Author: Brittany Mays

Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested a Canadian man on charges of breaking into the Flamingo Las Vegas casino hotel and stealing a live flamingo named Peachy, multiple news outlets report. The arrest drew attention because it involved a live animal and a casino hotel renowned for its namesake birds, which makes this more than a typical theft. Officials say the incident unfolded at the Flamingo Las Vegas casino hotel, where guests and staff expect a certain degree of spectacle but not this kind of crime. The fact that a flamingo named Peachy was taken turned an odd headline into…

Polymarket traders profited after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, with six users correctly predicting the exact day of the attacks and others cashing in on the broader outcome. Online prediction markets are built on two basic ideas: people put money on future events and market prices reflect collective expectations. What happened here was straightforward: a subset of users on Polymarket placed bets tied to military action, and when strikes occurred, winners collected sizable payouts. That outcome exposed a sharp tension between private speculation and the real-world human and geopolitical stakes behind those events. From a Republican perspective, markets often…

The Supreme Court declined a watchdog’s petition this week to review lower court rulings that concluded Michigan’s voter rolls meet legal standards, leaving the state election list challenge unresolved at the high court level. Republicans and concerned citizens watching election integrity issues saw the court’s decision to pass on the case as a missed opportunity to set a clear national precedent. The watchdog had argued there were problems with how Michigan’s voter rolls were maintained, but the lower courts found them sufficient under existing law. With the Supreme Court stepping back, the practical outcome is that the lower court rulings…

Misty Roberts, the 43-year-old former mayor of DeRidder, Louisiana, is on trial again facing charges of third-degree rape and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles after an alleged late-night pool party encounter with a 16-year-old in 2024. The trial reopened after earlier judicial issues led to a mistrial and the dismissal of the original indictments, followed by a re-indictment and arraignment on the same charges. Roberts has pleaded not guilty and her case has drawn testimony from family members, friends, and teenagers who were present at the gathering. Jurors have been presented with text messages, witness accounts, and a forensic…

Rep. Nancy Mace faces a formal ethics review after the Office of Congressional Conduct reported “substantial reason to believe” misconduct, triggering a House ethics committee review that raises questions about procedure, timing, and political consequences. The Office of Congressional Conduct’s finding that there is “substantial reason to believe” prompted the committee to open an investigation into Representative Nancy Mace. That phrase now anchors a process that will determine whether formal charges move forward and whether the House takes disciplinary action. Republicans and independents alike will watch how evidence and procedure are handled. From a Republican perspective, the first concern is…

President Donald Trump ordered every federal agency to stop using Anthropic’s AI technology, citing the company’s effort to limit how the military could deploy its systems. The move creates a six-month phase-out window for agencies already using Anthropic products and escalates a broader fight over who controls AI in national defense. Trump announced the directive on Truth Social, framing it as a response to Anthropic’s attempt to impose restrictive conditions on how the Department of War might use its models. The command landed as a clear executive action aimed at removing corporate constraints from military operations. “I am directing EVERY…

Former President Joe Biden held a small, tightly controlled event at an art museum in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, drawing mainly state Democratic operatives and anyone willing to pay $125 for a ticket, with organizers setting up a cordoned stage to create the appearance of a crowd. The setting was an art museum in downtown Columbia, where seating and access were clearly limited and curated. Attendees included a number of South Carolina Democratic Party members along with ticket buyers who could afford the $125 price. The arrangement felt less like an open public rally and more like a closed fundraising…

Kansas has taken the unprecedented step of retroactively voiding certain driver’s licenses and birth certificates, a move that upends records for transgender residents and raises legal and practical questions across the state. Kansas recently moved to void driver’s licenses and birth certificates that had been changed to reflect a gender different from the one listed at birth. That retroactive change makes the state the first to strip previously issued documents, creating immediate confusion for affected people and the agencies that must enforce the new rule. State officials say the action restores consistency in public records, while critics call it punitive…

The Supreme Court unanimously rebuked lower courts and sent a baby-food lawsuit back to Texas state court, ruling that Whole Foods was improperly removed from the case in a jurisdictional maneuver that denied the family their chosen forum. The Court’s 9-0 decision, written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, affirmed the 5th Circuit and returned the dispute to the state court where the Palmquists first filed. This ruling restored Texas as the venue for claims tied to alleged heavy-metal harms to their child and reversed a maneuver that would have kept the case in federal court. Sarah and Grant Palmquist sued both…

Lipscomb Academy officials vehemently deny claims that the private school’s leadership has injected DEI into the Church of Christ school. School representatives insist the institution’s mission and religious identity remain central while community members continue to discuss what those terms mean for a faith-based campus. The situation has stirred local attention without clear evidence offered to prove the allegation. When people talk about DEI they mean diversity, equity and inclusion, a set of concepts that can cover hiring practices, student programming and campus culture. Those ideas are debated widely across education, and they often look different in a private or…