by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Ailan Evans Twitter permanently suspended the personal account of Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over repeated violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, the company confirmed early Sunday. Greene’s personal account, @mtgreenee, was no...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 2, 2022
Hundreds of black women in Atlanta will be the recipients of no-strings-attached monthly checks for the next two years thanks to a nonprofit’s experiment with Universal Basic Income (UBI). The program will be centered in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward,...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 2, 2022
The Wisconsin Office of Special Counsel Election Investigator Michael Gableman filed 70 subpoenas in the Wisconsin election investigation. The Western Journal reported Gableman filed subpoenas for state entities, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), state...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 2, 2022
Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) will not follow new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for quarantine length after exposure to COVID-19. The new recommendation is a five-day isolation period, instead of the original 10-day...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 2, 2022
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf appointed Leigh Chapman to serve as acting secretary of the Commonwealth, replacing Veronica Degraffenreid who accepted a different position in the Wolf administration. In her position, Chapman will serve as the state’s top...
by Chris Butler | Jan 2, 2022
Atlanta Public School (APS) officials announced Saturday that they will operate virtually next week for all students and all staff. This, after APS officials said they had reviewed district and community COVID-19 data. They did not elaborate. “Due to the rapid...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 2, 2022
Former President Donald Trump will host his first rally in 2022 in Florence, Arizona, according to a release from his Save America PAC. The event, which will take place on January 15, will begin Trump’s efforts to boost his endorsed candidates during the...
by Casey Owens | Jan 2, 2022
Amid the recent surge in COVID-19 Omicron variant cases, two South Florida school boards have decided to reinforce mask mandates for adults while strongly recommending masks for students. Given that the two counties account for almost 61% of the new cases...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 2, 2022
More than 20 new laws, passed by the Tennessee General Assembly earlier last year, officially took effect on January 1, impacting many residents throughout the state. The new laws range in scope from criminal justice reform to protections for college athletes....
by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Christopher Roach End of the year reviews, along with predictions for the coming year, are a staple around this time. But, as Yogi Berra wisely said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” I took a look at what I wrote last year, and...
by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
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by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Richard Bernstein DUNDEE, Scotland — The online class on gender, feminism, and the law was underway when Lisa Keogh, a 29-year-old student and mother of two, introduced a note of unwoke contention into the discussion. “We were talking about equal rights for...
by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
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by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding The number of Americans who filed new unemployment claims decreased to 198,000 in the week ending Dec. 25 as employers continue to fight to retain workers amid a tight labor market and growing Omicron coronavirus variant concerns. The Labor...
by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Kendall Tietz An Oklahoma bill introduced on Dec. 16 may allow parents to seek the removal of books that they deem inappropriate from school libraries. The bill, Senate Bill 1142, would give parents a right to ask for the removal of “books that are of a...
by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Thomas Catenacci Foster’s Outriders, a Christian nonprofit organization, announced Thursday that it would match all donations up to $500,000 given to the ongoing tornado relief effort in the Midwest. The group, founded by the late Foster Friess in 2018,...
by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Kendall Tietz People who drink black coffee might be at a lower risk of developing diseases, such as Parkinson’s, heart diseases, Type 2 diabetes and cancer, according to various studies, CNN reported. Research also suggests that if you like black coffee,...
by Star News Staff | Jan 2, 2022
by Stella Morabito The year is 2022. The place: a New York City so overpopulated that everyone is sleeping and dying on outdoor stairways. All sweating like pigs because of global warming. People have become unwitting cannibals because there is no more food....
by RealClearWire | Jan 2, 2022
by Ross Pomeroy The tandem rise of autonomous driving and virtual reality has the potential to revolutionize modern life. At the same time, however, the technologies could introduce an epidemic of motion sickness. This disconcerting prospect inspired Behrang...
by Eric Burk | Jan 2, 2022
State Senator Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) is supporting a lawsuit against the city of Charlottesville over the decision to give the Robert E. Lee statue to a museum that plans to melt it. The lawsuit argues that the city didn’t have a competitive or...
