Officials said late on Saturday that more than 80 people have died as a result of dozens of tornadoes that ravaged several Midwest and southern states late on Friday night and early Saturday morning as rescue efforts remain ongoing for those still trapped in collapsed structures.
As New York City becomes latest city to allow noncitizen voting in local elections, Sen. Rubio plans to file legislation banning funding to U.S. cities that do so.
On Tuesday Arkansas State Senator Jason Rapert filed Senate Bill 13 during a special legislative session aiming to ban abortion at any stage of pregnancy.
Over the past half-century or so, American law enforcement and popular culture have conferred an extra level of seriousness and gravity to “hate crimes” as opposed to regular crimes. The definition of a hate crime, according to the FBI, is a regular crime with an added element of bias. “A ‘criminal’ offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity,” the FBI.gov website states.
Reverend Craig Duke of the Newburgh United Methodist Church was relieved of hiis duties as lead pastor on Dec. 1 after he appeared in the HBO reality series "We're Here" on its Nov. 8 episode.
