Todd Crawford
Migrant Numbers Surge at Southern Border Ahead of the End of Title 42
For the third day in a row, border patrol agents at the southern border have encountered more than 10,000 migrants as the number of migrants attempting to enter the United States continues to swell ahead...
‘We’re scared’: Rockland County Residents Speak Out Against NYC Mayor’s Plan to Bus Illegal Migrants Upstate
Rockland County residents are up in arms over New York City’s plan to bus hundreds of adult male migrants to the county to be housed in a hotel in the community. The plan, detailed last...
NY Gov. Hochul Unveils $1 Billion Investment in Mental Health Care
On May 8, speaking to a crowd in Buffalo, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul laid out her plan to address mental health care in the state, a plan she says represents the largest state...
Europe’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant in a ‘Potentially dangerous’ Situation, Watchdog Claims
On May 6, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that the area around Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia power plant in southeast Ukraine, is “becoming increasingly unpredictable and...
Fentanyl Overdoses More Than Tripled Over Five Years in the United States
According to a new report, published by the National Center for Health Sciences, drug overdoses due to fentanyl more than tripled in the United States from 2016 to 2021, with the crisis worsening over the...
NYC Community Safety Awareness Fair Hosted By the Asian American Pacific Islander Taskforce to Be Held This Saturday
On Saturday, May 6, the NYC Mayor’s Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Taskforce will be hosting a Community Safety Awareness Fair. The fair will be held at 33 Bowery in Manhattan and will run from...
Seattle Police Officers Banned From Conducting Vehicle Pursuits Without Specific Training
Effective May 3, amidst record high crime, officers with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) are now no longer allowed to engage in a vehicle pursuit of a suspected criminal unless the officer undergoes specific training...
Oklahoma Bans Blackrock, JP Morgan Chase, Others From Doing Business With the State
On May 3, Oklahoma State Treasurer Todd Russ banned 13 major financial institutions from doing business with the state, following a review that concluded the banks engaged in energy boycotts. Central to the issue is...
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Urges Texas Gov. Abbott to Stop Bussing Illegal Migrants to Chicago
On April 30, outgoing Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, urging him to stop bussing illegal migrants to Chicago, calling the practice both “inhumane” and “dangerous.” In the letter,...
NY: John Ciafone Is Vying to Become a Judge for the Queens 6th Municipal Court District
A special Democratic primary is scheduled to be held this year on June 27, and Democrat John J. Ciafone is on the ballot seeking to be elected as judge for the Queens 6th Municipal Court...
Regulators Seize First Republic Bank, Sell It to JP Morgan Chase in Attempt to Prevent Further Banking Turmoil
United States regulators seized embattled First Republic Bank early on Monday, May 1 and sold the bank's deposits and the majority of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank in an attempt to stave off further...
Computer Scientist Merges a Boston Dynamics Robot With OpenAI’s ChatGPT
In a development some consider disturbing, a computer engineer merged one of Boston Dynamic’s Spot robot dogs with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, allowing the robot to verbally answer questions and receive verbal instructions. In a Twitter thread,...