by Just the News | Dec 31, 2023
by Kevin Killough New York City’s effort in the 1990s to regulate toilets and shower heads to cut down water usage ignited consumer outrage, even inspiring a 1996 Seinfeld television episode in which the character Kramer was so fed up with his...
by Julie Kelly | Dec 31, 2023
Throughout 2020, both Republicans and Democrats warned that the U.S. Supreme Court would ultimately determine the winner of the presidential election — albeit for different reasons. Democrats feared a conservative majority would uphold what they called “voter...
by Star News Staff | Dec 31, 2023
by Jeff Minick Christmas brings us a feast of words and music: songs played 24/7 on some radio stations, classic literature like A Christmas Carol and “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” a stocking full of new children’s books every year along with the classics...
by Star News Staff | Dec 31, 2023
by Kate Anderson Advocates for faith won several major victories this year through the legislature and the court, despite a growing hostility toward religious communities. There were several examples of anti-religious sentiment over the past year, some of which...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 31, 2023
Former President Donald Trump has denounced Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s veto of House Bill 68, saying the governor has “fallen to the radical left.” On Saturday morning, the former president wrote on Truth Social, “DeWine has fallen to the Radical Left. No wonder he...
by Rachel Alexander | Dec 31, 2023
Republican Abe Hamadeh, who is still contesting his election loss to Democrat Kris Mayes in the attorney general’s race by 280 votes, filed a Petition for Writ of Quo Warranto & Writ of Mandamus Civil in Maricopa County Superior Court on December 28 asking...
by Just the News | Dec 31, 2023
by Kevin Killough Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., warned states acting to bar former President Donald Trump from the ballot that the House of Representatives will decide whether to certify states’ electors. “Maine, Colorado, and other states that might try to...
by Star News Staff | Dec 31, 2023
by Jennie Taer Honduran nationals are running fentanyl trafficking rings in cities across the western part of the U.S., according to Willamette Week. Law enforcement agencies have been investigating a cartel using “Honduran nationals to distribute bulk amounts...
by The Center Square | Dec 31, 2023
by Jon Styf A former Knox County Governmental Library employee was paid more than $100,000 for work time she did not complete while more than $40,000 worth of additional compensation is being questioned over a 10-year span. Ashley Satterfield was indicted on a...
by Star News Staff | Dec 31, 2023
by Eric Lendrum American public pension funds have invested tens of billions into Chinese companies over the last three years, according to a new study. As reported by Axios, the study from the trade advocacy group Future Union shows that a total of $68 billion...
by The Center Square | Dec 31, 2023
by Cameron Arcand Some Border Patrol agents will now get increased overtime pay thanks to an amendment pushed by Arizona Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, as well as Republicans and Democrats. The increase put into the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act...
by Star News Staff | Dec 31, 2023
by Larry Sand While it certainly hasn’t been done away with, the anti-quality, anti-fairness, and anti-American “” hustle is taking some hits. This ugly form of tribalism pits men, whites, and the rich (oppressors) against women, blacks, and the poor (the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 31, 2023
One of Tennessee’s most wanted fugitives, who escaped from prison in 1990, remains on the lam 30 years after being placed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) Most Wanted list. Robert Houston Sanders, serving an 81-year sentence for kidnapping and...
by The Center Square | Dec 31, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo A state lawmaker said he plans to push stronger penalties for anyone who makes a swatting call, a hoax 911 call reporting a fake emergency prompting authorities to respond to an unsuspecting house. The move comes after several Georgia lawmakers...
by The Center Square | Dec 31, 2023
by Kevin Bessler With the ongoing migrant border crisis affecting rail traffic, agriculture officials are worried about future rail line closings. Grains are once again moving into Mexico after a multi-day closure of two important rail lines, but officials say...
by Star News Staff | Dec 31, 2023
by Tom Raabe The window that opened in 2019 to allow United Methodist churches to depart their embattled denomination closes in a week or so, at the end of the year, and at this late hour, approximately one-fourth of the member churches that constitute...
by The Center Square | Dec 31, 2023
by Kenneth Schrupp Beginning January 1, illegal immigrants will be able to qualify for and use Medi-Cal, California’s taxpayer-funded free and low-cost healthcare plan for low-income residents. Experts warn that the state is already facing a healthcare shortage...
by Star News Staff | Dec 31, 2023
by Will Kessler Bonds that consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors for their investors made up just 2% of all bond issuance in the U.S., the lowest point in terms of market share since 2020 after also declining in 2022, according to...
by Star News Staff | Dec 31, 2023
by Brandon Poulter The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation is offering students at least two scholarships on the basis of race, according to its website. One of the scholarships is for black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian and native Alaskan medical...
by Just the News | Dec 31, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard State unemployment insurance claims rose last week by 12,000 while the number of people who are receiving benefits reached 1.875 million for the week ending Dec. 16, according to seasonally adjusted data released Thursday by the Labor...
