New Zealand’s Prime Minister says she is going to step down; prosecutors say they will announce today any possible charges in the “Rust” movie-set shooting; and record amounts of snow hit Colorado. These stories and more highlight the daily morning rundown for Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Possible charges in ‘Rust’ shooting decided Prosecutors are set…

The trial for one of the biggest fraud cases in more than a decade is still nearly nine months away. Still, it seems nearly every day new information is uncovered about FTX, the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange. FTX has $5.5 billion in liquid assets This week, FTX reported to creditors that it has recovered $5.5 billion…

Just days after two planes almost collide, two planes make contact at the JFK airport; the latest set of layoffs in big tech is announced; and security concerns over TikTok are affecting universities. These stories and more highlight the daily afternoon rundown for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Universities ban TikTok from networks Security concerns over…

With an imminent debt ceiling deadline and no signs of compromise, President Biden and House Republicans are facing a standoff that could last months and cause “irreparable harm” to the country. Republicans say the reckless spending of the last few years makes it mandatory that Biden agrees to spending cuts, which he refuses to enact.…

For some, there’s nothing left to do but crack up over the price of eggs (if you’re not crying in the grocery aisle). The internet is exploding with egg memes mocking how expensive this everyday diet fixture has become. The average price of a dozen eggs is now $4.25, well more than double what it…

The United States government is about to hit the debt ceiling, or the maximum amount of money it’s allowed to borrow in order to pay its bills. The ceiling is currently set at $31.3 trillion. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., that the government could reach the limit by Thursday, and when…

Can a Turkish government-owned bank be prosecuted by the U.S. government for money laundering and fraud? That’s a question the Supreme Court will have to answer. Halkbank was first indicted in 2019. U.S. prosecutors accused the bank of laundering billions of dollars of revenue made by the sale of Iranian oil and natural gas. The…

Google told the Supreme Court that if it guts Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, it would upend the internet, encourage suppression of legitimate speech and proliferate offensive speech. The tech giant is being sued by the family of Nohemi Gonzalez, who was killed in 2015 during an Islamic State group (ISIS) terrorist attack…

After 15 rounds of voting, an agreement with ultra-conservative Republicans, along with two representatives nearly coming to blows, Kevin McCarthy finally won the House speakership. It was the first time in over 100 years that the process took more than one ballot, and could signal contentious times ahead for the GOP. But Straight Arrow News…

President Joe Biden confirmed reports circulating Thursday that revealed the location of a second set of classified documents found from Biden’s time as vice president. According to those reports, the second batch of documents was found at a storage space in the garage of President Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware. The discovery comes just days…