WATCH: House Dems blame racism, all-white jury for Karmelo Anthony’s guilty verdict

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Democrats are raising concerns about how race and jury selection may have impacted the guilty verdict in the Karmelo Anthony case, with several arguing the verdict highlights the racism they believe exists in the criminal justice system. “A travesty, two lives ruined, and what struck me … Read more

Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation’s cattle industry. Later, she repeated her assertion that former President Joe Biden’s administration is responsible … Read more

America’s birth rate has plunged. Are smartphones to blame?

A decades-long decline in the U.S. fertility rate has confounded policymakers and economists alike, with experts pointing to possible causes ranging from the economic fallout of the Great Recession to changing public attitudes about parenthood. Now, one economist is pointing to another factor: the iPhone.  A new research paper by Middlebury College economist Caitlin Myers found … Read more

Virginia Democrats’ $70M redistricting gamble backfires after court defeat, ignites blame game

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting map Former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares explains why the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Democratic redistricting map was a “win for the rule of law.” Miyares notes the proposed map would have drastically shifted power for Democrats, citing the court’s emphasis on adhering to … Read more

Circuit court must consider whether deputies were to blame in man’s death, appeals court says

The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reversed a judge’s ruling that Rankin County deputies bore no blame for the 2021 death of Damien Cameron after witnesses said one deputy sat on Cameron’s back while another kneeled on his neck. In a ruling Tuesday, the appeals court revived the civil lawsuit and sent it back to … Read more

Football practice was leaving a teen athlete out of breath. A rare cancer was to blame.

Cameron Rider had always been an athlete and loved hockey and baseball. The summer before his junior year of high school, he decided to join the football team. Pre-season practices in August left him fatigued and out of breath, but Rider, 16 at the time, just thought he was getting used to the new sport.  … Read more

In California’s crowded gubernatorial debate, Democrats go on offense while Republicans lay blame on incumbents

The primary election in California’s gubernatorial contest is just over a month away, and the race remains wide open. At a gubernatorial debate this week, a half-dozen Democrats offered divergent views on the state’s future — most of whom are within striking distance of each other in the polls — while two Republicans battled for … Read more