President Donald Trump has signed an executive order classifying illicit fentanyl and its precursor chemicals as a “weapon of mass destruction” (WMD), a designation traditionally reserved for nuclear, chemical, or biological threats. The move marks a dramatic escalation in the federal government’s approach to the opioid crisis and has sparked immediate debate over its legality, […]
The delayed release of U.S. employment data for October and November presents a complicated picture of the American labor market as the economy moves toward the end of 2025. While November delivered modest job gains, those gains followed a sharp contraction in October and were accompanied by a rising unemployment rate, fueling debate among economists, […]
Health experts are cautiously optimistic following the emergence of new treatment options for gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection that has increasingly alarmed public health officials due to its growing resistance to existing antibiotics. According to recent reporting, researchers and regulators are now advancing several novel therapies that could significantly alter the trajectory of one of […]
On 13 December 2025, a tragic mass shooting unfolded at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in a classroom inside the Barus & Holley engineering building during a finals-week study session. The incident left two students dead and nine others wounded, and it has intensified national conversations about gun violence, campus safety, and trauma among […]
A horrific mass shooting and terrorist attack took place on 14 December 2025 at Archer Park next to Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, during a Hanukkah festival, resulting in one of the deadliest acts of violence in the nation’s modern history. The assault occurred as thousands of people were gathered for a “Chanukah by the […]
A high-profile case in Stillwater, Oklahoma has ignited nationwide debate about how the U.S. juvenile and criminal justice systems handle violent sex crimes when the defendant is a minor. Jesse Butler, an 18-year-old former high school student, pleaded no contest in 2025 to a series of serious sexual assault charges involving multiple victims, including two […]
The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk has made his first in-person court appearance, marking a new phase in one of the most politically charged criminal cases in recent U.S. history. The hearing in Provo, Utah, was less about the underlying facts of the killing and more about a fundamental tension: how to […]
Arkansas is poised to become the first state in the nation to sever its long-standing relationship with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), effective July 1. The move follows a decision by the state’s public broadcaster, Arkansas PBS, to formally withdraw from the national system after months of political tension, funding disputes, and disagreements over editorial […]
In the last year, a series of stories about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have gone viral: a pregnant woman forced to labor under a non-removable tracking watch; a U.S. citizen of Somali origin tackled and choked on a Minneapolis sidewalk; an ICE supervisor jailed for alleged domestic violence; and a massive new deportation […]
The Stephentown Memorial Library budget vote—initially reported as a landslide defeat, only to be overturned by a full county recount—has become far more than a small-town election story. What unfolded in Rensselaer County, New York, represents a microcosm of a much larger and increasingly urgent question: How accurate are voting machines worldwide, and what happens […]