Rep. Jim Clyburn, the Democratic congressman from South Carolina and a crucial figure in President Joe Biden’s 2020 primary victory, is campaigning to prevent a decline in support for Biden among young Black voters. While Clyburn played a pivotal role in securing Biden’s nomination in 2020, recent polling shows a dip in support among young…
Aimeen Penny, a 20-year-old member of the pro-Nazi group White Lives Matter, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for firebombing an Ohio church that had planned to host two drag events. Penny was arrested last year for throwing Molotov cocktails at the Community Church of Chesterland in Chersterland, Ohio, on March 25,…
The Illinois State Board of Elections voted unanimously on Tuesday to keep former President Donald Trump on the ballot for the state’s March 19 primary election, rejecting a challenge that sought to disqualify him based on his actions on January 6. The challenge, brought by five voters earlier this month, argued that Trump should be…
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced on Tuesday that his wife, Gayle Manchin, was involved in a car accident in Alabama and is currently hospitalized. The accident occurred on Monday while Gayle Manchin, the federal co-chair for the Appalachian Regional Commission, and her colleague, Guy Land, were traveling from the airport to a hotel…
A Philadelphia jury awarded a $2.25 billion verdict to a Pennsylvania man, John McKivison, who claimed that his cancer was caused by Bayer’s Roundup weed killer. McKivison, 49, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after using Roundup on his property for 20 years. He sued Monsanto Company, which is owned by Bayer, in the Philadelphia Court…
The owner of Arcadia Donuts in California, Francois Ung, who had set up a donation box in his shop to collect funds for the victims of the mass shooting in Monterey Park last year, discovered that his car had been broken into, and $2,000 intended for the victims was stolen. The incident occurred when Ung…
The U.S. government is gearing up to negotiate prices for the ten most expensive prescription drugs covered by Medicare. This marks a significant step as the Biden administration aims to address the escalating costs of prescription medications for older adults. Medicare, which provides health insurance coverage to over 65 million people in the U.S., has…
Abdush K. Sharif, the son of Imam Hassan Sharif, who was fatally shot outside a Newark mosque, has been arrested on a gun violation charge, according to Essex County prosecutors. The 36-year-old was taken into custody on January 26 at a Newark residence and charged with violating firearms regulations. He is currently being held at…
Alex Formenton, a former NHL player, turned himself in to Canadian police in connection with a sexual assault accusation made in 2018. Formenton, 24, played for the NHL’s Ottawa Senators in 2017 and recently took an indefinite leave of absence from the Swiss Hockey Club Ambri-Piotta. His legal team confirmed that the charges are related…
American and Chinese officials engaged in “frank and honest discussions” during the first day of high-level talks in Beijing regarding the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., according to Jen Daskal, a deputy homeland security adviser leading the White House delegation. These discussions are part of a new counternarcotics working group and mark the first…