Former President Donald Trump has not played a round of golf since his last assassination attempt on Sept. 15. That’s when Trump was playing golf at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida, and a Secret Service agent spotted the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the tree line. Ryan Wesley Routh…

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warns of an alarming decline in global biodiversity. However, some researchers are pushing back on the severity of its conclusions. According to the WWF’s 2024 Living Planet Report, wildlife populations across the globe have experienced an average decline of 73% over the past 50 years, with…

Elon Musk’s recent political tweets are impacting SpaceX’s ability to launch more rockets from California’s central coast. The California Coastal Commission rejected a proposal from the Air Force that would have allowed SpaceX to launch up to 50 rockets a year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. One reason behind the rejection…

Mexico’s drug cartel problem is getting worse and it’s now impacting one of the country’s most exported fruits, limes. Growers are reportedly facing threats from cartels who are demanding a cut of their profits. Extortion by cartels has apparently gotten so severe that the Mexican government is calling in hundreds of guards to protect lime-growing…

The smell of burnt marijuana can no longer be used as probable cause for a warrantless search of a vehicle in Illinois, the state’s Supreme Court ruled. In 2019, Illinois legalized the recreational use of marijuana and decriminalized possession of the drug up to 30 grams. In a unanimous decision, with one abstention, the justices…

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is drawing criticism for how campus officials are handling safety issues following violent protests in 2024. Some are calling it a “militarized campus.” In Spring 2024, protests broke out at UCLA over the Israel-Hamas war, which led to clashes between police and protesters. Officers took a down a…

Minnesota Gov. and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, D, walked back his recent comments in support of abolishing the Electoral College. In a recent interview with ABC News, Walz clarified that his position is in line with Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, which does not support replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote…

On Thursday, Oct. 10, attorneys who represent immigrants called “Dreamers,” protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, defended it before a federal court. Now, federal judges will decide the program’s fate. DACA shields immigrants who came into the United States as children and don’t have permanent legal status or a path to citizenship.…

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said it’s likely that more than a billion dollars in US humanitarian aid intended for citizens in Gaza has been misused since October 2023. In a letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power, Cotton wrote that there is credible evidence that Hamas diverted some of the aid. Cotton also said there is…

Hackers breached the Internet Archive, exposing data from over 31 million users in what is being described as a politically motivated attack. The group claiming responsibility cited U.S. support for Israel as the motive behind the cyberattack, which began with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack and escalated to data theft. The Internet Archive, best known…