Ohio Attorney General Sues Norfolk Southern over Toxic Derailment
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Tuesday he has filed a federal lawsuit against rail owner Norfolk Southern over last month’s train derailment in East Palestine that sparked a fire and a miles-wide toxic chemical spill. Yost outlined a 58-count complaint, asserting that Norfolk Southern had violated numerous state, federal and Ohio common laws, including violation […]
Santos Files 2024 Reelection Paperwork
Embattled freshman Rep. George Santos (R-NY) filed paperwork with the Federal Election Committee Tuesday declaring his intention to run for reelection in 2024. Santos’ filing comes even as the FEC is currently weighing numerous complaints over his campaign spending and his financial disclosure filings. Questions include how he generated enough personal wealth to lend his campaign […]
Judge Rules DOJ Can Seize Money from Charlottesville Killer
A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that the Department of Justice can seize money that recently flowed into the prison inmate account of James Alex Fields, Jr. Fields is the Ohio man who rammed his car into a group of anti-racism demonstrators who were counterprotesting white supremacists at the “Unite the Right” rally in […]
Russian Jet & U.S. Drone Collide over Black Sea
National Security spokesperson John Kirby confirmed Tuesday that a Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. Air Force drone over the Black Sea. Kirby said it is “not uncommon for there to be intercepts by Russian aircraft of U.S. aircraft over the Black Sea.” He added, “But this one obviously is noteworthy because of how unsafe […]
Texas Judge to Hear Lawsuit over Nationwide Abortion Pill Ban
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas has set a hearing for Wednesday in a lawsuit over a nationwide ban of medication abortion. Kacsmaryk will consider whether to temporarily halt sales of the drug mifepristone—even in states where abortion remains legal—while the lawsuit proceeds. The Texas lawsuit seeks to revoke the Food and Drug […]
NYC Bike Path Killer Spared the Death Penalty
A deadlocked jury spared the death penalty from the man convicted of killing eight people in an attack on a New York City bike path in 2017. The federal jury found Sayfullo Saipov guilty of using a rented truck to run down and kill people on the Manhattan bike path on Halloween night 2017, after […]
DOJ & SEC to Investigate Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The separate investigations are in their preliminary phases and may not lead to charges or allegations of wrongdoing. According to the Journal, prosecutors and regulators often open investigations after financial […]
Biden Says Carter Asked Him to Deliver Eulogy
President Biden on Monday revealed that former President Carter, who is in hospice care, asked him to deliver his funeral eulogy. The Carter Center on February 18 confirmed that the 98-year-old had checked into hospice at his Plains, Georgia home. Biden told donors at a Rancho Santa Fe, California fundraiser Monday evening that he’d recently […]
EPA Proposes Limit on “Forever Chemicals” from Drinking Water
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting so-called “forever chemicals” in U.S. drinking water to the lowest level that testing can detect. In a statement, the Biden Administration announced “the first-ever national drinking water standard for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS),” also known as “forever chemicals.” These are chemicals that have been used since the […]
China to Reopen to Tourists, Resume Issuing Visas
The nation of China is set to reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday following a three-year halt amid the Covid-19 pandemic. China is among the last major countries to reopen to foreign tourists. The announcement Tuesday came after China declared a “decisive victory” over the virus with more than 200 […]
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