Contrary to the prevailing sentiments among Republican voters, the majority of GOP presidential candidates said they would support additional funding for Ukraine during the party’s first debate Wednesday evening.  Fifty-six percent of Republican voters believe the U.S. should pull back on assistance, according to a Fox News survey released this […]

The Biden administration said Tuesday it will spend $150 million to help owners of small parcels of forestland partner with companies willing to pay them for carbon offsets and other environmental credits. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the grant program at a conference of Black landowners in coastal Georgia, saying […]

The nation’s largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths. The Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers union that represents conductors wants the Federal Railroad Administration to […]

WHO WON? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gained a lot of praise from pundits, but commentators are far from a consensus on which candidate did the best in the debate… Read more: Biggest winners and losers of ‘aggressive,’ ‘messy’ first Republican debate, according to top GOP strategists MISSED THE DEBATE? Watch […]

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday appointed the wife of his chief of staff to a vacant judge’s position. Stephanie Abraham was picked to fill a Kanawha County circuit judge opening following the retirement of Judge Duke Bloom, whose term expires in December 2024. Abraham is the wife of […]

Britney Spears’ impending divorce from Sam Asghari has not slowed down her social media game. The pop star’s breakup became public when Asghari filed for divorce last week. On Wednesday, Spears shared video of a new member of her family, a little white dog named Snow. “Introducing Snow… the new […]

ESPN star Stephen A. Smith said Wednesday he “cringed” after hearing the mayonnaise habit of Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Will Levis. Smith addressed Levis and his mayonnaise love in the latest episode of “The Stephen A. Smith Show.” He titled the separate clip, “Only a white person would put mayonnaise […]

Gunfire erupted in Pittsburgh Wednesday as an anti-government squatter barricaded himself against deputies attempting to evict him from a house where he’d been unwelcome since March, according to authorities. The suspect, William Hardison, who went by Bill, covered himself in body armor before trading hundreds of bullets with law enforcement […]

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday. More than 60 of the defendants have alleged connections to organized crime, the […]

A 50-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for killing her newborn daughter, whose stabbed body was found in a plastic bag in a South Carolina river in 1992. A York County jury convicted Stacy Michelle Rabon of homicide by child abuse earlier this month. She was charged […]