Author: Misty Severi, Washington Examiner

A nonbinary Department of Energy official has been accused of stealing a second piece of female luggage, this time at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. A warrant for grand larceny has been issued for Sam Brinton, one of the first gender-fluid officials in the federal government, local news outlet 8 News Now…

A British lawmaker called for Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to lose their royal titles on Thursday after a new Netflix documentary series lobbed fresh racial accusations at the royal family. Bob Seely, a Conservative member of Parliament, claimed he was tabling an unidentified member of Parliament’s bill to strip…

Iran executed a man on Thursday who injured a paramilitary officer during the unrest that was spurred by the death of Mahsa Amini, in the first known execution tied to the monthslong protests, according to state media reported. Mohsen Shekari, who stabbed a member of the Basij paramilitary force at a protest in Tehran in…

Renting an apartment in Washington, D.C., is not an easy feat, even for a member of Congress, incoming House member Maxwell Frost (D-FL) learned Thursday. Frost, who was elected in Florida as the youngest incoming member of the House of Representatives during the midterm elections, said he was recently denied an apartment in the country’s…

The chief of police in Moscow, Idaho, broke down in tears on Tuesday while discussing the mental toll a murder investigation takes on all those involved. Moscow Police Chief James Fry got emotional during an interview with Fox News, claiming that the force does not turn off their emotions when investigating a gruesome crime like…

The vice president of Argentina was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday after a federal court found her guilty in a high-profile corruption case. Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who has denied the allegations, is expected to appeal the decision and is not expected to begin her prison sentence until after she finishes…

Independent contractors will be required to document online income that exceeds $600 in a single transaction starting next year, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday. New rules from the IRS dictate that income earned through online portals such as Uber, Etsy, DoorDash, and Airbnb that exceeds $600 in one transaction now have to be reported…

The state of Florida will provide $25 million in housing assistance to victims of Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Monday, a week after the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied the state’s request. The money will help Floridians rebuild their homes by providing building materials, travel trailers, and recreational vehicles for Floridians…

The 2021-2022 school year marked a 10-year low in immunizations for Florida elementary school students, according to a recent report by the state’s Department of Health. The study, which was conducted in September, revealed that 91.7% of the state’s kindergarten students were vaccinated for the year, marking the lowest since the 2010-2011 school year, and…

A middle-school teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota, gave her class a survey about their names and gender pronouns, which included a question on what pronoun they should use when talking to a student’s parents. Mandi Jung, who teaches science at Highland Park Middle School, shared her curriculum online, including the survey that asked for the student’s…