The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sounded an alarm during a news conference Thursday, warning 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states to conduct vulnerability assessments to determine the risk of a bridge collapsing due to being struck by a ship. The NTSB also cited a Maryland state authority’s lack of an assessment … Read more
The husband of former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, has been charged with defrauding the government after allegedly accepting $20,000 in payments from the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection and Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs, the Justice Department said. Cortney Merritts, 46, of St. Louis, falsified details about his purported businesses to obtain loans from … Read more
Although Kentucky head coach Mark Pope seemed to instantly regret his recent vow to help fund fan travel to the Wildcats’ first round game in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, he still made good on the promise. Kentucky is scheduled to play Troy in Milwaukee in the first round on Friday. During a … Read more
As the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) looks to slash waste and correct inefficiencies, one DOGE adviser revealed it’s “hard to really grasp the scale” of problems facing the IRS. “A huge part of our government is collecting taxes. We cannot perform the basic functions of tax collection without paying a toll to all these … Read more
McNeese’s upset over No. 5 Clemson was over early … until it wasn’t. The 12th-seeded Cowboys dominated Clemson for a large majority of the game on Thursday, leading by as many as 24 in the second half, but they only managed to squeak by with a 69-67 victory. Clemson could not find the bottom of … Read more
Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso is not backing the recall effort against Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, his former opponent. “A mayoral recall right now is not a good idea. This is a time when Los Angeles needs unity, not costly and expensive political distractions,” he posted on X earlier this week. “We must … Read more
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said wasteful spending is over as he signed a memo to cancel over $580 million in Department of Defense (DoD) contracts. “We’re back with another quick update on our efforts to cut wasteful spending and cut it quickly at the Department of Defense,” Hegseth announced in a post on X. … Read more
The No. 1-seeded Duke Blue Devils are getting their star back on the court for the start of the NCAA Tournament. Cooper Flagg has no injury designation and will be active for Duke against No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday. Flagg, the projected No. 1 pick … Read more
House GOP leaders have little appetite to launch a full-scale impeachment process against judges who have been blocking President Donald Trump’s agenda, sources said Thursday. Three people – two senior House GOP aides and one source familiar with leadership’s discussions – told Fox News Digital that House leadership does not see impeachment as the most … Read more
It has been a rather long waiting game since the PGA Tour and LIV Golf announced their intentionem to join forces. That shock announcement came on June 6, 2023, but by almost all accounts, no deal is imminent. Rory McIlroy recently seemed to imply that it’s on those who defected to get a deal done, … Read more