The Civil War was fought because the Southern states wanted to preserve the institution of slavery and their governments feared that the federal government, under Abraham Lincoln, would end slavery.
Mortgage rates fell for the ninth week in a row amid signs that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates next year. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate fell to 6.61 percent as of Dec. 28, down from 6.67 percent the previous week, according to new data released Thursday by Freddie Mac. Mortgage rates dipped...
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UW-La Crosse) Chancellor Joe Gow was allegedly fired for producing and appearing in pornographic videos with his wife after the school discovered the content. Gow told The Associated Press (AP) his free speech rights were getting violated after videos with his wife, former UW-La Crosse professor Carmen Wilson, surfaced and...
Detained American Paul Whelan said he is "extremely concerned" he could be left behind in Russia again as the Biden administration tries to make a deal with Moscow for the release of U.S. prisoners. Whelan, who has been held in Russia since 2018, told WTOP over the Christmas holidays that Moscow is "adamant" on "one-for-one...
A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday approved the state's Republican-drawn congressional maps that both add a majority-Black district and deal a major win to the state's GOP as it looks to keep its majority. U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones issued a 15-page order Thursday that accepted the newly drawn maps, stating the Georgia...
Former President Trump’s campaign attacked President Biden over his handling of the border in an ad released Thursday, arguing the Biden administration’s policies have allowed terrorists and fentanyl to enter the United States. The new 30-second spot, entitled “Burning Down,” cites an ABC News article saying U.S. officials warned members from the militant group Hamas could potentially try...
The AMC movie theater chain has apologized to North Carolina civil rights leader Rev. William Barber II after he was not allowed to use his own chair at a screening of “The Color Purple.” Barber, the former chair of the North Carolina NAACP, suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, a type of arthritis that requires him to...
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Thursday became the latest public official to claim publicly that his house had been “swatted” while he was at dinner with his wife. These incidents, often targeted at politicians, refer to the large-scale response by law enforcement to false calls of an emergency at someone’s home. “Last night, while at...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is "clearly not ready for primetime," the PAC backing former President Trump said Thursday, after she failed to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War. "Nikki Haley is struggling. Haley was unable to say that the Civil War was about slavery and thinks Dubuque is in New Hampshire," the MAGA PAC...