Maritime HS students launch their own hand (and team) built canoes
Students from a relatively new high school in our area had a successful cruise in boats they built with their own hands. Maritime High School in Des Moines is still so new, they only have freshmen and
Asa Hutchinson wants ‘more courage’ in 2024 GOP field as some promise to pardon Trump
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday called on his fellow Republican presidential candidates to have “more courage” and “to speak out” against those already offering to pardon former President Donald Tr…
Heat wave expected to reach parts of Texas, millions at risk for severe weather
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Severe weather is possible for 16 million Americans across the Southern U.S. from Texas to South Carolina on Tuesday.
A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for parts of eastern Texas and northern Louisiana– from Tyler, Texas to…
Judge allows E. Jean Carroll to amend pending defamation lawsuit against Trump
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As former President Donald Trump was being arraigned in Florida Tuesday on charges related to his handling of classified documents after leaving office, a federal judge in New York dealt him another legal blow.
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White House denounces handful of attendees at Pride event who posed topless: ‘Simply unacceptable’
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House is responding after several transgender guests exposed their chests at the administration’s Pride celebration this past weekend.
The incident drew backlash as inappropriate, including from cons…
Louisiana’s Fort Polk renamed after African American WWI soldier
Villafuerte/Getty Images(LEESVILLE, La.) — As part of the national campaign to change the names of U.S. Army installations to cut ties with Confederate figures in America, Louisiana’s Fort Polk was redesignated to Fort Johnson Tuesday morning.
The ca…
Patricia Heaton talks healing and fly-fishing in ‘Mending the Line’
Blue Fox Entertainment/Eros HoaglandPatricia Heaton knows a thing or two about playing a medical professional. Her first break in Los Angeles was playing a doctor on Thirtysomething, and now she’s taking on the role of a VA doctor in Mending the Line w…
DHS extends deportation relief for some immigrants from four Central American countries
Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security has issued an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, the department announced on Tu…
War is afoot in trailer to second season of Apple TV+’s sci-fi series ‘Foundation’
Apple TV+On Tuesday, June 13, Apple TV+ dropped the new trailer to the second season of Foundation, its sprawling sci-fi epic based on Isaac Asimov’s groundbreaking book series.
The show, which some have dubbed “Game of Thrones in space,” centers on a…
House Republican blasts Freedom Caucus with expletives for stonewalling on legislation
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., slammed the House Freedom Caucus and hardline conservatives for blocking a procedural vote pertaining to gas stove legislation last week amid their ongoing b…