Burbank Police Department (BURBANK, Calif.) — A woman is facing felony charges after she allegedly was hired as a nurse at several California hospitals using “a variety of false identities” despite not having a nursing license, according to the Burbank Police Department. Amanda Leeann Porter, 44, allegedly impersonated a registeredRead More →
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, OH) — A transgender bathroom ban has been sent to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk after passing through the state legislature. The bill would require students in the state’s K-12 schools, as well as colleges and universities, to use the restroom or facility that aligns withRead More →
Laken Riley in an undated photo. Image via Augusta University (ATHENS, Ga.) — A bench trial is set to begin Friday for the suspect accused of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia’s campus. The suspect, Jose Ibarra, waived his right to a jury trial thisRead More →
quavondo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. military suicides increased by 30 in 2023, according to a Defense Department report released Thursday, continuing an upward trend the Pentagon has struggled to combat. “The findings urgently demonstrate the need for the Department to redouble its work in the complex fields of suicide preventionRead More →
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — After a sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump is now set to become just the second ever to serve nonconsecutive terms in office. Trump has wasted no time in moving to assembleRead More →
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American Airlines flight had to “perform an expedited climb” in order to avoid a mountain during a routine departure out of Hawaii on Wednesday. The plane had just departed from Honolulu International Airport and was on its way to Los Angeles International Airport.Read More →
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans had mixed reactions to President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of Health and Human Services in his administration. Kennedy has been an anti-vaccine activist and founded the Children’s Health Defense, a prominent anti-vaccine nonprofitRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is among those pushing back on past comments made by President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the next defense secretary, who was critical of women being allowed to serve in combat units. “I’m straight up just saying, we shouldRead More →
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon and the Director of National Intelligence have released the annual report on UFO sightings and while they still haven’t found any extraterrestrial origin for the more than 700 new reports that came in last year, there are about two dozen that haveRead More →
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — After a sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump is now set to become just the second ever to serve nonconsecutive terms in office. Trump has wasted no time in moving to assembleRead More →
