Tag: Regional & State News

[PREMIERING 7/28, 7:30PM ET] Gotaways: The Hidden Border Crisis | Documentary

Beyond the groups of people crossing illegally into the United States and giving themselves up to Border Patrol are the lesser-known individuals known as the “gotaways.” This group of illegal immigrants evade Border Patrol and attempt to make their way past state and local law enforcement to get farther into the United States. There have…


Dive Team Deployed After Helicopter Crashes Into Alaska Lake; All 4 on Board Presumed Dead

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A rescue and recovery dive team was deployed Saturday after a helicopter with a pilot and three state workers crashed in a large lake on Alaska’s North Slope, officials said. No survivors have been located. “The official word is, they are missing, presumed fatal,” said Clint Johnson, the chief of the National Transportation Safety…


IN-DEPTH: Florida Horse Owners Fear Black Market Slaughterers Who Come in the Night for Highly-Prized Meat

OCALA, Fla.—Mari Pritchard’s voice still trembles as she speaks of the last time she saw her beloved horse, Frosty. She’s been terrified by reports on social media of horses being killed in the night in Florida, apparently for meat. “It won’t happen here,” she’d reassured herself, after confiding to her mother about her fears. But…


Federal Judge Strikes Down Law That Limits Recording of Police in Arizona

A federal judge has struck down a law that restricts the recording of law enforcement, declaring the law unconstitutional. The Republican-backed law—House Bill 2319—signed by former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey in July 2022, would limit how close people can get to law enforcement officers while recording them. Under the law, if the officer tells the…


Federal Judge Blocks Arizona’s Transgender Sports Ban After Challenge From Prepubescent Transgenders

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgenders from playing on girls’ school sports teams. The judge in Tucson granted a preliminary injunction to allow the processing of a lawsuit (pdf) filed on behalf of two prepubescent transgenders against the state’s “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which was passed by the Legislature…


Deadly Crash of Marine Osprey Last Year Was Caused by Mechanical Failure, Report Says

WASHINGTON—The deadly crash of a Marine V-22 Osprey in California last year was caused by mechanical failure, according to an investigation that ruled out pilot and maintenance errors. The more than 400-page report released on Friday concluded that the Marines were doing routine flight operations when a “catastrophic, unpreventable, and unanticipated mechanical failure occurred.” The…


Brother of Former NFL Star Aqib Talib Pleads Guilty to Murder, Prosecutors Say

DALLAS—The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas, prosecutors said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge in the shooting of 43-year-old Michael Hickmon, according to Claire Crouch, a spokesperson for the…


Brother of Former NFL Star Aqib Talib’s Pleads Guilty to Murder, Prosecutors Say

DALLAS—The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas, prosecutors said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge in the shooting of 43-year-old Michael Hickmon, according to Claire Crouch, a spokesperson for the…


Fire Damages Building That Houses Office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.—A fire has caused heavy damage Friday morning to a building that houses the Bowling Green office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as well as a local law firm. Fire crews were called to the building on State Street around 2 a.m. Friday and found a heavy blaze that required additional units,…


The Cult Religion of Transgenderism: Part III

Commentary Continued from Part II Experts say that with all religious cults, the brainwashing process begins early and slowly gets people in the habit of complying. And from there, the screws are tightened as the requests become more and more outlandish. The cult members gradually seem to lose all sense of self and can no…