Day: January 16, 2024

Health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Dulles, Ronald Reagan airports

5:55 pm January 16, 2024

Health officials in the nation’s capital are warning thousands of a possible measles exposure Tuesday after a person with a “confirmed case” traveled through two of the busiest airports in the region while returning home from an international trip. DC Health says the potential exposure occurred in the international arrivals area of the main terminal […]

DHS threatens Texas with legal action over seizure of park along Rio Grande: ‘Cease and desist’

5:13 pm January 16, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security is threatening Texas with legal action if it doesn’t end its seizure of a park along the Rio Grande River – claiming the move is unconstitutional and impedes Border Patrol operations along the border. “Texas’s actions are clearly unconstitutional and are actively disrupting the federal government’s operations. We demand that […]

Supreme Court declines Indiana school’s appeal on transgender bathroom order

5:12 pm January 16, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an Indiana public school district’s request to defend a policy that restricted bathroom access by sex. The justices declined to hear an appeal by the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville after a lower court ruled that a middle school’s policy barring transgender students from using facilities like bathrooms […]

Temple University employee stabbed in ‘unprovoked incident’ in Philadelphia

5:04 pm January 16, 2024

A Temple University employee was stabbed at an intersection in Philadelphia on Tuesday morning in what school officials are describing as an “unprovoked incident” carried out by a person who “appeared to be in mental distress.” Temple police responded around 7:15 a.m. to reports of an assault in the 1000 block of Montgomery Avenue and […]

Gavin Newsom solicits donations for DNC after Trump’s Iowa landslide victory: ‘Terrifying’

5:02 pm January 16, 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom solicited donations for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) following former President Trump’s landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, calling the prospects of him returning to power “terrifying.” “A short while ago, Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucus,” Newsom wrote in a campaign email. “He is now one step closer to becoming the Republican […]