The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) granted a request from the state of North Carolina that will extend its deadline to apply for federal hurricane relief into January. FEMA announced that local governments, houses of worship and nonprofit organizations in 39 of North Carolina’s counties have until Jan. 7, 2025, to submit requests for assistance...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is failing to serve the urgent needs of U.S. veterans due to chronic understaffing, long waits for health care, a six-figure backlog of benefit claims, and an over-reliance on medication instead of more innovative treatments.
A new Harris-Walz campaign ad voiced by actor Julia Roberts encourages women to vote for Vice President Harris in the presidential election, even if their husbands are backing former President Trump. The Roberts ad also alludes to abortion rights, which is seen as a pivotal issue in a race that has seen Trump with big...
Children whose parents keep them off sugar during their first two years of life have lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure for the rest of their lives, a new study has found. That protection remains even if the children begin eating more sugar after age 2, according to findings published on Thursday in Science....
The Ethiopian government's drone strikes on civilians in the Amhara region, likely funded in part by the IMF and World Bank, have resulted in the deaths of over 200 civilians and have caused economic harm, leading to Chinese investors leaving the country.
Republicans on the House Education Committee on Thursday released their report regarding antisemitism on college campuses after a nearly yearlong investigation that played a part in at least two university presidents resigning from their roles. The probe collected more than 400,000 documents from 11 schools across the country in the wake of Hamas's Oct....
Former President Trump and Vice President Harris are separated by only 1 point in the battleground states of Georgia and North Carolina, according to polling released Thursday. The surveys from CNN, which were conducted by SSRS, found that Trump leads Harris by 1 point — with 48 percent support to her 47 percent — among...
Ex-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise the Trump campaign’s alternate electors strategy in 2020, has been suspended from practicing law in New York following his conviction for a "serious crime." A panel of judges on the Appellate Division — New York’s midlevel appeals court — ruled Thursday that Chesebro is barred from practicing law in the...
Florida Sens. Marco Rubio (R) and Rick Scott (R) are questioning why the Biden administration hasn’t done more to leverage domestic IV fluid manufacturing in the wake of shortages caused by Hurricane Helene. Hospitals were left scrambling after the storm flooded a Baxter manufacturing plant in Marion, N.C. The plant makes about 60 percent...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office has filed a lawsuit against an El Paso doctor for allegedly providing sex-change hormones to children in violation of a state law.