Peter Hasson New York entrepreneur and Democratic 2020 candidate Andrew Yang wants to implement a system in which a government-run mobile app rewards Americans with “digital social credits” (DSCs) for good behavior. Americans would receive DSCs under Yang’s system for things such as “participating in a town fair,” “fixing a neighbor’s appliance” or “tutoring a student,” his presidential…
Michael Bastasch President Donald Trump reiterated the need for better forest management while visiting California. “Other countries do it differently,” Trump said while touring the devastation. California Gov. Jerry Brown blamed global warming for the deadly fires. President Donald Trump doubled-down on his call for better forest management while surveying wildfire damage in northern California…
Neetu Chandak A substitute teacher claimed he was not allowed back into a Missouri school after thanking students for saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Parkway School District said the teacher’s comments led to students who did not recite the pledge to feel humiliated and were later teased. The district added the decision to let go…
Evie Fordham Shoppers love Black Friday because they can save money and get an early start on Christmas gift shopping — but not all Black Friday deals are created equal. The average item markdowns at popular stores vary from less than 20 percent to nearly 70 percent, according to a WalletHub survey published Friday detailing what stores…
Chuck Ross The Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. Prosecutors believe they will be able to try Assange in an American courtroom, sources told TheWSJ. The 47-year-old Australian national is living under asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. The Trump DOJ has considered charging Assange…
Molly Prince Democratic socialist and Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York announced Thursday that issues like finding an apartment in Washington, D.C., before receiving her congressional salary are “very real.” “I have three months without a salary before I’m a member of Congress, so how do I get an apartment?” Ocasio-Cortez said to The New York…
Will Racke Dozens of patrons at the Thousand Oaks, California bar where a gunman killed 12 people late Wednesday are survivors of the massacre at a country music festival in Las Vegas last year, according to witnesses. Nicholas Champion told CBS News that he and “probably 50 or 60 others” inside the Borderline Bar & Grill had also…
Grace Carr A woman who shot late-term abortion doctor George Tiller was released from custody Wednesday, putting abortion clinics on edge as they warn other facilities to take precautions against what they see as a possible threat. “We’re extremely concerned,” Feminist Majority Foundation Executive Director Katherine Spillar said, according to The Wichita Eagle. “We’re alerting providers, briefing them…
Evie Fordham The deceased suspect who allegedly carried out a deadly shooting Wednesday night at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, has been identified by authorities as U.S. Marine Corps veteran David Ian Long, 29. Authorities said Long shot at least 12 people, including Ventura County Deputy Sheriff Ron Helus, at Borderline Bar & Grill,…
November 9th marks the eightieth anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, in Germany. Earlier that month in 1938, a young Jew of Polish descent, Herschel Grynszpan, having learned of his family’s forced expulsion from their home in Hanover, Germany, bought a revolver, entered the German embassy in Paris, and killed Ernst Van Roth,…