Teachers in Tennessee public schools may be allowed to carry concealed guns in the classroom. This comes after a school shooting in the state’s capital city sparked a heated discussion on how to prevent such violence. The legislation was approved by the Republican-led Legislature in Tennessee on Tuesday. This comes shortly after Republican governors in Iowa and Nebraska signed similar laws to increase the presence of armed personnel in schools. Tennessee lawmakers passed additional gun-rights measures on Wednesday. These measures include allowing retired law officers to carry guns in schools and prohibiting local ordinances that remove guns from individuals deemed...

Arizona doctors may be allowed to perform abortions on their patients in California, according to a proposal announced on Wednesday by Governor Gavin Newsom. This proposal aims to bypass a ban on almost all abortions in Arizona’s neighboring state. This would only apply to doctors who are licensed in Arizona and have a good standing, as well as their patients. It would only be in effect until the end of November. Arizona passed a law in 1864 that prohibits all abortions, except in cases where the woman’s life is at risk. This law will go into effect on June 8....

This week, actions in courts and state capitals across the U.S. have once again shown that the issue of overturning Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion is far from being resolved. The issue was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court again on Wednesday, marking the second time in a month. At the same time, lawmakers in Arizona are working to repeal a nearly complete ban on abortion before it can be enforced. In California, the governor suggested offering support to abortion providers and patients from Arizona if the ban goes into effect. In Tennessee, there are efforts...

An agent from the U.S. Secret Service who was assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris showed concerning behavior on Monday morning at Joint Base Andrews. The agent was taken to the hospital, according to authorities. Harris was not at the airbase when it happened. The U.S. Secret Service provided a statement to CBS News saying that on Monday at around 9 a.m. local time, an agent started behaving in a way that worried their colleagues. The agent was taken off their assignment and medical personnel were called for help. According to two sources who were informed about the situation, an...

“If at first you don’t succeed, make the problem worse” appears to be the belief of New York lawmakers. Last June, the City Council made a rule that app-based food delivery workers must be paid at least $17.96 per hour. This rule caused big changes in the delivery system. Services similar to UberEats quickly made changes to how they pay their drivers in order to save money. They reduced the number of drivers working each day and gave priority to the drivers who were the busiest. This meant that drivers who didn’t have as many deliveries and relied on food...

City officials have been asking for more power to address illegal smoke shops for months. Finally, their wish was granted through the state budget. Once the budget law is in effect, New York City will start including the NYPD in the effort to enforce laws against illegal smoke shops. Other cities in the state will also have the opportunity to pass new laws to close down these shops. “We have been waiting for a long time to address the issue of illegal shops, and now the day has finally arrived,” Governor Kathy Hochul said on Friday. “I am using the...

Police said they arrested a man on Tuesday who is accused of assaulting random women in New York City. Police said that Daquan Armstead, a 31-year-old man from East Bronx, was arrested for allegedly committing hate-motivated assaults on seven women in Lower Manhattan. The assaults took place between late March and mid-April. Authorities claim that he hit women, occasionally in the face, on their heads, or on their backs. When Armstead was asked about the allegations while being taken out of the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force office, he said, “They spit at me.” The police denied...

The number of rats in New York City is increasing and they are causing more problems than just being a nuisance. The New York City Department of Health has issued a health warning because they have found six cases of human leptospirosis, which is a bacterial infection that spreads through rat urine. In 2023, the city had 24 cases, which was the highest number in a single year. Leptospirosis usually causes symptoms similar to the flu, such as fever, headache, muscle aches, and chills. Some other common symptoms include feeling sick to your stomach, throwing up, having loose bowel movements,...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — They are destructive. They are annoying. According to environmental experts, spotted lanternflies will be hatching in larger numbers than last year throughout New York state, including NYC, within the next 30 days. In 2023, during the spring, summer, and fall, people in Staten Island were happy to see fewer spotted pests. However, other boroughs like Manhattan and Brooklyn had a lot of them during that time. According to José R. Ramírez-Garofalo, an ecologist at Rutgers University and the newly elected president of Protectors of Pine Oak Woods on Staten Island, Staten Islanders can expect to see more...