Walgreens Boots Alliance announced plans to close a significant number of its underperforming U.S. stores over the next three years, as revealed during an investor earnings call on June 27. This decision comes amid financial challenges and an evolving retail pharmacy landscape which the company outlined in the call regarding the company’s third-quarter 2024 earnings. […]

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued the first-ever surgeon general’s advisory on firearm violence on June 25, saying that it poses an urgent threat to the nation’s health and well-being. The unprecedented advisory calls for a public health approach to address what Dr. Murthy describes as a “moral crisis” that demands immediate and decisive […]

The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS have begun an initiative aimed at closing major tax loopholes they say are used by wealthy taxpayers and corporations, including hedge funds, law firms, and real estate and investment partnerships, to avoid paying full taxes. On June 17, the two agencies announced a regulatory effort “that will stop […]

The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Texas to continue enforcing a law requiring online age verification to access pornographic websites. The one-sentence order was handed down by the high court without comment or public dissent on April 30. Challengers of the law argue that it compromises free speech and opens users to privacy violations. The […]

A Pennsylvania appeals court has denied a petition to rehear a Pennsylvania case that challenged statutes prohibiting young adults from carrying firearms for self-defense and from acquiring a license to carry a firearm. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with a pro-gun rights group by refusing to rehear a case in which […]

A federal court has ruled it is constitutional to block a defendant’s Second Amendment rights while they are awaiting trial. On March 18, the three-judge panel in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the restriction on the rights of Jesus Perez-Garcia and John Thomas Fencl to bear firearms is constitutional because […]

Almost 230 people were arrested, and 13 potential victims were rescued in a Florida human trafficking sting dubbed, “Operation March Sadness 2024.” At a March 5 press conference, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the bust of a human trafficking operation on the west side of the county in Lakeland that led to 228 arrests […]

A new study confirms that almost half of America’s college graduates are working at high-school-level jobs. The study, published Feb. 22, also found that 52 percent of college graduates are underemployed a year after graduation. The study, a collaborative effort by Burning Glass Institute and Strada Institute for the Future of Work, confirmed the trend […]

On June 30, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Colorado Christian website designer who refused to create a website promoting same-sex weddings. As The Epoch Times reported on Sept. 27, 2021, Lorie Smith—the owner of a Colorado-based web design company called 303 Creative—had asked the justices to overturn a decision of […]

A former Florida sheriff’s deputy, charged with felony child neglect and additional counts for failing to act during the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school, has been acquitted of all charges. Scot Peterson, a 60-year-old school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On Feb. 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former […]

On April 26, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts filed a lawsuit against Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his hand-picked oversight board. According to the complaint (pdf), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northwestern District of Florida, the theme park giant is accusing DeSantis of engaging in “a targeted campaign of government retaliation” […]

In two separate efforts, Florida is moving to expand the scope of the Parental Rights in Education act, which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law, and to prohibit the required use of preferred pronouns in the state’s educational system. HB 1223 (pdf), a new bill moving through the Florida Legislature and sponsored by Republican […]

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding challenges on the legality of the Biden administration’s contested program to forgive billions of dollars in federally-backed student loan debt. Confirmation that the High Court would hear the case came on Dec. 1, 2022. The Biden administration announced the three-pronged Student Debt Relief program in […]

A total of 23 seats in Congress flipped political parties during the 2022 midterm elections, data shows. Of the 23 seats that switched political parties, 16 seats flipped from Democrat to Republican and seven flipped from Republican to Democrat. The House of Representatives is a 435-seat chamber. A party needs to hold 218 seats to claim a […]

A Palm Beach woman has been arrested for allegedly voting in two states. According to the Palm Beach County Sherriff’s Office, 55-year-old Cheryl Ann Leslie of Loxahatchee, Florida, was arrested and booked into Palm Beach County jail on Nov. 4 for allegedly casting more than one ballot during an election. Both charges are third-degree felonies. The […]

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrapped up a press conference in Ponte Vedra Beach on Thursday, he floated the possibility that state lawmakers might repeal the 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act in response to Disney’s ongoing opposition to the recently signed “Parental Rights in Education” law, dubbed by liberal opponents of the measure as the “Don’t Say […]

On June 22, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed three bills into law. The three bills—House Bill 5, House Bill 233, and Senate Bill 1108—target how civics education and debate topics will be discussed in K-12 and in the state’s colleges and universities. The bill receiving the most attention is House Bill 233 (pdf). While advocates […]

On Monday, May 31, Americans from sea to shining sea will observe Memorial Day. However, veterans are quick to remind you: “It’s not about us.”

Now that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned Critical Race Theory from public schools, his critics are on notice that Florida’s students will learn “historical fact”

A Duval County teacher has been terminated from classroom instruction for refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter banner from the wall outside her classroom, violating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public schools. A Duval County, Florida teacher Amy Donofrio was terminated from her position as a Language Arts teacher […]