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In Texas, Dems dig up this 2018 skeleton

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, will run for a third term in 2022 — and in response, the Democratic Party is digging up the old bones of a failed 2018 candidate. The governor has earned the ire of Democrats for signing the Texas Heartbeat Act and enforcing election integrity…. Read More

COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger, more lethal swath through the country. But the COVID-19 crisis is… Read More

Court sets key hearing in Boy Scouts of America case

A key hearing before a Delaware judge could determine whether the Boy Scouts of America might be able to emerge from bankruptcy later this year. The Boy Scouts, based in Irving, Texas, sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020 amid an onslaught of lawsuits by men who said they were sexually… Read More

Secession: This state to leave Union!?

The United States feels more divided than ever – and one state lawmaker now wants to make that division permanent. He’s calling on his state to secede. New Hampshire state Rep. Mike Sylvia, a Republican, said he’s had it with Washington overreach and wants the Granite State to become the… Read More

Senate proposes cleaning abandoned mines, relieving pollution

Thousands of abandoned coal mines in the U.S. have been polluting rivers and streams for decades, in some cases harming fish and contaminating drinking water. Now efforts to finally clean up the sites could soon get a big boost. Tucked into the Senate-passed infrastructure bill is $11.3 billion for the… Read More

One thing to know about college football…

The teams that started the season ranked in the top four all won Saturday, none in particularly impressive fashion. The result Sunday was Oklahoma, Clemson and Ohio State all dropped in The Associated Press college football poll for the second time this season. The fourth-ranked Sooners slipped one spot. The… Read More

Executives unveil plan to address extreme heat waves: the “silent killer”

The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat after a dangerously hot summer that spurred an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires and caused hundreds of deaths from the Pacific Northwest to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. Under a plan announced Monday, the U.S. Departments of Labor and of Health… Read More

Ocasio-Cortez caught in tax evasion scandal

Fashion Designer Aurora James made headlines after designing the infamous dress worn by Rep. Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.). In red and white, she emblazoned the dress with the slogan, “Tax the rich.” However, Ocasio-Cortez ran into one big problem. Critics say her dressmaker hasn’t paid her taxes. Over 55? Do NOT… Read More

Police release tragic update on Gabby Petito

The search was suspended Monday in a Florida nature preserve for a man police say is a person of interest in the death of his girlfriend Gabriel “Gabby” Petito, whose body authorities believe was discovered at a Wyoming national park the couple visited. The North Port Police Department said in… Read More