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Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When a recent federal report published last week showed routine childhood vaccination rates had fallen among kindergartners for the 2022-23 school year, public health experts were disheartened to see the drop. However, there was one state that lagged behind the rest: Idaho. For all four major vaccines — measles, […]
Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio State University said police are investigating two antisemitic incidents that occurred within 24 hours against its students, including an alleged hate crime assault. The alleged assault occurred off-campus early Friday, around 1:30 a.m., against two Ohio State students, according to an OSU public safety notice. […]
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Abood Okal, a 36-year-old American father trapped in Gaza, received word from U.S. State Department officials informing him the Rafah crossing into Egypt would likely open on Oct. 21 for the first time since Hamas launched a surprise terror attack on Israel two weeks before, he thought the […]
Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. citizens traveling abroad are urged to “exercise increased caution” in light of the heightened global tensions spurred by Hamas’ terror attack on Israel and the unfolding Israel-Hamas war, the State Department said in a new advisory on Thursday. “Due to increased tensions in various locations around the […]
Celal Gunes / Anadolu Agency (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. State Department will be arranging chartered flights for American citizens who are currently in Israel, the White House announced Thursday. The details on the flights are still being worked out, but those citizens will be flown out from Israel “to sites in Europe” starting Friday, White […]
Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Efforts to keep former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment are gaining momentum as election officials in key states are preparing for or starting to respond to legal challenges to Trump’s candidacy. The argument to disqualify Trump from appearing on primary or […]
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The State Department released a declassified version of its long-anticipated report Friday examining the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, unveiling the harshest critique of any of the administration’s efforts to examine its own handling of the crisis to date. “The decisions of both President Trump and President Biden to end […]
Bill Hutchinson/Getty Images (MIFFLINTOWN, Pa.) — A state police trooper was killed and another was critically injured during two violent encounters with the same armed suspect in central Pennsylvania, the first unfolding in the parking lot of a state police barracks, authorities said. The suspect, Brandon Stine of Thompsontown, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot during a gunfight […]
Google Maps Street View (LOS ANGELES) — One of the largest insurance agencies in the country will no longer accept applications for home and business insurance in California due to wildfire risks and the cost of rebuilding. State Farm has ceased new applications, including all business and personal lines property and casualty insurance, starting Saturday, the […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid intensifying pressure from House Republicans, the State Department said Wednesday it will allow select members of Congress to review a classified communication sent by American diplomats during the final days of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, marking a significant reversal in the Biden administration’s position. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman […]
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