BOSTON (AP) — Heavy rain and quarter-sized hail fell in Southern California Sunday as the National Weather Service predicted lightning and wind gusts approaching 60 mph (97 kph) in the mountain area earlier in the day. The California storm was moving south from the Sierra Nevada, where areas around Lake Tahoe received about a foot […]
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Three people in a hot air balloon in Minnesota escaped largely unscathed after their basket clipped a power line, fell to the ground and caused a brush fire. A Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic camera captured the accident on video. It happened around 6:50 p.m. Wednesday in Rochester. Police said preliminary information […]
We’ve apparently still not heard the last of former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and her now ex-husband, City Council President Nick Mosby. Wherever the two of them go, some form of controversy and allegations of corruption seem to follow. Back in 2021, when it appeared that the walls were closing in and the feds […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that was triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special […]
Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this week’s presidential election, even though Russians are dying in Ukraine in a war grinding through its third year and his country is more isolated than ever from the rest of the world. The all-but-certain outcome comes through his rigid control of Russia established […]
“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” Our friend Stephen Moore in the weekend issue of his must-read Committee to Unleash Prosperity Hotline reminded us that there’s an old saying to the effect that Democrats love jobs but hate employers. That theme came shining through in […]
Is America on the verge of establishing a theocracy? The Left’s recent warnings about the rise of “Christian nationalism” suggest that a powerful, conservative Christian cabal is pulling the strings behind the scenes to forcibly convert the entire nation, or something. In the past week, Politico’s Heidi Przybyla has been hammering the drum on this […]
The United States is not a theocracy — a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God. However, that doesn’t mean it’s secular and has no connection to religion. On the contrary. The fact is that America was founded upon Christian principles. When it comes to protecting the lives of the […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday as a government lawyer argued that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution “good neighbor” rule in 11 states while separate legal challenges continue around the country. The rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other […]
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. KYIV, Ukraine — Security at Ukraine‘s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains fragile amid worrying recent staff cuts enacted by Russian authorities occupying the facility, which is […]
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