Day: February 15, 2024

2 House members from Florida missed Mayorkas’ impeachment vote over massive Palm Beach flight delays

2:57 pm February 15, 2024

Two U.S. House members from Florida missed the vote Tuesday that secured Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment due to massive flight delays. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., said he would vote to impeach Mayorkas, while Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., fully expected to vote against impeaching the Biden Cabinet official, yet both members of Congress failed […]

DeSantis’ retail theft bill includes up to 30 years jail time for armed criminals

2:12 pm February 15, 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced new legislation aimed at cracking down hard on retail theft so that crime waves seen in liberal states do not come to the Sunshine State. In 2022, retailers across the country lost $112 billion to retail theft, with sharp increases in major cities like New York, Los Angeles and […]

After LGBTQ lecture, Alabama Senate votes for more oversight of Department of Archives and History

2:08 pm February 15, 2024

The Alabama Senate voted Wednesday to put a politically appointed board in control of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, a change proposed after some lawmakers were upset about the department hosting a lecture on LGBTQ+ history. State senators also approved legislation that would allow local government officials to dismiss library board members they […]

Family of 4, including twin boys, found dead in California murder-suicide

2:08 pm February 15, 2024

A family of four was found dead inside their suburban California home on Monday in what investigators are calling a murder-suicide. The father, a former Meta engineer named Anand Sujith Henry, 37, fatally shot his wife Alice Benzinger, 38, in a bathtub and also killed his twin 4-year-old boys who were found dead in a […]

Mexican migrant trafficking: Woman charged after reportedly forcing migrants into working to pay off debt

2:01 pm February 15, 2024

An Illinois woman has been arrested for the reported human trafficking of Mexican migrants she helped bring into the country and then forced them to pay off their “debt” by working for her at her home – and threatened to kill their relatives if they did not comply. Gladys Ibanez Olea, 34, has been charged […]