Congressional leaders have reached a short-term spending deal to keep the government open until March, as reported by MSNBC. This agreement, which has also been mentioned by Fox News as a deal to punt government shutdown deadlines, comes amidst a backdrop of partisan divisions in Washington. The Grand Forks Herald raises the question of whether…
The NFL has postponed the Buffalo Bills’ wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday due to a potentially dangerous winter storm forecast in the Buffalo region. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, with up to 2 feet of snow projected to fall…
On January 13, 2024, DJ Bien-Aime from ESPN reported on the AFC wild-card playoff matchup between the Houston Texans and the Cleveland Browns. In this game, the Texans’ offense, led by quarterback C.J. Stroud, showed significant improvement compared to their previous meeting with the Browns, resulting in a 38-14 victory for the Texans. During the…
Escambia County Schools in Florida have removed over 1,600 books, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and popular titles like Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, in order to comply with a state law banning discussion of gender and sexual orientation in grade schools. The move comes…
A father-son duo from Maryland has been sentenced for their involvement in a dark web drug trafficking and Bitcoin money laundering scheme. Joseph Farace, 72, was sentenced to 19 months in federal prison, while his son, Ryan Farace, 38, was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison. Ryan Farace, a previously convicted felon, was involved…
The monumental task of moving the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s iconic orange external fuel tank, ET-94, to its final resting place at the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Exposition Park, was successfully completed after a complex and challenging two-day operation. The 65,000-pound fuel tank, which was used on over two dozen missions to…
A coalition of 12 U.S. attorneys general, led by Colorado’s Phil Weiser, is urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reclassify cannabis. In a letter to the DEA, the attorneys general expressed their support for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the…
