Day: March 13, 2024

Republicans to spearhead oversight hearing on growing Chinese threat to US agriculture

2:00 pm March 13, 2024

FIRST ON FOX: A top House panel is planning an oversight hearing to examine the threat China poses to the U.S. agriculture industry as part of broader efforts to curb foreign influence in the key strategic sector. The hearing — titled “The Danger China Poses to American Agriculture” — will be hosted by the House […]

California lot built on top of sacred tribal land returns to Ohlone people

1:58 pm March 13, 2024

A San Francisco Bay Area parking lot that sits on top of a sacred tribal shell mound dating back 5,700 years has been returned to the Ohlone people by the Berkeley City Council after a settlement with developers who own the land. Berkeley’s City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an ordinance giving the title […]

USL Super League team CEO sets eye on scaling youth-to-pro pathway in women’s sports

1:42 pm March 13, 2024

The United Soccer League Super League (USLS) is set to launch its 2024-25 inaugural season in August, with teams represented in eight cities across the United States. Those teams will have a home base in Brooklyn, Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lexington, Kentucky, Spokane, Washington, Tampa, Florida, and Washington, D.C. Fort Lauderdale’s newest professional […]

3 monks killed in South African monastery attack, Coptic Orthodox Church says

1:13 pm March 13, 2024

Three monks belonging to Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church were killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa on Tuesday, the church said. They were killed at the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the Confessor Monastery. The Coptic Orthodox Church, which is based in Egypt, named the monks as Monk Hegumen Takla […]

Amish auctions are back in Pennsylvania tradition that supports local fire departments

1:13 pm March 13, 2024

A couple hundred used buggies — horses not included — were lined up and ready for the auctioneer’s gavel last weekend when day began at the Gordonville mud sale, a local Amish tradition dating to the 1960s. Mud sales are country auctions that benefit volunteer fire departments across what the Amish community refers to as […]