The first GOP presidential debate is in the books, with former President Donald Trump as a notable absence. This story highlights the Morning Rundown for Thursday, Aug. 24, 2024. The eight candidates who took center stage on Wednesday night, Aug. 23, took hard stances on issues like abortion, the war in Ukraine and former President…

The summertime is a perfect time for things to trend across social media. One of the more surprising topics to get serious attention was the possibility of a room temperature superconductor that could pave the way for quantum computing and ultrafast high-speed trains. So was LK-99, as it’s known, too good to be true? To…

At one point, China was so worried about its rapidly growing population that the Chinese Communist Party implemented notorious family-planning policies. But now its population has peaked, its workforce is aging and the party can’t convince its people to have more kids. In 2023, India will take the long-held title of the world’s largest population…

Republican presidential candidate Larry Elder is threatening to file an FEC complaint against the Republican National Committee and Fox News for violation of debate rules and illegal campaign contributions if they don’t let him take part in Wednesday night’s debate in Milwaukee. Elder said he met all the requirements for entry, including one percent support in three…

Call it a sign of the times for the Russian economy. A shopping mall is being turned into a factory to make kamikaze or suicide drones. At the same time, teenagers are being forced to build the weapons of war. Russia is using unmanned aerial vehicles like the Lancet and Shahed-136 in Ukraine to a…

Royal Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales has had to apologize for kissing Spanish player Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth during the medal ceremony after Spain won the Women’s World Cup. The kiss was widely viewed as inappropriate given the sport’s long-standing allegations of sexual misconduct by male soccer presidents and coaches against female players…

Texas has been on a tear. The “Lone Star State” currently stands as one of only two U.S. states with a population of 30 million or more. According to the latest employment data from July, Texas has once again taken the lead nationwide in terms of jobs added throughout the past year. Straight Arrow News…

According to a study published Tuesday, Aug. 22, only 40.3% of people who have suffered a heart attack or stroke reported taking aspirin to help prevent a second one. The study, published in the medical journal JAMA, looked at data from 51 different low-, middle-, and high-income countries. The study found aspirin use to prevent…

Two months after Yevgeny Prigozhin led his mercenaries in an armed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership, the head of the Wagner Group appeared to be in Africa. The on-again, off-again Putin ally was back to his old ways of using social media to further the Russian cause. In the video, translated by Reuters, Prigozhin said,…

The Justice Department determined that a police officer who died by suicide after responding to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol was a death in the line of duty. That determination means the officer’s wife can receive death benefits.  Jeffrey Smith died Jan. 15, 2021. According to NBC News, a medical examiner…