by Star News Staff | Feb 8, 2022
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by Susan Berry, PhD | Feb 8, 2022
Pfizer announced last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had asked the drug company, and its partner BioNTech, to submit data on a COVID vaccine series for babies as young as 6 months old. Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, said in the...
by Chris Butler | Feb 8, 2022
Members of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) on Monday launched a new digital ad in Georgia that highlights a photo of elementary-aged school children wearing COVID-19 masks behind a maskless Stacey Abrams. The five-figure ad will run on multiple...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Feb 8, 2022
The former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) personal security detail for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now head of Freedom Convoy security for the truckers whose anti-mandate protest is growing beyond Ottawa, into more Canadian cities, and across the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 8, 2022
Two prosecutors who participated in the case against former Brooklyn Center Police officer Kimberly Potter are at odds over her sentencing. Imran Ali was the original prosecutor in Potter’s case. But he stepped down, citing the politically charged...
by Star News Staff | Feb 8, 2022
by Deroy Murdock President Joe Biden’s no-border policy has detonated an explosion of illegal-alien apprehensions and got-aways at the southern “frontier.” Millions of Americans consider this one of Biden’s biggest failures, surpassed only by his utterly...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 8, 2022
Former Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead has filed federal candidacy forms with the Federal Elections Commission, signaling his entry into Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District GOP primary. General Winstead filed his FEC forms on February 7, 2022. Winstead...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 8, 2022
Records show that a recent entrant into the race for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District seat, businessman Baxter Lee, voted in the 2020 Democrat presidential primary. The Tennessee Star reached out to Baxter Lee to confirm the authenticity of the...
by Eric Burk | Feb 8, 2022
The Supreme Court of Virginia dismissed a lawsuit from Chesapeake parents challenging Governor Glenn Youngkin’s school mask mandate opt-out order. The Monday opinion found procedural problems with the lawsuit, which in an unusual move was filed directly...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 8, 2022
A man has been indicted and charged in a cold case homicide that occurred in McMinn County more than 25 years ago, following an ongoing investigation and the re-testing of evidence, according to a press release by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. At the...
by Eric Burk | Feb 8, 2022
The House of Delegates passed a bill to fund a group violence intervention program based on the “Operation Ceasefire” projects implemented in Boston. That’s been a goal of now-Speaker Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah) since 2019, and Governor Glenn...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 8, 2022
An Ohio man, Grant Rose, has been convicted on 15 different charges relating to his role in a human trafficking scheme with his girlfriend, according to a release from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. Rose and his girlfriend, Susan Walendzik, trafficked a minor...
by Hayley Feland | Feb 8, 2022
Protesters gathered outside the home of Minneapolis’ interim police chief on Sunday night, following the death of Amir Locke last week. The activists said they were calling for Minneapolis Interim Chief Amelia Huffman, as well as Officer Mark Hanneman and Mayor...
by Bradley Vasoli | Feb 8, 2022
Because Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor and GOP-controlled legislature couldn’t agree on a congressional redistricting plan, a Commonwealth Court judge has stepped in and chosen one favored by the latter. Judge Patricia A. McCullough (R), who was charged...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 8, 2022
According to CBS reporter Scott MacFarland, who has been covering sentencing of the defendants stemming from the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol building, federal prosecutors are seeking nearly two years in prison for an aspiring rapper from Virginia...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 8, 2022
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a new law that aims to help first responders and frontline workers in the state. The legislation, H.F. 1203, was authored by Senator Jeff Howe (R-Rockville) and passed the legislature with wide, bipartisan support. The new law...
by Grant Holcomb | Feb 8, 2022
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) said on Fox News on Sunday that she, along with the approval of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), will investigate GoFundMe, one of the largest fundraising platforms in the world. GoFundMe pulled the fundraising page...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 8, 2022
The national average for a gallon of gas has surged to $3.44, the highest average price since 2014, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). The new average is 14 cents more than it was a month ago and 98 cents more than it was a year ago. In...
by Star News Staff | Feb 8, 2022
by Ailan Evans Google’s Chief Legal Officer and President of Global Affairs Kent Walker accused Microsoft on Friday of “carving out” an exception to a bill targeting app stores operated by Google and Apple. The Open App Markets Act, introduced by Republican...
by The Center Square | Feb 8, 2022
by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to pitch spending $500 million of additional federal taxpayer money on private companies that produce electric vehicles (EV). The governor will discuss her proposal on Wednesday at 11 a.m. However, it’s...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 8, 2022
Amid controversy over podcaster Joe Rogan’s controversial COVID-19 episodes and some past episodes that contained racial slurs, one video streaming platform is lending Rogan their support. “We stand with you, your guests, and your legion of fans in...
