Day: February 16, 2024

GOP senators urge Biden admin to ‘immediately’ end ‘racist’ policy in CHIPS grant approval: ‘Anti-American’

9:00 am February 16, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Republican senators are urging the Biden administration to immediately reverse what they call a “racist” and “anti-American” policy for distributing CHIPS Act grants before it violates the law. The top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, Ranking Member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and members Sens. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo, penned a letter […]

NYC migrants consume drugs, alcohol in public as ‘crime wave’ plagues tourist hot spot

9:00 am February 16, 2024

Adult men from overseas in designer clothes, smoking marijuana and passing flasks as they congregate outside New York City’s crowded migrant shelters are among hundreds of thousands of new arrivals who crossed into the U.S. from the southern border and have made their way deeper into the country. Only a small portion of them are […]

North Atlantic right whale found dead off Georgia coast marks second recent death of endangered species

8:05 am February 16, 2024

The carcass of a critically endangered whale species was towed to shore on Thursday after it was found floating approximately 20 miles off the coast of Georgia, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The North Atlantic right whale was found off Tybee Island – east of Savannah – and was identified as a […]

Florida sheriff’s office releases bodycam footage showing man shot dead by deputies charging them with knife

5:49 am February 16, 2024

A Florida sheriff’s office released bodycam footage on Thursday showing a man – who was shot and killed by law enforcement last week – charging at deputies with a knife in hand. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to 4717 Davisson Avenue on Feb. 6 after a man called 911 initially to report […]

Tennessee deputy’s patrol car recovered from river with 2 bodies inside: police

4:20 am February 16, 2024

The body of a Tennessee deputy, who disappeared after making an arrest, has been recovered after his patrol car was found underwater. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) in Tennessee confirmed in a Facebook post that the body of 35-year-old Deputy Robert “R.J.” Leonard had been found on Thursday evening. “His remains are currently being […]