Day: February 21, 2024

Maine’s Democrat governor wants to tackle gun control and mental health in wake of mass shooting

11:51 pm February 21, 2024

Maine’s governor rolled out legislation on Wednesday she said will prevent dangerous people from possessing weapons and strengthen mental health services to help prevent future tragedies like the Lewiston mass shooting that shook the state. Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, called for the changes in January in a speech that came three months after an […]

Democrat Illinois governor proposes $53B budget including funding for migrants

11:50 pm February 21, 2024

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pitched a $52.7 billion state spending plan Wednesday with more money to address the migrant crisis, education and quantum computing, while proposing tax increases that will mostly target business, including a major sports betting tax hike. The second-term Democrat characterized the proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1, […]

Garth Brooks offers Travis Kelce plane ride to bar opening after player’s ‘Friends in Low Places’ performance

11:49 pm February 21, 2024

Travis Kelce has friends in high places — namely Garth Brooks, who offered to fly the Kansas City Chiefs tight end to his Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk grand opening in Nashville next month. Brooks was inspired to fly the Super Bowl champ to the March 7 opening after hearing Kelce’s viral […]

Japan-based US Navy chief charged with espionage

11:10 pm February 21, 2024

A U.S. Navy sailor stationed in Japan is charged with espionage and communicating defense information to a foreign citizen. Chief Petty Officer Fire Controlman Bryce Pedicini, assigned to the Japan-based guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins, is accused of smuggling classified information and giving the information to an employee of a foreign government between November 2022 and […]

Federal appeals court kills Obama-era moratorium on coal leasing

10:45 pm February 21, 2024

A federal appeals panel vacated a lower court ruling on Wednesday, effectively killing an Obama-era action that placed a moratorium on new federal coal leasing. In a short six-page ruling, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit tossed an August 2022 decision from Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. […]

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