Day: February 3, 2024

Arkansas parole board chair was fired from police department for lying about sex with minor

1:31 am February 3, 2024

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The man appointed to chair Arkansas‘ parole board by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was fired from a local police department several years ago after lying to investigators about having sex with a minor, documents released by the department show. Jamol Jones, who Sanders named the board’s chair last week, was […]

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear Gov. Evers’ suit against GOP Legislature for blocking ‘basic functions’

1:25 am February 3, 2024

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ lawsuit against the Republican-controlled Legislature arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions. The court’s liberal majority agreed to hear the case, with the three conservative justices dissenting. It set oral arguments for April 17. The court only agreed to immediately hear […]

Mayorkas refuses to call the border situation a ‘crisis:’ ‘Not focused on that label’

1:05 am February 3, 2024

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refused to admit Friday that the southern border is experiencing a crisis and trashed critics who say that under President Biden, the border is open. The government official blamed the problems at the border on an immigration system that has been broken for some time and defended the […]

Bills’ Stefon Diggs mum on future in Buffalo: ‘Ready to go no matter which way it goes’

12:58 am February 3, 2024

Buffalo Bills fans might soon get a sense of déjà vu this offseason — a feeling they probably already are experiencing after another disappointing playoff exit. The Bills got hot at the right time in the regular season, winning six of their final seven games before the playoffs, en route to an AFC East title. […]

What are the Iran-backed groups in the Middle East?

12:52 am February 3, 2024

Iran backs multiple terrorist groups in the Middle East, including Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Each group, which receives support from Iran through a number of methods, have increasingly become a threat to members of the U.S. armed forces, U.S. allies, commercial global shipping and the […]