Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced on Twitter Tuesday that police are to stop enforcing the “good and substantial reason” standard for wear and carry permits following the Supreme Court’s decision last month to strike down a New York state law putting restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons in public places. Hogan said the…
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Two Philadelphia police officers shot during fireworks show
Two Philadelphia police officers were shot Monday during the city’s Fourth of July fireworks show, “Wawa Welcome America,” outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, according to a press release by The City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The gunfire caused panicked viewers to flee the scene in droves down Benjamin Franklin Parkway, according…
Mississippi House Speaker says 12-year-old incest victims should continue pregnancies to term
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn (R) told reporters Wednesday it is his “personal belief” that if a 12-year-old girl is a victim of incest she should still be made to carry a resulting pregnancy to term. “I believe that life begins at conception and every life is valuable. Those are my personal beliefs,” Gunn said….
NYC mayor says Giuliani should be investigated: ‘To falsely report a crime is a crime’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during an unrelated press conference Tuesday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani should be reminded “that falsely reporting a crime is a crime” after video was released that called into question Giuliani’s claim that he was “hit very, very hard” by an employee at a Staten…
Senate Democrat calls gas tax holiday ‘shortsighted and inefficient’ way to provide relief
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper (Del.) said late Tuesday that a suspension of gas and diesel taxes endorsed by President Biden is a “shortsighted and inefficient way to provide relief” to consumers. Carper noted that the taxes are “the primary way that we pay for infrastructure projects on our roads” in a tweet. “We should explore…
Weather delays reopening of baby formula plant
Abbott — a major baby formula manufacturer that produces the Similac brand of baby formula — on Wednesday announced that severe weather at its plant in Sturgis, Mich., has caused the plant to cease production and will likely delay the production of new products there for at least a few weeks. The production of the…
Remission seen in every rectal cancer patient in small study of drug
A new drug called dostarlimab saw astonishing results in a 12-person rectal cancer trial: Every one of the dozen patients went into remission. All the patients were still in remission in a six-month follow-up of the trial as well. Additionally, none of the patients had received chemoradiotherapy or undergone any preventative surgery, and no cases…
Wife says Fetterman’s doctors ‘really impressed’ with his progress
Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman’s wife, Gisele, said in a new interview that doctors are “very happy with how he is healing” from his stroke. “The neurologists, they were really impressed with the progress. Cognitively, he’s perfect and well on his way to a full recovery,” Gisele Fetterman told Politico. “Everything went well with…
Texas Democrat calls for hearings on Uvalde school shooting
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who chairs the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime, is calling for hearings on Capitol Hill to examine last week’s mass shooting at an elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “We will look comprehensively at Uvalde and the incident that occurred last Tuesday,” Jackson Lee told The Washington Post. “We have children…
Capitol workers rescue baby ducks from sewer
Nine mallard ducklings that fell down a sewer drain just outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., were rescued by Capitol workers Wednesday. A duck was spotted, seemingly in distress, wandering near a sewer grate around the Capitol building before the workers got into action to save the baby ducks. After being scooped up by…