State Democrats urge Florida Gov. DeSantis to declare state of emergency to address impending loss of SNAP benefits
In this May 1, 2025, file photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the ICE-Enforcement and Removal Operation office in Miramar, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (FLORIDA) — All 43 Democratic state
With SNAP benefits set to halt, Thune says he can’t clarify Trump’s plan to fund program
: Senator John Thune (R-SD) at the annual GRAMMYs on the Hill Advocacy Day on Capital Hill on April 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Capitol Hill’s largest and most prestigious legislative event for music creators. (Photo by
2 men sentenced to 25 years for failed murder-for-hire plot against Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad
Jemal Countess/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two men hired by Iran in a failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident, author and activist, at her New York City home in 2022 were sentenced to 25
More beachfront homes in the Outer Banks have fallen into the Atlantic
A one-story beach cottage fell into the Atlantic Ocean on the Outer Banks March 13, 2023, the fourth home to collapse into the sea on Hatteras Island in the past year. (Daniel Pullen/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via
Farm Bureau ex-employee suspected of $375k theft
A former Sonoma County Farm Bureau employee was arrested last week for allegedly stealing around $375,000 from the ag-industry advocacy group. Samantha Piehoff is being held by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of grand theft,
Pennsylvania man with multiple arrest warrants escapes police custody while handcuffed, search underway: Officials
Officials in Pennsylvania are searching for Jairo Eliazar Ramirez-Lima, a man with “multiple active arrest warrants, including federal ICE detainers” who escaped police custody while handcuffed, according to the East Pikeland Township Police Department. (East Pikeland Township
Disastrous images emerge from Jamaica following direct hit by Hurricane Melissa
In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Melissa churns through the Caribbean Sea, captured at 15:20Z on October 28, 2025. NOAA via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At first
DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said ‘mob’ of ‘rioters’ carried out Jan. 6 attack
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two federal prosecutors were informed Wednesday that they will be put on leave after filing a legal brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as being
Former Sonoma County Farm Bureau Operations Manager Accused of Forgery & Grand Theft
The Sonoma County Farm Bureau is reeling after the arrest of its former operations manager, Samantha Piehoff, on suspicion of forgery and grand theft. Per the Press Democrat, Piehoff, who comes from a well-known family in the
SSU Dedicates Two Memorials In The Name Of Peace
Sonoma State University dedicated two powerful peace memorials on campus yesterday: a Rotary Peace Pole and two Hiroshima Peace Trees. The Press Democrat reports the trees were grown from seeds that survived the 1945 atomic bombing. The