Two and a half years later, childcare centers are still reeling from COVID-19 and parents are paying the price. A recent report from the Connecticut Association of Human Services revealed that labor shortages, low morale among staff, and rising costs add another burden to families already struggling to make ends meet. Straight Arrow News contributor…

Headlines for Friday morning, July 8, 2022, include: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed during a campaign speech Friday morning. Abe was Japan’s longest serving leader before stepping down in 2020 over health concerns. He was shot twice from behind reportedly with a makeshift gun. The alleged gunman was arrested. Leaders…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s catch-and-release program is not working very well, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The report, released Wednesday, showed ICE lost track of a third of all catch-and-release migrants in 2020. ICE has about three million migrants on its docket, and the federal agency does not have the…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement officially confirming Russia has committed war crimes during its invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden had already called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal last week, with Blinken announcing a day later that the State Department was “compiling the evidence, collecting the evidence, understanding the evidence”…

According to a statement from the family of Madeleine Albright posted to her Twitter account, Albright died Wednesday at the age of 84. The statement said her death was due to cancer. “She was surrounded by family and friends,” the family wrote in the statement. “We have lost a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and…

Democrats around the country are getting tougher on crime, after nationwide spikes and frustration with what’s being described as “lawlessness”.  “It’s time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city, it is time for it to come to an end,” said San Francisco Mayor London Breed while describing the details of a new…

Update (11/24/21): Following worldwide protests related to a variety of COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates, the White House unveiled new, more specific numbers regarding compliance to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers. The mandate required all federal workers to get vaccinated by the end of day Monday. By Tuesday, 92% of Federal workers had been…

According to a report from the United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) released Tuesday, at least 13 advisers to former President Donald Trump created a “taxpayer-funded campaign apparatus” within the White House, a violation of the Hatch Act. The law limits political campaigning by government employees. The 13 officials include several prominent former Trump staffers:…

Update (Jan. 7, 2022): A few days after the Albany County district attorney announced he was dropping the misdemeanor groping charge that came out of a criminal complaint against former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), the charge was officially dismissed in court Friday. The video above shows the hearing where it happened. Assistant district attorney Jennifer McCanney…

People with total and permanent disabilities are about to get a break when it comes to student loans. The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday more than 323,000 people who have what is known as a “total and permanent disability” will have their student loan debt wiped out. “Today’s action removes a major barrier that…