Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday a sweeping universal school-choice bill, the latest red state to enact legislation allowing state education dollars to follow the child in what he described as the largest expansion of education choice in U.S. history.
A vow by Arizona's governor not to proceed with any executions amid lingering questions about the rights of death row prisoners appears to have paused a scheduled execution next week, even though it hasn't officially been called off.
Madonna is adding a Tennessee tour stop to raise money for trans-rights organizations in the wake of the state passing historic anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. The queen of pop's The Celebration Tour now includes a Nashville show and seven other bonus dates. Earlier this month Tennessee became the first state to pass a law explicitly targeting drag...
Authorities said that a suspect is in custody after a member of Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-K,y.) congressional staff was the target of an attack in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. In a news release, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that an arrest has been made in relation to an incident that happen in the...
New York will pay $5.5 million to a man falsely accused of raping author Alice Sebold when she was a student at Syracuse University, according to his lawyers. Anthony Broadwater's conviction for raping Sebold in 1981 was overturned in 2021, after he had spent 16 years imprisoned before being released in 1991. The Associated Press...
The possibility of a ban on the social media platform TikTok is raising red flags among some Democrats, who worry it could turn off Generation Z voters ahead of the 2024 election. The voting bloc played a decisive role in Democrats’ better-than-expected performance in last year’s election, but some in the party say that a...
California state assemblymembers voted on Monday to advance Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) landmark legislation that seeks to penalize oil companies for “price gouging” at the pump. The SBX1-2 bill, sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D), passed 52-19 in the State Assembly after receiving the approval of the State Senate in an “extraordinary session” to...