The parade of atmospheric rivers that pounded California for three weeks finally faded on Monday, enabling the state to begin lengthy repairs to roads and levees as the White House announced President Joe Biden planned to survey the damage. The nine consecutive rainstorms that inundated California in succession since Dec. 26 killed at least 20…
California Rainstorm Death Toll Reaches 20, Biden Plans Visit
January 17, 2023
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DeSantis Nominee Set to Oversee Florida Highway Patrol Despite Vocal Opposition
Two weeks ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave his second inaugural address in front of banners emblazoned with “Free State of Florida.” “Over the past few years, as so many states in our country grinded [sic] their citizens down, we in Florida lifted our people up,” DeSantis, a Republican, told the cheering ground. A few…
House Oversight Committee Probes GAS Administrator Over Telework Allegations
January 17, 2023
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) is seeking answers from a Biden administration official for allegedly spending most of her work hours somewhere else, not in her Washington office. It was one of several investigative moves the panel is pushing forward after GOP took control of the House, pledging tougher oversight of the…
Man Who Rescued 24 People During Buffalo Blizzard Gifted Super Bowl Tickets
January 17, 2023
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Jay Withey, who helped save 24 people during a snowstorm in Buffalo, New York, last month was rewarded for his actions on Friday with tickets to the upcoming Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. Retired Bills running back Thurman Thomas and his wife, Patricia Thomas, surprised Withey at work with two tickets to Super Bowl LVII…
Police: 8 People Shot, 1 Critical at Florida MLK Day Event
FORT PIERCE, Fla.—Police in Florida said eight people were shot during an Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, with one of the victims listed in critical condition. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office confirmed all the victims in the Monday shooting in Fort Pierce were adults, WPBF-TV reported. The shooting occurred at Ilous Ellis Park…
Scottsdale, Arizona Cuts Off Neighborhood’s Water Supply, Citing Extreme Drought
Residents of the Rio Verde Foothills in Arizona have been frantically hoarding water since the start of the year after nearby Scottsdale cut off their water supply, citing an extreme drought. In an announcement at the end of last year, the Scottsdale Office of Communication said that residents of Maricopa County had been warned multiple times that the water supply was…
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against NYPD Officer Accused of Spying for China
January 17, 2023
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Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have dropped their case against a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer who had been accused of acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the Chinese regime. Baimadajie Angwang, a 33-year-old ethnic Tibetan and naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested in September 2020 on charges of allegedly acting as an illegal agent of Beijing…
New York GOP Rep. Calls for DOJ, FEC to Freeze George Santos Campaign Funds Amid Probe Into Finances
Rep. Nicholas LaLota (R-N.Y.) has urged the Department of Justice and the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to freeze fellow New York Republican Rep. George Santos’s campaign accounts amid an investigation into claims he made about his past, including his work and education history and finances. In a statement on Twitter, LaLota said on Sunday that the DOJ…
‘Unacceptable’: Youngkin Outraged Over Delays in Notifying Student Recipients of Their National Merit Award
January 17, 2023
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin was outraged over delays by high schools in notifying “commended” students of their National Merit Award, as four more schools reported the same issue on Friday, increasing the school count in Fairfax County to seven in total. “What started off as allegations of one of our most prominent schools…
Wyoming Lawmakers Propose Bill to Phase Out EVs by 2035
January 16, 2023
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A group of six Republican lawmakers in Wyoming are proposing to phase out the sale of new electric vehicles in the state by 2035 to protect its oil and gas industries and preserve critical resources. In their bill, introduced to the state legislature on Friday, the Republicans said that oil and gas production has “long…
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