More than a dozen squatters were busted living in a Florida motel the county is trying to renovate to become a homeless shelter.  Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 19 people Thursday evening at the former Budget Inn building at 4401 S.W. 13th St. in Gainesville, local media reported. Deputies had […]

Coming off a brutal loss on Sunday that pushed them to 2-6, the New York Giants traded away Pro Bowl defensive tackle Leonard Williams to the Seattle Seahawks, according to multiple reports.  The Giants will be receiving a 2024 second-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick from the Seahawks for […]

The White House on Monday compared the Israeli-targeted storming of a Dagestan, Russia airport over the weekend to the anti-Jewish pogroms perpetrated throughout Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby made the comparison during the White House press briefing after press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre […]

A majority of New Jersey voters have an unfavorable view of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., according to a recent poll, and more than half want him to resign from his post. Menendez and his wife, Nadine, were recently charged by the Justice Department in a bribery scheme for which he […]

An Alaska state agency faces a new backlog in processing applications for people seeking food stamp benefits, more than a year after it first fell behind in recertifying applicants. The current backlog of new and returning applications totals about 6,000, the Anchorage Daily News reported. It was created after resources […]

A retired longtime North Dakota lawmaker has been arrested and charged with traveling to Prague with the intent to rape a minor, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. Ex-Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg was also charged with one count of receiving and attempting to receive images depicting child sexual […]

Ontario-based Canadian Solar Inc. will build an $800 million solar panel factory in southeastern Indiana that will employ about 1,200 workers once production is fully ramped up, the company said Monday. Canadian Solar said it will build the new photovoltaic cell factory at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, […]

Israel activist and journalist Emily Austin says online death and rape threats forced her to invest in a bodyguard in New York City as tensions escalate over the tumult in the Middle East. “I’d be lying to you if I told you I didn’t get a bodyguard for the next, […]

While the House and Senate are headed for a showdown over combining Ukraine and Israel aid in one supplemental package, Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is doubling down on his support for Ukraine. “This is a moment for swift and decisive action to prevent further loss of life,” McConnell […]

Everything is back to normal on Capitol Hill. The House is functioning again after more than three weeks. It finally elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. And that means lawmakers are back to doing what they do best: attacking one another and debating whether to expel or sanction fellow colleagues. […]