TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A panel of three federal appeals court judges appeared divided at a hearing Friday on the constitutionality of a Florida law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that would limit what state university professors say to students in the classroom. Florida’s “Stop Woke” law threatens college professors at public universities with consequences that […]
It’s no secret that Donald Trump has repeatedly clashed with U.S. military leaders, but it appears that the Republican has a plan to address this if voters give him a second term: The former president apparently intends to kick many generals out of the armed forces. In his latest Fox News interview, which aired on […]
The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, America’s premier “anti-woke warrior,” seems to have set its sights on a new target: color displays on Florida’s bridges. As part of DeSantis’ “Freedom Summer” initiative, the state’s transportation secretary, Jared W. Perdue, announced earlier this month that bridges in the state will have no choice but to […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Heather Timmons ATLANTA (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at Morehouse College on Sunday was delivered without any interruptions from students or faculty critical of his Israel policies, but graduation speakers seized the national spotlight that came with his presence to talk about race, Gaza and U.S. politics. Morehouse, one […]
The BBC seems eager to reassure us that the students taking over campuses to protest against Israel are gentle, peace-loving pillars of the community – rather than, as some members of the public might have supposed, a pack of brainwashed, Jew-hating apologists for terrorism. To this end, on Sunday the BBC News website ran an […]
This isn’t going to be more musing about whether America has reached “peak woke.” But that is part of the story. So let’s start there. About a decade ago, many on the left embraced the word “woke,” a term with roots in African American culture and activism. It originally meant staying awake — that is, […]
The sole survivor of the murder-suicide slept through the killings, but says he heard the fire alarm go off in the middle of the night, per court records Jonathon Candy;Ethan Candy;Dylan Candy/Facebook Jonathon Candy, 42, Dylan Candy, 18, Ethan Candy, 14, Lindsay Candy, 39 (Not pictured: Lucas Candy, 12) A 10-year-old boy woke up and […]
A 10-year-old boy woke up Monday in his home and found his family massacred, four of whom were fatally shot by the child’s father who then killed himself, Oklahoma City police said Tuesday. Jonathon Candy argued with his wife, Lindsay Candy, and fatally shot her and then gunned down three of his sons, between the […]
A 10-year-old boy awoke to find his parents and three brothers dead in their Oklahoma City home, all fatally shot by his father, police said on Tuesday. On Monday morning, “(The boy) woke up and discovered what had happened,” said Sgt Gary Knight, describing the scene as “carnage”. “Make no mistake about it, what happened […]
This is the third installment in Unchartered Territory, an ongoing series by The State Media Co. about South Carolina’s changing charter school landscape. An imposing K-12 school complex has risen from the dirt along traffic-choked South Lake Drive in the shadow of downtown Lexington American Leadership Academy Lexington, which promises a patriotic education in a […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that limits diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Florida federal judge’s August 2022 ruling that the so-called […]
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday held that a Florida law championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that banned mandatory workplace diversity training that promotes progressive concepts violates employers’ constitutional free speech rights. A three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court judge’s ruling […]