Day: May 3, 2023

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan closes door on Senate run: ‘Didn’t have any interest’

8:30 am May 3, 2023

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said Tuesday he will not run for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2024 despite calls from within his party to enter the race. Hogan, who served two terms as governor before term limits forced him out in January, said he was asked to run by GOP lawmakers […]

Why Baltimore’s thousands of vacant buildings are a ‘crisis of epic proportions’

8:30 am May 3, 2023

Red reflective diamonds dot the exteriors of crumbling, burned and boarded up row homes in Charm City, marking them unsafe. The thousands of abandoned properties cost the city more than $100 million a year and endanger lives. “This is a crisis of really epic proportions that we have to address in our city,” Councilwoman Odette […]

Massachusetts man allegedly plants fake bomb at Harvard, tries to extort money after answering Craigslist ad

8:04 am May 3, 2023

A Massachusetts man planted a fake bomb on Harvard University’s campus in an attempt to extort a “large” amount of Bitcoin from the Ivy League school, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday. William A. Giordani, 55, was arrested on Tuesday, May 2 by FBI agents in Massachusetts and was charged with conspiracy, along with […]

Teachers sound alarm on growing problems in schools, say colleagues are ‘leaving in droves’

8:00 am May 3, 2023

On Teacher Appreciation Day, three teachers told “Fox & Friends” that the nation’s schools are facing growing problems with staff shortages, behavioral issues by students and moral dilemmas about politics in the classroom. “I think the biggest issue we’re having right now is there’s a national teacher shortage,” New York elementary school teacher Brook Ooten […]

I met with Zelenskyy in Ukraine and told him to shift strategy in these 4 ways

8:00 am May 3, 2023

I visited Kyiv last month to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a trip that required a day and a half of travel. Naturally, I got to know some of the U.S. security officers who were transporting my congressional colleagues and me. As we boarded a train for a 12-hour ride to Kyiv, knowing we […]