Cybercriminals forced the East Coast Colonial Pipeline to go offline Friday, impacting 2.25 million barrels of the coast's supply of diesel, petrol, and jet fuel. The breach is considered the most significant energy breach in history. This cyber-attack impacted about 45 percent of the entire East Coast's fuel and reinforced... Read More »
Government shuts down Medicare fraud scam that spanned nearly a decade and covered multiple locations across the Lone Star State. Rodney Mesquias, 48, of San Antonio, Texas, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a hospice fraud scheme that amounted to over $150 million. The... Read More »
The investigation into the Idaho school shooting at Rigby Middle School is ongoing as authorities continue searching for a motive behind a sixth grader’s shooting rampage. On Thursday at around 9:15 am, authorities were called to the middle school after teachers and students heard gunshots ring out on the school... Read More »
Five white farmers from the Midwest filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for alleged discrimination since they were excluded from a Federal Covid stimulus package forgiveness program. The farmers are from Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Ohio, and all have direct loans with the Farm Service Agency or USDA-backed... Read More »
Last week, a California federal appeals court deviated from the norm in its ruling in a case involving Snapchat and the parents of three individuals who died after using the app's popular “speed filter.” On the evening of May 28, 2017, 17-year-old Jason Davis was behind the wheel of a... Read More »
In a controversial action, the Tennessee legislature passed a law to ban “critical race theory” from being taught in all state public schools. The new concept is being taught to students of all ages and races by educators to support all races within schools to be given an equal education.... Read More »
A 70-year-old law has prevented a West Point cadet from seeking justice for her rape by a fellow cadet. Jane Doe was denied certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court because members of the military cannot sue for injuries “incident to military service.” The Court did not explain why rape falls... Read More »
President Biden says that he is raising the cap of immigrants allowed into the country this fiscal year to 62,500 from the record low 15,000 set by President Trump, “which did not reflect America’s values as a nation that welcomes and supports refugees.” However, he adds that unfortunately, the United... Read More »
Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down the Center for Disease Control's eviction moratorium on Wednesday. The case was brought in front of the court by the Alabama Association of Realtors where they argued that the CDC overstepped its authority in telling... Read More »
Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the company’s decision to suspend then-President Donald J. Trump from the platform after his involvement in supporters storming the capitol on January 6, 2021. While the Board agreed with Facebook’s initial response, the Board criticized the company for “not following a clear published procedure” when indefinitely... Read More »
Every 10 years, the United States has a census. The census determines how many seats each state gets in the Electoral College and Congress. In Congress, the 435 members of the House of Representatives are determined by the population of each state, and the Senate has 100 members, which is... Read More »
In a rare showing of bipartisan support, the U.S. Senate passed a $35 billion bill that will reauthorize or create a variety of programs to deliver safe drinking water and address antiquated infrastructure and outdated waste management systems throughout the states. The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021,... Read More »
Josh Duggar, the oldest child from the reality show 19 Kids and Counting, has been charged with possession of and receiving child pornography. He was booked at the Washington County Jail in Arkansas. According to ABC News, “Duggar is accused of downloading child sexual abuse material, some of which depicts... Read More »
President Biden visited a Philadelphia Amtrak station over the weekend in his most recent push to promote his administration’s infrastructure plan. Within the American Jobs Plan, President Biden is proposing $621 billion of the total $2 trillion to go toward transportation and infrastructure to focus on electric vehicle sales, rail... Read More »
Texas law requires drivers to stop at the scene, render aid and exchange information, but a growing number of negligent drivers flee the scene. Across the nation, hit-and-run fatalities increased an average of 7.2 percent each year since 2009, according to a report by the AAA Foundation. There has been... Read More »
