Henry Rodgers Three Georgia police officers were hospitalized after being sickened by chemical fumes when they discovered a dead body in a motel Saturday. Police were called to the United Inn & Suites in Decatur after receiving reports of a dead body found in a room. The three DeKalb County police officers entered the room and reportedly…
Thomas Phippen Several Baltimore area fish sellers are feeling salty after the government rescinded their eligibility to accept food stamps for hot, ready-to-eat meals — in this case for steamed crabs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which manages the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) also known as food stamps, tightened the restrictions on selling hot…
A new report by Open the Books details the 560,771 grants the federal government doled out in fiscal year 2016. The results are not pretty. The report shows earmarks (aka “pork”) are a bipartisan problem that cost taxpayers $583 billion in FY 2016. A breakdown of the 10 congressional districts receiving the most pork shows…
In 2011, California’s state legislature passed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act. The law, the first of its kind in the U.S., required, among other things, that schools educate children on the contributions of LGBTQ individuals. By 2016, California’s state education board had approved 10 LGBTQ-inclusive history texts for children in kindergarten…
At the International Society for Individual Liberty’s Conference, Milton Friedman once gave a speech titled “Say ‘No’ to Intolerance” (you can find the transcription here) where he criticized the sectarianism of a part of the libertarian movement. To illustrate his point, he told an anecdote, which can be found in Barbara Branden’s biography of Ayn…
Ryan Pickrell Despite concerns that the president’s decision Tuesday to withdraw from the Iran deal would derail denuclearization talks with North Korea, negotiations with Pyongyang are still on track, at least for the time being. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Wednesday in Pyongyang, where he held talks with Kim Yong Chul, a senior North…
Kyle Perisic An advocacy group that promotes restricting the ability of websites to collect users’ personal data might be using the same tools as its targets of criticism, Facebook and Google, to track and collect its users’ personal data, according to Bloomberg Monday. Californians for Consumer Privacy’s website uses the same resources utilized by much of the web….
Tim Pearce Nearly 200 feral horses were found dead, half-buried in mud in a stock pond on tribal land in Arizona, according to a press release from the Navajo Nation. The horses died from causes related to drought and famine brought on, at least in part, from overpopulation. The Navajo Nation houses anywhere from 50,000 to…
Nick Givas IAFF (International Association of Firefighters) local chapter 825 is suing its union, UPFFA (Uniformed Professional Firefighters Association of Connecticut), for almost $100,000 for misappropriation of dues. Local 825 alleges the UPFFA said the group owes them over $50,000, according to court documents The Daily Caller News Foundation obtained. They’re challenging this claim and seeking $96,000…
Grace Carr An abortion doctor is pleading guilty after he let a woman who was six months pregnant bleed to death in a botched abortion procedure. New York doctor Robert Rho allowed Jamie Lee Morales to bleed to death after a failed abortion procedure in the summer of 2016. One week after learning she was pregnant, 30-year-old…