US military 'out of time' in push against China modernization, officials warn

Senior Air Force officials told U.S. lawmakers that they are "out of time" in modernizing their forces to meet the threats of China and other adversaries. Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and top-ranking military leaders from the Air Force and Space Force shared their chilling warning to …...Read More

School district responds to rumors of kids identifying as 'furries' after student protest

Utah's Nebo School District is pushing back on allegations from students about "furries" – people who identify as animals – in their middle school, with some rumors of animal-like "licking" and "biting." About 75 parents and students at Mt. Nebo Middle School protested furries Wednesday, chanting during a walkout, "We …...Read More

Cavinder twins announce surprise return to Miami after saying they'd give up their final year of eligibility

One year ago, Haley Cavinder said she and twin sister Hanna would forgo their final seasons of NCAA eligibility. Six months later, Haley announced she was transferring to TCU for the 2024-25 season. Hanna sat out last season and announced Wednesday she would return to the University of Miami to …...Read More

Biden's false cannibal story described as a simple ‘misstatement’ and ‘off on the details’ by the media

Some media outlets reported on President Biden telling an odd cannibal story twice on Wednesday as a "misstatement" rather than an outright lie, which critics say is different from how Trump is normally treated. While in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Biden shared a story about his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan …...Read More

Missouri AG slams Kansas City mayor for welcoming Mayorkas' illegal immigrant parole program

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is calling out Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas after he announced that illegal immigrants would be welcome to come to the city and work under Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ illegal immigrant parole program. Bailey highlighted how the open border policies have real-world consequences in …...Read More

Missouri lawmakers vote to expand tax credit-backed private school scholarships

Missouri lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to expand private school scholarships statewide, an effort made possible by extensive compromises including a commitment to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on public schools. The GOP-led House voted with a bare-minimum margin of 82-69 to send the measure to Republican …...Read More

Zimbabwe grants clemency to over 4,000 prisoners

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an independence day amnesty on Thursday. Zimbabwe marked 44 years of independence from white minority rule, which ended in 1980 after a bloody bush war. The country’s name was changed from …...Read More

Arizona Coyotes fans chant 3 words to express their feelings about the team's move to Salt Lake City

Arizona Coyotes fans made known their feelings about the team's move to Utah. Wednesday night marked the Coyotes' final game in Arizona before they head roughly 600 miles north to Salt Lake City. It's been a tumultuous existence ever since the Coyotes landed in Arizona in the late 1990s after …...Read More

Mike Johnson: The wartime Speaker battling on multiple fronts

"I regard myself as a wartime Speaker," declared House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Only, we’re not sure if Johnson was referring to the internecine war among Republicans over whether he should keep his job. Many members wear pocket squares with their suits. But not Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. He walks …...Read More

Rural Texas towns report cyberattacks that caused one water system to overflow

A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of foreign cyberattacks. The attack was one of three on small towns in the rural Texas …...Read More