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In Sidney, Ohio, about two miles southwest of the city’s 166-year-old fairgrounds, past the Louis Sullivan-designed bank and the ornate buildings surrounding Court Square, sits the newest U.S. operation of SEMCORP Manufacturing USA Inc., a Chinese manufacturer of battery components.
The company arrived in Sidney with ambitious promises. In 2022, SEMCORP projected that its new plant would create 1,199 full-time...
The conventional wisdom surrounding the November elections has been fairly grim for Republicans. The party in power is dealing with an unsettled economy, declining approval ratings for President Donald Trump, fallout from the war with Iran, and signs of frustration within its own base. Historically, those are the kinds of conditions that punish a president’s party in the midterms.
Still,...
Violent crime is continuing to decline across many of America’s largest cities, with new data showing substantial drops in homicides, robberies and other serious offenses during President Donald Trump’s second term.
According to data cited by Axios and compiled by the Major Cities Chiefs Association, violent crime declined across 66 U.S. cities between 2025 and 2026. Homicides fell 17.2%, robberies...
Former CNN host Don Lemon is pursuing a legal strategy that could have consequences beyond his own criminal case, including for a federal law long used to protect abortion facilities.
Lemon is facing charges stemming from a January incident at a Minneapolis-area church, where he joined a group that disrupted a worship service. The demonstration led to allegations that participants...
The World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was vandalized Thursday after someone covered parts of the site with graffiti, paint and soap bubbles, prompting officials to temporarily close the memorial while cleanup efforts got underway.
According to Reuters, one section of the memorial was marked with the words “Clean hands Dirty $” in red paint. Red and green paint...
Karoline Leavitt’s resignation as White House press secretary may have surprised Washington this week, but according to people familiar with the situation, the decision had been building for months.
Leavitt announced Wednesday that she was leaving the Trump administration, ending a high-profile run as the president’s chief spokesperson. According to the Daily Mail, discussions about her departure had been taking...
A county Social Services employee in New York who was responsible for helping administer public assistance is now accused of using that access to obtain benefits for herself.
Amber Tibbetts, 37, of Jamestown, has been indicted after authorities said she used information belonging to existing Social Services clients to issue SNAP benefit cards directly to herself. Investigators also allege that...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other establishment Democrats are facing growing pressure after another round of primary results showed progressive candidates gaining ground inside the party.
The latest setback came Tuesday in Minnesota, where Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Her victory came despite Schumer backing Rep. Angie Craig, who had been viewed as...
A former Southern Poverty Law Center official has been added as a defendant in a federal investigation involving allegations that millions of dollars in donated funds were secretly routed to people connected to extremist groups.
Heidi L. Beirich, 59, of Palm Springs, California, was arrested Wednesday and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to submit false statements...
Three people have been charged in connection with the Aug. 6 death of a 7-year-old Cincinnati boy in a case investigators have described as one of the most disturbing instances of child abuse they have encountered.
According to WXIX-TV, 38-year-old Kaitlin Evans, 23-year-old Nessa Keaney and 33-year-old Kirby Rankin were charged with murder and child endangerment following the death of...