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DC’s Dem mayor quietly flees city during crime surge

While President Donald Trump’s administration is leading a crackdown on rising crime in Washington, D.C., the city’s leader has decided to skip town during the turmoil. According to NBC Washington, D.C.’s Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser has left her city for Martha’s Vineyard, a posh coastal region in Massachusetts. While Bowser… Read More

Longtime GOP Gov. Mike Castle dies at 86

Former Delaware Gov. Mike Castle, a Republican moderate who championed creating the popular 50 State Quarters Program of commemorative coins while he served in Congress, has died. He was 86. The Delaware Republican Party announced that Castle died Thursday in Greenville but shared no other details. Castle was among Delaware’s… Read More

[WATCH] Top Democrat arrested in his underwear goes viral

Wild dashcam footage recently released by South Carolina police shows the shocking arrest of the state’s Democratic choice to run for governor of the deep red state. Prominent Charleston, SC attorney William “Mullins” McLeod is now facing calls from his own party to step down from the gubernatorial race that… Read More

Cops chase, arrest Powerball winner in Florida

James Farthing, 50, was arrested at a Florida resort on April 29, one day after winning Kentucky’s largest lottery jackpot of $167.3 million. Body camera footage released by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office allegedly shows Farthing kicking a deputy in the face during a fight at the TradeWinds Resort in… Read More

Construction suddenly stopped at “Alligator Alcatraz”

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz ” hung in the balance on Wednesday as a federal judge considered whether building on sensitive wetlands violated environmental laws. Last week, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered a 14-day halt on additional construction… Read More

Failed GOP candidate sentenced to 80 years in federal prison

A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque in the aftermath of the 2020 election. A jury convicted former Republican candidate Solomon Peña earlier this year… Read More

3 Virginia sheriff’s deputies injured in gunfire while executing warrants

Three sheriff’s deputies injured in gunfire while executing warrants in southern Virginia on Wednesday were “shaken up” but doing well, officials said. The warrants were for brandishing a firearm and trespassing, said Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael W. Taylor. They were also serving a protective order, he said. There was an… Read More

Virus-carrying ‘Frankenstein bunnies’ running wild in Colorado

A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there’s no reason to be spooked — the furry creatures merely have a relatively common virus. The cottontails recently spotted in Fort Collins are infected with the mostly… Read More

Social Security Act turns 90; where’s it headed next?

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he vowed it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. “an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.” Today, the program provides benefits to almost 69 million Americans monthly. It’s… Read More