Under Newsom’s leadership, California has topped U-Haul’s list of states most people are leaving for three years in a row. While California leads the nation by far in film production, states like Georgia are seeing growth in the industry, in part due to generous tax credit incentives in the state. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) announced on Monday that the industry generated $4.4 billion in the state during the last fiscal year.
Washington D.C. is requiring all students in public, charter, and private schools ages 12 and up to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, in addition to all other required vaccines, in order to attend school this year. Students who refuse to comply will not be permitted to attend classes, and online learning will not be available.
U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged four current and former Louisville, Kentucky, police officers for their roles in the botched 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was in her home, in a case that sparked nationwide protests.
Retailers around the country are facing a massive shoplifting epidemic, and there seem to be few good answers for them. Nearly 70% of U.S. merchants reported a rise in retail crime last year, costing stores billions annually.
The case began in response to the controversial requirements for doctors to provide gender reassignment for patients seeking it.
Researchers have found that decay of tissues after death can be halted and cell functions restored based on early experiments in pigs that may eventually help increase the number of transplantable human organs.
Protests broke out in June in response to what farmers are calling over-reaching government climate policies they say will cripple their ability to grow food and make a living. Many protestors are even predicting the tensions could lead to civil war.
U.S. authorities on Thursday announced criminal charges against former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez, who was in office from 2019 to 2021, for alleged corruption during her 2020 election campaign.
While prices are dropping, Americans are still paying $1.72 more per gallon than when President Biden first took office in January 2021. The national average then was $2.39.
The U.S. nonfarm payrolls for the month of July shocked economists on Friday, as the latest report showed an increase of 528,000 new jobs. Some expect the Federal Reserve to use the over 500,000 jobs added as ammunition to continue raising federal funds rates.
