Nevada Gov. Lombardo leads ballot initiative to keep biological males out of girls' sports Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is heading a petition drive to bar biological males from girls' scholastic sports, seeking to put the issue directly before the voters after being thwarted by the Democrat-led state legislature. View Article →
Drone Dominance Initiative to close submissions Friday The Drone Dominance Initiative, a $1 billion plan to have small, expendable drones built domestically, will close its first request for solutions Friday afternoon, as companies compete for a shot at long-term defense contracts and a chance to be part of an order for 30,000 of the devices the Pentagon is expected to place next month. View Article →
Former Catholic priest sentenced to 24 years in prison for underage rape case in Brazil A Brazilian court sentenced former priest Bernardino Batista dos Santos to 24 years and nine months in prison for the rape of an underage person, a document obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday showed. View Article →
Why Southeast Asia's online scam industry is so hard to shut down Cambodia's arrest and extradition of a powerful tycoon accused of running a vast online scam network marks a rare strike against an industry that has stolen tens of billions of dollars worldwide. U.S. and U.K. authorities say Chen Zhi led a transnational criminal enterprise that exploited trafficked workers and defrauded victims worldwide. View Article →
Man wielding sharp object shot by police in Brooklyn hospital Police shot a man wielding a sharp object in a hospital in Brooklyn on Thursday. View Article →
Venezuela helps vault Rubio to quarterback of Trump's foreign policy team Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a football fan - he played in college, supports the Miami Dolphins, and his son is a running back for the University of Florida Gators. Now, he is quarterbacking President Donald Trump's foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent times, notably in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America, longtime core interests of the child of Cuban immigrants and former Florida senator. View Article →
Federal immigration officers shoot 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an officer shot and killed a driver in Minnesota, authorities said. View Article →
Federal immigration officer shoots 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say A federal immigration officer shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. View Article →
White House rejects calls to halt Minnesota immigration enforcement after fatal ICE shooting The White House has firmly rejected Democratic demands to halt immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota following a fatal ICE shooting earlier this week, with Vice President J.D. Vance declaring the administration will not "give in to terrorism." View Article →
Trump orders the government to buy $200B in mortgage bonds to address housing costs President Trump has directed the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he says will drive down monthly mortgage costs and put more cash in homeowners' pockets. View Article →