Day: June 8, 2023

RFK Jr. recounts border visit, offers Trump credit, says Dems reversal of policies reached ‘pettiness’

10:33 pm June 8, 2023

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. told Fox News on Thursday he believes President Trump deserves some credit for his immigration policy platform, while underlining he still soundly disagrees with the Republican on other aspects of it. Kennedy also said the pattern of President Biden and top Democrats reversing one Trump policy after another […]

2 inmates charged with killing their cellmate in West Virginia jail

10:07 pm June 8, 2023

West Virginia authorities have charged two men with killing a fellow inmate at Southern Regional Jail. Lucas Mathew Wagnar, 28, and Isaiah Marshall McBride, 27, have been charged with murder in the death of Douglas Alan Cunningham, 79, The Register-Herald reported, citing a criminal complaint filed in Raleigh County Magistrate Court. The men were cellmates […]

Alabama governor signs bill designating official state cookie, the creation of a talented 4th grader

10:06 pm June 8, 2023

Alabama has an official state cookie — thanks to the hard work and baking prowess of a 4th grader from Montgomery, Alabama. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed HB421 into law on Friday, June 2, officially designating the “Yellowhammer Cookie” as the state’s official state cookie. The Yellowhammer Cookie is a creation of Mary Claire […]

US suspends food aid to Ethiopia after investigation reveals ‘widespread’ supply theft

10:05 pm June 8, 2023

The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia, Africa’s second most-populous country, after an internal investigation found donated food intended for millions of hungry people there was being diverted on a “widespread” scale. While the agency’s statement did not say who was responsible for the theft, […]

Northern Arizona train derailment causes severe damage to 23 freight cars, new vehicles

10:03 pm June 8, 2023

Authorities are trying to determine the cause of a freight train derailment in northern Arizona that heavily damaged 23 cars and a load of new vehicles. Coconino County Emergency Management officials said the derailment occurred around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday east of Williams, which is 33 miles west of Flagstaff. They said the BNSF train cars […]