Tuesday, 28 January 2025

Trial begins for neo-Nazi group leader accused of plotting power grid attack

The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group is on trial for conspiring to attack Maryland’s power grid

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Monday, 27 January 2025

3 dead including suspect and 2 officers hurt in shooting at Indiana grocery store

Police say two people were fatally shot, two police officers were hurt and a person believed to be the shooter also died at a grocery store in northern Indiana

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Trump pushes border crackdown at House Republican retreat as he caps first week in office

President Donald Trump boasted about his first week in office as he rallied House Republicans to advance tax cuts, border security and other conservative priorities

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Wisconsin Republicans target governor's uniquely broad partial veto powers

Republicans want voters to curb the uniquely expansive partial veto powers that Wisconsin governors from both parties have enjoyed for nearly a century

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Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears

Despite legally migrating to the U.S. under the country’s Temporary Protected Status program, many of the thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are fearful President Donald Trump’s promised migration crackdown will soon include them

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Sunday, 26 January 2025

Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction

Everett's novel is a reworking of Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

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Acting deputy AG visits Chicago to 'observe' immigration crackdown

Emil Bove visited Chicago to observe the start of immigration enforcement.

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Saturday, 25 January 2025

Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more refugees and floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza

President Donald Trump says he’d like to see Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip — potentially moving out enough of the population to “clean out” the area to create a virtual clean slate

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Private investigator first to admit guilt in offering bribes to get intoxicated drivers off the hook

A private investigator was the first to plead guilty to a host of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery in a corruption scandal that roiled New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade, according to court records released Fr...

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Kia recalls more than 80,000 U.S. autos due to improper air bag deployment and improper wiring

Kia is recalling more than 80,000 vehicles due to floor wiring beneath the front passenger seat that can become damaged and prevent airbags and seat belts from deploying properly

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Friday, 24 January 2025

Supreme Court to weigh approval for 1st publicly funded religious charter school

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma

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Bridgestone announces tire plant closure in Tennessee with 700 layoffs

Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is closing its LaVergne, Tennessee, plant and laying off 700 workers there

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State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide

The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue

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