Assembly Bill 145 was introduced in the Nevada Legislature on Monday, and it would offer additional veterans’ benefits as well as new ways to safeguard veterans from fraud. Veterans who are members of the state Assembly submitted the bipartisan bill, which was considered at the chamber’s Government Affairs Committee meeting. Assemblymembers Reuben D’Silva, D-Clark County,...
A train struck and killed two pedestrians in Los Angeles’ Lake Balboa area on Monday evening. The Los Angeles Police Department stated a call was received at 6:13 p.m. reporting the tragic Metrolink crash at Roscoe and Balboa Boulevards. According to initial reports from the L.A. City Fire Department, personnel arrived to find two female...
The newly released body-worn camera film depicts the moment Orange County police shot and killed a 45-year-old homicide suspect who had drove his vehicle onto the Newport Beach Pier. The incident began on February 1 when the Santa Ana Police Department got a 911 call from a dispatch operator with the Menifee Police Department regarding...
In the Texas Senate and House, companion proposals prevent anyone from accessing state-funded facilities for the opposite sex. It would prohibit biological males from utilizing state-funded women’s facilities like jails, prisons, domestic violence shelters, public restrooms, and locker rooms. Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, filed HB 239. Galveston Republican Sen. Mayes Middleton filed the related bill...
A bright “Welcome to Prickly Pear” sign used to attract exhausted tourists searching for a tranquil desert holiday. Prickly Pear was famed for its friendly smiles, star-studded nights, and low crime rate, similar to a fishing village. Cacti and sagebrush surrounded it in southern Arizona. This utopia is now shrouded in shadow. Arizona’s second-ranked murder...
In Oregon, state statutes clearly address the legality of marrying a cousin. Oregon Revised Statutes Section 106.020(2) prohibits marriages between first cousins or other close relatives, regardless of blood or adoption. However, there is an exception in which the parties are first cousins by adoption alone; in such circumstances, the marriage is not forbidden or...
Montana statutes clearly address the legitimacy of marriage between first cousins. Montana law forbids marriages between first cousins. Marriages between “a brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or between first cousins” are illegal and void under state statutes. This ban is applicable to both whole and half-blood couples. Engaging in a marriage...
MISSISSIPPI (DDN) – Although the Mississippi lakes are breathtaking, the wildlife can be dangerous. Snakes, on the other hand, are a vital part of the ecology because they commonly consume mice and other pests that might otherwise dominate a region if there was no natural predation. Exercise caution when trekking along the Mississippi lake shoreline,...
VIRGINIA (DDN) – Over thirty species of snakes can be observed moving gracefully across Virginia. Interestingly, only three of these—the cottonmouth, copperhead, and timber rattlesnake—are venomous, and they all belong to the rattlesnake family. While these snakes inhabit various regions across the state, certain locations provide an ideal mix of factors for their thriving, including...
GEORGIA (DDN) – From the perspective of someone who has not lived in Georgia for a significant amount of time or who is just visiting the Peach State, it may appear as though the people who live there have their own unique vocabulary in comparison to the rest of the globe. Which, to be fair,...