Tag: Regional-Local News

Josh Shapiro Inaugurated as Governor of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania gets four more years of Democrat leadership with the inauguration of Gov. Josh Shapiro, the state’s former attorney general, on Tuesday. At 49 years old, he is Pennsylvania’s youngest governor. Also sworn in was Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, 32. Davis won both this office and his reelection bid in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives….


Armed Irvine Man Killed in Seal Beach Police Shooting

SEAL BEACH, Calif.—A man allegedly armed with a gun was fatally shot by Seal Beach police, authorities said Jan. 17. Officers went to the 100 block of Old Ranch Road about 9:35 p.m. Monday “regarding a suspicious person in front of a residence,” the Seal Beach Police Department reported. “Officers contacted the subject outside of…


Jeremy Renner Says He’s Home From Hospital After Snow Plow Accident

LOS ANGELES—Actor Jeremy Renner says he is out of the hospital after being treated for serious injuries from a snow plow accident. In response to a Twitter post Monday about his Paramount+ TV series “Mayor of Kingstown,” Renner wrote on Twitter, “Outside my brain fog in recovery, I was very excited to watch episode 201…


Texas Sees Nearly 100 Percent Drop in Abortions Following Roe Reversal

Abortions in Texas fell significantly during the initial months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, with the red state implementing resolute anti-abortion laws while Republican lawmakers are pushing forward more pro-life policies nationwide. Only three abortions took place in Texas in August 2022, down from 2,596 in June, when the U.S. Supreme Court overruled…


California Rainstorm Death Toll Reaches 20, Biden Plans Visit

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…


DeSantis Admin Threatens to Suspend Licenses of Businesses Not Checking For Illegal Alien Employees

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), an office led by an appointee of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, recently sent letters to six Florida businesses, warning that their business licenses could be suspended for failing to verify that their employees are legally residing and working within the United States. The DEO letters specifically flagged the…


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…


New Mexico Police Arrest Former GOP Candidate Solomon Peña In Connection With Shootings at Democrats’ Homes

Solomon Peña, a former Republican candidate who lost his bid for a State House seat in November, was arrested by police for being behind a series of recent shootings that targeted the homes of Democratic elected officials. According to the Albuquerque journal, Peña allegedly paid men to shoot up the homes after he lost his…


House Oversight Committee Probes GAS Administrator Over Telework Allegations

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

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…