Louis Wright freed in November after DNA ruled him out as perpetrator of child sexual assault in Michigan in 1988 The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.75m to an innocent man who spent 35 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of sexual assault. Louis Wright was released in November after authorities said … Read more
A far-left climate protest organization that was recently granted a private White House meeting said Friday that it had surrounded Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in New Hampshire in an effort to confront him over energy and climate policy. Climate Defiance — a Washington, D.C.-based group known for its high-profile disruptive protests targeting politicians — said … Read more
County education boards in West Virginia could contract with military veterans and retired law enforcement officers to provide armed security at K-12 public schools under a bill passed Friday by the Republican-controlled state Senate. Republican Sen. Eric Tarr of Putnam County said the bill was brought to him by retired military officers concerned about school … Read more
Latinos make up half of the growth in new eligible voters since the last presidential election cycle in 2020, according to a new report by Pew Research.
The Oregon Supreme Court will not hear the case challenging former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the state’s ballot in this year’s presidential election. The court turned down the opportunity to hear the case, citing a lack of authority to handle the issue in the primary stage. “Today, the Oregon Supreme Court declined … Read more
The Supreme Court will consider whether city ordinances that bar homeless people from camping on public property violate constitutional protections against “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Agency head says the FAA will significantly increase oversight of Boeing after last week’s cabin blowout incident The US’s top air transportation regular, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will significantly increase oversight of Boeing, the agency said on Friday, with the head of the FAA saying they believe there are “other manufacturing problems” at the … Read more
It shouldn’t be controversial to expect equal treatment in education, employment and healthcare – whatever the size of your body I’ve been fat my whole life and in the early 2000s, I discovered fat activism. It opened my eyes to just how badly fat people are mistreated and subjected to widespread discrimination: in education, employment, … Read more
Former President Donald Trump spoke in his own defense during closing arguments in his civil fraud trial that threatens his business empire. The decision is now in the hands of the judge. NBC’s Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said shooting people who cross the border illegally is the only policy his state has not implemented to secure the border because the Biden administration “would charge us with murder.” “We are using every tool that can be used from building a border wall, to building these border barriers, to … Read more
