Day: March 4, 2024

China-linked US pot farms spark raids, calls for stronger crackdowns

7:08 pm March 4, 2024

Law enforcement agencies from Maine to California say wealthy Chinese investors – and, many suspect, Communist party officials – are teaming up with Asian criminal organizations to take over the illicit marijuana trade in the U.S., generating enormous profits. Some of the money is traced back to China, but it is also plowed back into […]

Appeals court to allow Texas immigration law that criminalizes illegal migrant crossings

6:57 pm March 4, 2024

An appeals court on Saturday reversed a lower court’s decision to block Texas from enforcing a new state law that would make illegal immigration a state crime. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals went against U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra’s order to block Texas’ Senate Bill 4 but also put its own ruling on […]

Father of slain Christian college student urges forgiveness after dorm room killing

6:11 pm March 4, 2024

The father of a freshman athlete strangled to death last month in his dorm room at a Kentucky Christian university asked his son’s classmates to choose forgiveness because “it’s the center of what Jesus is.” Josiah Kilman, 18, was found dead in his dorm at Campbellsville University just before 1 a.m. on Feb. 24. He […]

Eagles’ Jason Kelce announces retirement from NFL

6:10 pm March 4, 2024

Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce announced his retirement from the NFL in an emotional news conference on Monday after 13 seasons in the league and one Super Bowl championship. Kelce, a seven-time Pro Bowler and six-time All-Pro nod, made the announcement after weeks of speculation over whether he would in fact hang up his cleats. […]

US citizens told to leave Haiti after jailbreak, state of emergency issued

6:04 pm March 4, 2024

American citizens in Haiti should depart as soon as possible and a travel alert has been issued for the Caribbean country, the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince said. The embassy is on limited operations Monday due to “gang-related violence and its effects on transportation and infrastructure,” according to a press release issued Sunday. “Do not travel to […]