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Biden Visits Coastal California to Survey Storm Damage Following Emergency and Disaster Declarations

President Joe Biden visited coastal California on Jan 19, speaking to business owners about damage to their shops following the deadly storms that have battered the area. The president toured some of the destroyed buildings and spoke to state authorities and first responders about the outcome of the storm that had already dumped almost 12…


Search Continuing in Southern California For Missing Actor Julian Sands

Actor Julian Sands has been missing for five days after he failed to return from a hiking trip in the Southern California mountains, according to authorities on Jan. 18. The “A Room With a View” actor was due to return on Jan. 13 from a trail on Mount Baldy, according to San Bernardino County sheriff’s…


Top Turkish Diplomat’s Washington Visit Highlights Complex Relationship

A visit to Washington on Jan. 18 by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, during which he met U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken, served to highlight the complex relationship between the NATO allies. At the meeting, both men reaffirmed their “longstanding commitment to collective defense as [NATO] allies,” according to a joint statement released afterward. While both…


Boat Captain Indicted in Human Smuggling Operation That Resulted in Death of a Minor

A grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico has indicted a Dominican national for multiple crimes related to human smuggling that resulted in the death of a minor child. The Dominican national was charged with smuggling aliens into the United States, a crime that resulted in the death of a minor, aiding and abetting,…


Texas Attorney General Peti­tions Supreme Court to Hear Case to Lim­it Pow­er of Unelect­ed Bureaucrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined an amicus brief requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court hear a case that could restrict the actions of the unelected Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Paxton is urging the action because of concerns that the bureau is not adequately governed by the people, as the CFPB is both…


Heavy Snowfalls Creating Dangerous Travel Conditions in the Sierra Mountains

Rain and snowfall in California over the weekend caused evacuations and dangerous travel conditions in a number of places throughout the state, including the Sierra mountains. Numerous reports indicated that the excessive snowfall caused treacherous conditions for drivers, with the University of California Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab reporting that it received 21.5 inches of…


Heavy California Snowfalls Creating Dangerous Travel Conditions in Sierras

Rain and snowfall in California over the weekend have led to evacuations and dangerous travel conditions in a number of places across the state, including the Sierra mountains. The excessive snowfall caused treacherous conditions for drivers, according to numerous reports; meanwhile, the University of California–Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab stated that it received 21.5 inches…


Russia Conducts ‘Joint Tactical Flight Drills’ With Key Ally Belarus

Strategic allies Russia and Belarus began holding wide-ranging joint military drills on Jan. 16, according to official statements from both countries. The exercises, which are set to continue until Feb. 1, will likely fuel fears of a possible Russian advance on Kyiv, which sits only 95 miles south of the Belarusian border. According to the…


Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Recent FAA System Outage

Lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent computer system failure that caused a nationwide ground stop for flights in the United States. Politicians from President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to Republicans in the House and Senate have asserted that there must be an investigation to find…


Russian Forces Claim Victory in Soledar, Set Sights on Bakhmut

Russian forces are reportedly advancing on the flashpoint town of Bakhmut having claimed victory in the nearby town of Soledar—assertions denied by officials in Kyiv. “We have made clear progress,” Igor Kimakovsky, a spokesman for the Moscow-backed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), claimed on Jan. 12. “Soledar is practically ours,” Kimakovsky was quoted as saying by…