Oklahoma removes 450,000 from voter rolls as part of election integrity efforts

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) announced Wednesday that the state has removed about 500,000 ineligible voters from its voter registration rolls. The state says 453,000 people have been removed from voter rolls since 2021, including 194,962 inactive voters, 143,682 who moved out of state, 97,065 deceased voters, 14,993 double-registered voters and 5,607 felons. “Only U.S. […]

Mass Migration Drives Up Rents, Welfare Rolls, Car Crashes

The arrival of thousands of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, led to an increase in welfare recipients, higher housing costs for local residents, and a surge in car accidents. A combination of the federal government's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' parole pipeline, and record levels of illegal […]

Chipotle rolls out robot machines to make guacamole in Calif.

Chipotle has moved its automated salad bowl makers and avocado-processing robots from its test kitchens to several of its California locations. The chain announced the launch on Monday and said feedback will determine whether to roll out the technology more broadly. Both restaurants are in California, where all fast-food chains are required to pay workers […]

McDonald’s rolls out self-serve cash kiosks that could make cashiers obsolete

McDonald's is introducing new digital kiosks that can accept cash and give change, a move that could pave the way for the fast-food giant to do away with human cashiers. The world's largest burger chain installed self-ordering screens in most of its locations in 2020 that accepted credit card payments, but those kiosks still required […]

Karolina Muchova rolls by Jasmine Paolini into US Open quarters

Karolina Muchova admitted to being nervous at the start of her fourth-round match at the U.S. Open on Monday. As it turned out, her worries were unfounded. Finally fully recovered from wrist surgery, the Czech player beat fifth seed Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-3 in just over an hour to reach the quarterfinals. It was an […]

Iga Swiatek shakes off challenging first set, rolls to US Open quarterfinals

First, Lyudmila Samsonova took on Iga Świątek. She held her opening serve four times in the first set, combining power and finesse to toy with the world number one player, with her most powerful serve reaching 117 mph. But Swiatek dominated from then on, and she lost just one more game with the match remaining. […]