Children need more independent play, but police bust parents for not helicoptering
Children are more anxious than ever, and birth rates are lower than ever. Parents say raising children is too hard, and millennials and zoomers are opting out of the whole thing. There are a ton of reasons for this, but one big one is helicopter parenting. Parents feel they cannot leave their child unsupervised for […]
Bowser unveils 2025 budget plan with emphasis on cuts: ‘This is a critical time’
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser addressed City Council members on Wednesday afternoon after publishing the city’s fiscal 2025 budget, with budget cuts garnering strong reactions from council members. While balancing the budget, Bowser and her administration staff were dealing with a $4 billion deficit over the course of the next four years. In lieu of raising […]
Hundreds of overdose deaths later, Oregon recriminalizes drugs
Oregon in 2020 made the decision to decriminalize certain hard drugs. In a far-from-shocking development, an increase of hundreds in overdose deaths followed, and now the state is reversing course. In 2020, 58% of Oregon voters supported decriminalizing possession of personal amounts of drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine, making the punishment for possession a […]
Benny Gantz calls for early Israeli elections
Israeli Minister Benny Gantz called for the country to hold elections in September during a press conference on Wednesday evening. This is the first time Gantz has called for new elections since joining the war cabinet following the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that prompted the Israel-Hamas war. Moving elections up to September this year would […]
Ex-ESPN anchor says ‘every single question’ of her Biden interview was scripted
Ex-ESPN anchor Sage Steele revealed that an interview she conducted with President Joe Biden had been scripted “to the word” and that she was told not to deviate from her script at all during the segment. The interview in question happened on March 31, 2021, approximately two months after the president began his term in […]
Wisconsin voters approve bans on private funding for elections
Wisconsin voters approved a pair of Republican-led constitutional amendments on Tuesday that will change how elections are conducted in one of the country’s most politically competitive states. One measure will bar state and local governments from using private funds to conduct elections, while the other mandates that only election officials can carry out election-related tasks. Voters […]
Survivalists warn about H5N1 ‘bird flu’ spread: ‘Threat is real’
Countering a toned-down alert from the Centers for Disease Control over a new “bird flu” case, survivalists who have long seen the H5N1 virus as more threatening than COVID-19 this week stepped up their warnings about it. “This is a real threat,” a national prepper and survivalist organization warned on its app. “This is a […]
Trump’s swing-state advantage tightens in Wisconsin and Georgia: Poll
Former President Donald Trump still holds leads over President Joe Biden in most key swing states, but his margins in two of those states have tightened. A new Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday night shows Trump leading Biden 44%-43% in Georgia, and the two men are tied at 46% in Wisconsin, in a head-to-head […]
Various factors driving up car insurance premiums in Washington state
(The Center Square) – On the heels of a double-digit increase last year, Washington state drivers can expect to pay even more for auto insurance this year. A report by personal finance website Value Penguin estimates Evergreen State motorists will see the second biggest increase in premiums in the nation this year, at 18%. “There are a […]
Lawsuits likely to follow from Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
After the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, people were in shock. However, as people have come to terms with the reality and processed what occurred, they now have some questions, such as why the Biden administration has promised that the federal government will pay for the bridge cleanup and rebuild when there […]