Day: October 31, 2023

Section of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway closed after visitors interacted with bears

11:59 pm October 31, 2023

An eight-mile section of the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina is closed after visitors were caught “feeding and attempting to hold a young bear,” the National Park Service said in a news release. The park service said that the decision to shut down the stretch of the national park during peak leaf peeping […]

Hate crime crackdowns make headway in Pennsylvania Legislature

11:49 pm October 31, 2023

Three bills seeking to expand and strengthen Pennsylvania’s anti-hate crime statutes were passed Tuesday by the state House of Representatives. All members of the chamber’s Democratic majority supported the proposals along with a handful of Republicans, voting amid national concerns about a spike in hate crimes during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Hate […]

Mayorkas confirms over 600,000 illegal immigrants evaded law enforcement at southern border last fiscal year

11:29 pm October 31, 2023

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday confirmed to Senate lawmakers that there had been more than 600,000 “gotaways” at the southern border in fiscal year 2023. Mayorkas was asked by Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing how many gotaways Customs and Border Protection recorded in fiscal 2023. The term […]

WATCH: FBI director goes silent when asked if country ‘safer’ under Biden

11:13 pm October 31, 2023

FBI Director Christopher Wray went silent Tuesday when questioned over whether the country was safer since President Biden took office. “Is the United States safer from foreign terror threats today? Are we safer than when Joe Biden took office — from the day he took office?” Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., asked Wray during a Senate […]

Rangers hero Adolis García out of World Series Game 4 lineup due to injury

10:57 pm October 31, 2023

The Texas Rangers will head into Game 4 of the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks without their Game 1 hero, Adolis García, on Tuesday night. Garcia is dealing with a “moderate oblique strain,” according to manager Bruce Bochy, which Garcia tweaked in the Rangers’ Game 3 victory on Monday night. Because of that, García wasn’t in the […]

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