Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.

Here's Why NJ Residents Are Skipping Labor Day Getaways
With Labor Day around the corner, many South Jersey residents are rethinking their holiday weekend. I know I am, for sure. The high cost of living in NJ, paired with inflation that just won’t quit, is forcing people to make tough choices,...

Pennsylvania says it won't give voters' SSNs, driver's license numbers to US DOJ
Pennsylvania's Department of State on Thursday told the U.S. Department of Justice that it will not provide a list of voters that included partial Social Security and driver's license numbers and that the federal agency was free to request the...

U.S. escalates military pressure on Venezuela: 4,000 troops, destroyers deployed amid cartel crackdownâbut is Maduro really the target?
U.S. escalates military pressure on Venezuela: 4,000 troops, destroyers deployed amid cartel crackdown—but is Maduro really the target? The U.S. is deploying three Navy destroyers and 4,000 troops near Venezuela, framing the move as a...

Government-backed nonprofit Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center profiled
2024 Alex L Love Recruiter - 2024 Alex Jay Aitken Registered Nurse - 2024 Alicia Michelle Pankey Physical Therapist Assistant - 2024 Amanda K Godinez Clinical Application Specialist - 2024 Amanda K Pullen Accounts Receivable Clerk - 2024 Amanda...
ADB approves financing for Pakistan's Reko Diq copper-gold mine
MANILA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Friday that it has approved up to 410 million U.S. dollars in financing for the Reko Diq copper-gold mine in Pakistan. The package includes up to 300 million dollars in senior loans...

Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average Shares Rise as Higher Yields Buoy Banks, Weak Yen Lifts Autos
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Tokyo Stock Exchange Reuters 12:44 JST, August 22, 2025 TOKYO, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Japanese shares rose on Friday, with higher bond yields buoying banks and insurers and a weaker yen lifting automakers, while...

Spying for China Gets U.S. Navy Sailor Convicted
A federal jury convicted Jinchao Wei, also known as Patrick Wei, of espionage and export violations. Wei was an active-duty U.S. Navy sailor stationed at Naval Base San Diego when he agreed to sell Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer...

U.S. Navy sailor convicted for selling military secrets to China
An active-duty U.S. Navy sailor was convicted of espionage by a federal jury on Wednesday, according to a Department of Justice press release. Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Jinchao Wei, 25, who was stationed at Naval Base San Diego, sold Navy secrets...

ICE Is On Pace To Deport More Than 400,000 People In Trump's First Year In Office: Report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting nearly 1,500 people per day, a rate that would surpass 400,000 removals by the end of President Donald Trump's first year in office, according to an analysis published by The New York Times....

Family-owned farms account for 95% of U.S. farms, according to the Census of Agriculture Typology Report
Family farms comprise 95% of all U.S. farms, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology report released (Aug. 19, 2025) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The farm typology...

Commentary: AI’s Demand for Resources Poses Promise and Peril to Rural America
by James Varney More than three millennia ago, indigenous people built a massive ceremonial mound a few miles from here, an engineering marvel called Poverty Point and one of the oldest known building projects in North America. Today, this is...

Trump’s War on Cartels: U.S. Military Preps Lethal Strikes in Mexico
Screenshot: The White House The Trump administration has issued directives for the U.S. military to develop plans for lethal operations targeting Mexican drug cartels, according to investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein’s reporting. These...

65% of Americans demand U.S. action to stop Gaza starvation as Israelâs war faces growing backlash
65% of Americans demand U.S. action to stop Gaza starvation as Israel’s war faces growing backlash Two years of Israeli assault on Gaza have killed more than 62,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children. 65% of Americans now demand U.S. action...

CDCâs DEADLY 72-VACCINE childhood âscheduleâ under attack as CDC gets sued for maiming and killing untold numbers of U.S. kids and babies
CDC’s DEADLY 72-VACCINE childhood “schedule” under attack as CDC gets sued for maiming and killing untold numbers of U.S. kids and babies The absolute absurdity of injecting a newborn with neurotoxins and carcinogens and then continuing to give...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Digest: Aug. 20, 2025
Civil Rights Police Shooting Wrongful Death; Removal Plaintiff appealed the denial of his motion to remand to state court and the grant of defendant’s summary judgment motion. Plaintiff filed suit asserting state law battery and wrongful death...

Ukraine plans to buy U.S. weapons using Europe’s money
Ukraine plans to buy U.S. weapons using Europe’s money Geopolitical analyst Glenn Diesen decries the plan as a reckless bid to "confront Russia with tools Europeans don’t own, to train soldiers Ukraine doesn’t have." U.S. President Donald Trump...
Cleveland Clinic’s 5 Back-to-School Sleep Tips for Kids
Mention the word “bedtime” in the summer and you’re sure to hear groans from your kids, especially if they’ve spent the last few months staying up late and sleeping until noon. When it’s time to go back to school, though, getting back into healthy...

FBI Recordings Reveal Costa Rica Ex-Minister Celso Gamboa’s Drug Ties
Costa Rican authorities continue to hold former security minister Celso Gamboa in custody as U.S. officials push for his extradition on drug charges. Recent revelations from FBI documents detail audio and video recordings of Gamboa negotiating...

Family-owned farms account for 95% of U.S. farms, USDA data shows
Family farms comprise 95 percent of all U.S. farms, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The farm typology report primarily...

U.S. halts Gaza visas after wounded children land at SFO
A welcome sign for three injured children from Gaza arriving at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. The humanitarian aid nonprofit HEAL Palestine coordinated travel and medical treatments for...