UPDATE: Demetrius Norwood III, the 21-year-old man involved in a hit-and-run, died on November 2, 2025. Norwood served in the U.S. Air Force and was awarded an Air and Space Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Air and Space Training Ribbon. Norwood was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and died in Dade County,…
President Donald Trump on Friday announced that no official from the United States would attend this year’s Group of 20 (G20) summit in South Africa, citing what he described as the mistreatment of white farmers in the country. “It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa,” Donald Trump said.(Bloomberg)…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers and activists across the political spectrum called on American tech firms to stop selling surveillance equipment to Chinese police and for Congress to examine the issue after The Associated Press reported that U.S. technology had played a far greater role than previously known in enabling human rights abuses by Beijing. Republican…
Charlie Kirk’s assassination has prompted many to speak out on social media, including an assistant dean of MTSU. Administrators fired Laura Sosh-Lightsy after she posted what the school called “inappropriate and callous comments” about the conservative activist’s death. The employee stated online: “Hate begets hate. ZERO sympathy.” Her post faced backlash and even caught the…
BEIJING (AP) — Over the past quarter century, American tech companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known, the Associated Press has found. AP journalists spoke to more than 100 sources, scoured tens of thousands of documents, and obtained…
Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett announced Thursday that he is seeking re-election. He ran unopposed three years ago. Prior to his first term, he served as Chief Deputy under Sheriff Jim Hammond. In a public statement, Sheriff Garrett says he’s focused on building a brand founded on exceptional customer service, professionalism, and innovation: “Three years…
Recently, I started thinking that I could “program” the rest of my year as if I was using Google Maps or some similar such application. I had a pretty good idea of where I was starting out, and once it was decided where I was going —or at least where I and my businesses needed…
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The largest mass shooting in Johnstown’s recent history, during which four women were injured outside a nightclub early Sunday morning, has brought increased attention to public safety and race relations between the Black community and the Johnstown Police Department. Those were among the many subjects discussed during a public forum, organized by…