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Wisconsin teen charged in fellow teen’s fentanyl overdose death
A 15-year-old Wisconsin girl has been charged as an adult and is accused of selling another teen fentanyl that led to their overdose death. It’s the latest example of a growing trend of so-called “death by dealer cases.” Maylia Julieanna Paige Sotelo is facing up to 40 years in prison for first-degree reckless homicide. The… -
DeSantis visits Chicago and New York, expresses support for police
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has become one of the top choices to win the Republican nomination for president in 2024, in part due to his involvement in politics outside his home state. That trend continued Monday as DeSantis brought the message that he’s tough on crime to a gathering of law enforcement officers in New York.… -
Congressional delegation arrives in Taiwan to discuss chips, China
With tensions between the United States and China high, the latest congressional delegation to make the trip to Taiwan continued their visit Monday after arriving over the weekend. The delegation includes Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, and Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill. Rep. Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, said he was in… -
Dominion suit reveals Fox News hosts’ thoughts on ’20 fraud claims
More details came out from court filings revealed Thursday in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Some of the latest details surround what Fox News hosts thought about Sidney Powell, a lawyer who represented former President Donald Trump in legal challenges to the results of the 2020 presidential election. Powell’s claims that Dominion… -
FBI investigating inmate deaths at Harris County Jail in Houston
Dozens of inmate deaths have been reported at the Harris County Jail in Houston in recent years. Now, federal authorities are stepping in to investigate. The FBI announced the launch of a civil rights investigation Monday. The investigation is focusing on the deaths of Jaquaree Simmons, who died in February 2021, and Jacoby Pillow, who… -
EPA details hazardous chemicals released in Ohio train derailment
In a letter to the transportation company Norfolk Southern, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed the hazardous materials released in the Ohio train derailment earlier this month. The incident has sparked health concerns among those living in the area. One of the materials listed is vinyl chloride, which is a carcinogen. Short-term exposure to vinyl… -
San Francisco officials consider exceptions to sanctuary city status
San Francisco is well known for its status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants. But that may change as the city faces a two-fold crisis. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has requested a waiver to the sanctuary city designation so she can arrest two non-citizens suspected of violent crime. The two have fled… -
Clapper, Politico battle over Hunter Biden disinformation story
Politico and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper are at odds over a two-year-old report that dozens of intelligence officials believed the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. The article, published in October 2020, cited a letter signed by more than 50 former senior intelligence officials. “The arrival on the U.S. political scene… -
Jet used to take latest flying object down missed on first try
U.S. military officials told Fox News the Air Force F-16 Jet used to shoot down a flying object Sunday missed on its first attempt. Sunday marked the fourth time the U.S. shot down a flying object in just over a week. Sunday’s takedown happened over Lake Huron in Michigan. On Monday, Defense Secretary LLoyd Austin… -
US intel: Chinese spy balloon part of wider surveillance program
According to senior U.S. officials who spoke with The Washington Post, the Chinese spy balloon shot down over the weekend was part of a vast surveillance program ran by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Those officials say the program has been going for several years, partly out of the Hainan province off China’s south… -
British Columbia decriminalizes hard drugs amid overdose crisis
In British Columbia, people over 18 are now allowed to have up to 2.5 grams of certain hard drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine and morphine.The province is the first in Canada to decriminalize a number of hard drugs, and it’s doing so as part of a three-year experiment amid an overdose epidemic. British Columbia’s… -
‘Surprising’: Canadian official reacts to migrants leaving New York
A top official in the Canadian province of Québec spoke with reporters about recent reports of migrants who were bussed to New York City and are now making their way to Canada. New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed those reports Monday. Québec Immigration Minister Christine Fréchette described the development as “surprising.” She said it… -
Migrants leave New York for Canada with taxpayer-funded tickets
New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed reports that some of the migrants who were bussed to the city are leaving for Canada. The migrants are using taxpayer-funded bus tickets to leave the city before crossing the border upstate. According to those local reports, the migrants wanted to get away from New York City’s crime…