Americans planning to travel for Memorial Day weekend are likely to run into traffic jams and other delays as the country is poised to set a 20-year travel record, according to AAA. The organization predicts that 43.8 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles between Thursday and Monday. U.S. airports are expected to be nearly as congested as the …
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Chester, Pennsylvania shooting at business leaves 2 dead, 3 injured
Two people have died and three others have been injured after a disgruntled former employee opened fire Wednesday inside a linen store in Chester, Pennsylvania, officials say. The shooting happened at Delaware County Linen, which describes itself on its website as a family-grown “full service linen company that was founded in 1988,” serving restaurants, country clubs, hotels and other businesses. …
Read More »Texas real estate agent details 'house of horror' home overtaken by squatters: 'Not even habitable'
A Texas real estate agent detailed the worst squatter house he has ever encountered in his experience helping homeowners remove unlawful occupants from their property, and says damages would have totaled $150,000. George Huntoon told Fox News Digital during a phone interview that though the squatters were eventually removed from the property, the house was left unrecognizable. The filthy conditions …
Read More »Parents in red-leaning suburbs outside NYC green-lighting armed security at public schools
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Nearly two dozen school districts in the red-leaning suburbs of New York City have approved armed guards to protect their children, preferring a show of force rather than further curtailing Second Amendment rights in the Empire State. One such district is the Farmingdale School District in eastern Nassau County, which serves more than 5,100 students. Although a …
Read More »Progressive Oregon district attorney ousted by tough-on-crime challenger
A centrist district attorney candidate in Oregon has ousted his incumbent progressive opponent after running on a tough-on-crime platform. Nathan Vasquez previously served as a deputy prosecutor to Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. Vasquez won Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary election after returns showed him receiving more than 50% of the vote. Vasquez, who was endorsed by several police groups, said …
Read More »Former Tacoma Police officer sues city, Washington state in $47M defamation suit
One of the three Washington State police officers who were acquitted of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis has filed a multmillion-dollar suit against city and state officials, claiming he was falsely accused of criminal and racial misconduct. Ellis, a black man who was shocked, beaten and held facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath, …
Read More »Washington state judge lowers bail for illegal immigrant accused of killing trooper from $1M to $100K
An illegal immigrant accused of killing a Washington state trooper in a crash earlier this year had his bail dropped from $1 million to $100,000 by a state judge last week. Raul Benitez Santana, 32,is currently being held at the Snohomish County Jail on charges of vehicular assault and vehicular homicide involving alcohol or drugs in connection to the death …
Read More »Democrats plan assault on Trump's VP pool, mock 'MAGA Veepstakes': report
Democrats are planning a media assault on former President Trump’s large group of potential running mate picks, hoping to paint the group as extremist, “ultra-MAGA” Republicans. Trump has offered few clues about who he intends to select, leaving the group of roughly a half-dozen major candidates pushing to set themselves apart. Democrats are looking to paint the candidates with the …
Read More »Russia's Kremlin denies US claims that Moscow put anti-satellite weapon in space
Russia’s top arms control diplomat on Wednesday dismissed as fake news an assertion by the United States that Russia had launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit that was capable of inspecting and attacking other satellites. The Kremlin has flatly denied assertions by U.S. officials that Moscow is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon. But on Tuesday, U.S. Space Command said …
Read More »Senators grill Biden judicial nominee over transgender inmate transfer request despite sex crimes convictions
A President Biden judicial nominee was grilled Wednesday over a 2022 recommendation that a biological male, who has apparently transitioned and identifies as a female, be transferred to a female prison despite previous convictions for raping children and possession of child pornography. During a Senate Judiciaryhearing, Republican Sens. John Kennedy of Louisiana, and Ted Cruz of Texas, questioned U.S. Magistrate …
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