by Brian Ball | Oct 22, 2021
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Two nurses and an activity aide at a Cincinnati nursing home claim poll workers employed by the Hamilton County Board of Elections prompted choices on absentee ballots for patients, including those in a dementia/Alzheimer’s/memory...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Oct 22, 2021
Downtown Nashville’s popular party bus services are set to face new rules issued by the Metro Council and Mayor John Cooper. One of the main effects of the new regulations signed Tuesday is that alcohol will no longer be allowed on the buses, starting...
by Cooper Moran | Oct 22, 2021
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on Wednesday introduced President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting. Hagerty, who served in the same position from 2017 to 2019, described Emanuel...
by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 22, 2021
Tennessee Representative Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-04) announced in a press release that he sent a letter to President Joe Biden regarding his executive order mandating COVID-19 vaccines for federal workers and the effects it will have on Tennessee Valley...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson Sheer chaos and anarchy on the border? Afghanistan—the most humiliating defeat in recent U.S. military history? A labor-starved supply chain in shambles and holiday shelves emptying out? The worst inflation in 30 years that seems soon...
by Chris Butler | Oct 22, 2021
News that the Bethesda, Maryland-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Gain-of-Function research in Wuhan, China has prompted certain members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation to condemn Anthony Fauci as a liar and to demand drastic changes....
by Cooper Moran | Oct 22, 2021
Tennessee State Representative Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka) on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow party affiliation to be designated during a school board election. The legislation, if enacted, would alter the current election process, which allows...
by Chris Butler | Oct 22, 2021
Williamson County School System Superintendent Jason Golden acknowledged this week that WCS students who will not wear face coverings or haven’t received medical or religious exemptions currently attend classes in separate rooms. This, according to the...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The Biden administration abandoned an oil and gas drilling project in Alaska approved by former President Donald Trump, which it had previously defended. The Department of the Interior failed to file an appeal to a federal judge’s...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee The Department of Justice ended a Trump-era case quota for immigration judges, CNN Politics reported on Wednesday. Judges said the Trump administration’s quota policy prioritized moving through cases quickly rather than due process for all...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Ailan Evans Facebook’s Oversight Board issued a transparency report Thursday scolding the tech giant for concealing details of its content review process and demanding more transparency. The report criticized Facebook for failing to disclose the existence of...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Oct 22, 2021
Despite former President Donald J. Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) announcing plans to become a rival of newly-launched social media site GETTR, the CEO of the latter firm welcomed Trump into the social media space. “Congratulations to...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Sebastian Hughes Cuba officially signed on to a Chinese energy pact on Monday, strengthening President Xi Jinping’s relationship with Latin America at a time when the U.S. has warned that China’s influence is increasing in the region, Havana Live reported....
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
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by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Harry Wilmerding The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims decreased to 290,000 last week as employers attempt to hold onto workers amid struggles with inflation, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. The Bureau of Labor Statistics...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Newt Gingrich On Feb. 29, 2020, the U.S. and the Taliban signed the Doha Agreement, which set conditions for an American military withdrawal from Afghanistan. A few days later, then-President Donald Trump picked up the phone to call Taliban leader Abdul...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Laurel Duggan Students as young as five years old may still need to wear masks in school after the COVID-19 vaccine is approved for children ages 5-11, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said in a White House briefing...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Laurel Duggan Students as young as five years old may still need to wear masks in school after the COVID-19 vaccine is approved for children ages 5-11, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said in a White House briefing...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Brian Lonergan When Joe Biden conducted his campaign for president largely in absentia last year, his value proposition to voters went something like this: I’m Lunch Bucket Joe from Scranton and I’m for the little guy. I’m gonna fix all the mistakes of the...
by Star News Staff | Oct 22, 2021
by Ailan Evans Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York City, announced plans Thursday to file for a union election before the National Labor Relations Board next week. Amazon Labor Union, which represents 2,000 Amazon workers, signed union...
by Cooper Moran | Oct 22, 2021
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was silent after agitators tampered with an Enbridge pipeline following her public calls to shut it down. Anti-energy activists appeared to trespass on Enbridge property in Tuscola County to use a pipe wrench on an emergency...
