Louisiana State

Louisiana’s Republican Governor Jeff Landry failed to notice a young girl fainting directly behind him as he signed a bill that forces public schools to hang the Ten Commandments in every classroom. A girl in a group of young students standing behind the governor appeared to collapse while Landry...

Louisiana gov fails to notice girl fainting behind him as he signs bill requiring Ten Commandments in schools

South Carolina State

The Independent

Three female GOP state senators who tried to protect abortion rights in South Carolina lost primary elections this month to men who ran on anti-abortion platforms.Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson were among a bipartisan group of five women state senators, dubbed the “sister senators,” who filibustered a near-total abortion ban in 2023.During the filibuster, each of the five women took turns describing the complexities of pregnancy and the reproductive system, the dangers of lack of access to contraception, and inadequate privacy laws, with all lawmakers speaking for as long as four hours each at a time. All five...

Three female Republicans who tried to protect abortion rights in South Carolina lose primaries to men

Texas State

Latin Times

With the migrant crisis at the forefront of this election cycle, at least 11 Republican-led states are trying to enact measures to curb immigration by empowering state and local police officers to arrest undocumented migrants, a New York Times article detailed. The most salient of them all has been passed...

11 Republican-led states have now pushed laws allowing local authorities to crack down on immigration

Maryland State

The Hill

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) blamed conditions at the border for a killing last year in his state, giving credence to Republican rhetoric linking immigration and crime — a position pilloried as fearmongering by most Democrats. In an interview with Fox News’s “Fox & Friends,” Moore pivoted to the border when asked about the August…

Maryland’s Democratic governor cites ‘border crisis’ as factor in Rachel Morin’s slaying

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Axios

The historic Hurricane Beryl has killed at least one person and is leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean as the-now Category 5 storm barrels toward Jamaica, officials say. The big picture: "In half an hour, Carriacou was flattened," Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said at a Monday evening...

Deadly Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean as it barrels toward Jamaica

Georgia State

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Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Republican primary voters have now booted all the “Sister Senators” from their party out of office.

Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate

Missouri State

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CJ Coombs

The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

New York City, NY

The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Norfolk, VA

Cheryl E Preston

Fifty percent of Norfolk church has high blood pressure. 3WTKR reports that Pastor Reverend Dr. Geoffrey Guns of Second Calvery Baptist Church in Norfolk made a startling discovery in March. He asked congregants who had high blood pressure to stand and half of the congregation rose to their feet.

Virginia pastor reveals half of his African American congregation has hypertension

Colorado State

Republican candidate Jeff Crank has won the GOP primary for retiring Rep. Doug Lamborn’s (R-Colo.) seat, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, dealing a blow to Donald Trump. Crank, an official at the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity who enjoyed the endorsements of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.),…

Trump-backed Colorado GOP chair loses House primary

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Three Trump-endorsed candidates also lost in Republican primaries. June 25 was one of the most jam-packed primary election days of the year: Democrats and Republicans in Colorado, New York, Utah and parts of South Carolina picked their party's nominees for this fall's elections. Two incumbent representatives — Jamaal Bowman and...

New York, Colorado and Utah primaries 2024: Bowman loses, Boebert wins

Chicago, IL

ShowPlace Icon in the South Loop shut down Sunday night. Why it matters: The theater, operated by Chicago-based Kerasotes Theaters, has served movie-goers on the near South Side since 2009. Its shuttering leaves only a handful of theaters left for the millions of people who live south of Roosevelt Road....

ShowPlace Icon abruptly closes in the South Loop

NBC News

Three Republican state senators in South Carolina who filibustered an abortion ban in the state have lost in their primary elections this month. Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson lost to three male candidates and were among a bipartisan group of five women state senators who filibustered a near-total abortion ban. They were nicknamed the "sister senators."

Three female GOP state senators who filibustered S.C. abortion ban lost their primaries

WashingtonExaminer

Former President Donald Trump won big this week after the Georgia Court of Appeals halted a sweeping racketeering indictment against him in a case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The ruling means it will be nearly impossible for the case to head to trial before the November presidential election. On Tuesday, the […]

Trump wins big in Georgia after RICO case stalled

Nebraska State

UPI News

Senate Democrats on Tuesday failed to restore the Trump administration's ban on bump stocks after the recent Supreme Court ruling which struck it down.

Nebraska Republican blocks Democrats' attempt to fast-track bump stocks ban

Denver, CO

David Heitz

The Finance and Governance Committee of the Denver City Council voted Tuesday to ask voters whether the U.S. citizenship requirement for police and firefighters should be dropped.

Committee OKs removing citizenship requirement for police, firefighters in Denver

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First Louisiana played catch-up, now it looks to lead conservative states

When Louisiana replaced Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in January with Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, state lawmakers rushed to catch up to a number of conservative...

First Louisiana played catch-up, now it looks to lead conservative states

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