Day: March 21, 2024

Carlee Russell pleads guilty to fake kidnapping report charges in Alabama

10:09 pm March 21, 2024

An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of giving false information to law enforcement. News outlets reported that Carlee Russell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident. She was […]

Energy agency announces $475M in funding for clean energy projects on mine land sites

10:04 pm March 21, 2024

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Biden administration pumped more money into clean energy projects Thursday, announcing up to $475 million in federal funding for projects in five states — including the political battleground states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada. The projects will accelerate clean energy development on current and former mine lands, the U.S. Department […]

Chicago Mayor Johnson suggests Trump voters to blame for failure of city’s tax hike referendum

10:00 pm March 21, 2024

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared to blame Trump voters in his reaction to a failed referendum he supported. On Tuesday, Chicago residents struck down the “Bring Chicago Home” referendum that promised $100 million in new tax revenue to combat the homeless crisis in the city by hiking the tax on heftier real estate purchases. […]

Algeria sets election for September. The military-backed president is expected to seek a 2nd term

9:57 pm March 21, 2024

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria will hold its next election on Sept. 7, giving first-term President Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign should he decide to seek a second term leading the oil-rich north African nation. Tebboune’s office announced the date in a statement Thursday after meeting with a group that included high-ranking […]

American college students on spring break trip confronted with ‘rifles in their faces,’ given three options

9:56 pm March 21, 2024

Three college students’ long-awaited spring break in Cancún, Mexico turned into a nightmare when they were confronted at their beachfront hotel and robbed at gunpoint. A father of one of the Florida State University students, who asked not to be identified, told Fox News Digital that his 20-year-old daughter’s spring break vacation at the Ocean […]