[ad_1] A Democratic senator questioned the timing of the fiery speech by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week, denigrating Republicans over negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling, which left the Sen. Joe Manchin cringe and furious GOP lawmakers. Schumer, in a Senate speech last Thursday, shredded Republicans for “playing a dangerous and risky … Read more
[ad_1] VSCalifornia took another step towards its goal of ridding the state of all gasoline engines with a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday. The new law will ban the sale of all gasoline-powered off-road engines, including generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chainsaws, trimmers and even golf carts. Under the new law, … Read more
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been accused of attempting to share some of the United States’ top secrets of submarine technology with another country, court documents revealed Sunday . Engineer Jonathan Toebbe has been accused of attempting to sell information about the nuclear propulsion system of U.S. Virginia-class … Read more
[ad_1] Images have been leaked of the lieutenant governor of North Carolina calling homosexuality “filth”. As a result, lawmakers are calling for his resignation. The White House press secretary also condemned the comments, calling them “disgusting.” Loading Something is loading. State senators are calling for the resignation of a lieutenant governor after a video surfaced … Read more
[ad_1] A woman died and 14 people injured in an early morning shooting at a bar in St. Paul, the largest mass shooting in the city in recent history. Shortly after midnight Sunday morning, police said people began to “frantically” call 911 and ask for help. Police arrived on a chaotic scene at Seventh Street … Read more
[ad_1] The labor force shrank last month for the first time since May, signaling that more and more people are choosing to sit on the sidelines and not actively look for work, according to the federal employment report released on Friday. “If unemployment benefits were the engine of labor market dynamics, you wouldn’t have seen … Read more
[ad_1] A man has died after trying to hit people on a sidewalk with his truck, crashed into a building, then was pulled out and beaten by a group in Southern California, authorities said. The man was asked to leave a business in Hawthorne early on Saturday and then had an argument with someone as … Read more
[ad_1] Fort Hood officials are asking the public for help in their search for Jennifer Sewell, a missing base soldier in Texas. Sewell was last seen around 4 p.m. Thursday, October 7, leaving his stationed barracks, according to the Fort Hood Emergency Services Directorate. Pfc. Jennifer Sewell was last seen in Fort Hood, Texas on … Read more
[ad_1] A US Navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been accused of attempting to pass information on the design of US nuclear submarines to someone he believed to be a representative of a foreign government – but who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. In a criminal complaint detailing espionage … Read more