWire | Oct 4, 2021
by Ross Pomeroy The overwhelming majority of social psychologists are liberal, so that could at least partly explain why the field’s scientific literature is overflowing with studies linking conservative political views to lower levels of intelligence....