A group of parents in California pressured their children’s school into removing Planned Parenthood from its curriculum—and on June 3, from the entire school district. MassResistance describes itself as a “pro-family activist organization,” with members in 50 states. The group is known for exposing the Houston Public Library in Texas for permitting a sex offender to participate in the library’s “Drag Queen Storytime” event. This time—led by Shanda Lobados, the Southern California director of...

The San Diego County Fair announced that a 2-year-old boy died after contracting E. Coli linked to contact with the animals there. This was the fourth child to contract the bacteria after visiting the county fair in June, according to the County News Center. One child has died. “Unfortunately, a young child we’ve learned about three hours ago passed away,” said Timothy Fennel, the CEO of the Del Mar Fairground, in a press conference streamed by CBS 8 on June 29. “I want to say our hearts, our...

It was the Fourth of July when Michael Brown thought he’d celebrate the holiday by giving inmates from Cherokee County, Alabama, a pack of cigarettes—but now he’s paying for it. The inmates were setting up flags on the capital’s Avenue of Flags—a grouping of the U.S.flags in a semi-circle on Alabama State Capitol grounds—when the 39-year-old drove by, tossing his cigarettes at the inmates, according to Birmingham News. Cpl. Nick Vaughn pulled Brown over after witnessing the cigarettes...

The body of a male teenager found surrounded by alligators in Florida has been identified. Alligators were seen dragging the body of 16-year-old Jarvis Deliford on July 4 near a lake in St. Petersburg, reported the Tampa Bay Times. Otis Crawford and Patricia Kays stumbled on the scene that morning. Full story from today. Deliford’s sister: “Jarvis did not deserve that. Jarvis was not a nasty-hearted person.” @TB_Timeshttps://t.co/1dGlU8mxCr — Sam Ogozalek (@SamOgozalek) July 6, 2019 “It was...

Attorney General William Barr ordered federal prisons to resume capital punishment on July 25. The order follows the completion of an Obama-era review of lethal injections, which postponed federal executions until its conclusion. Within the announcement made by the Justice Department, five inmates were listed as scheduled for execution. “Our lawmakers have put the death penalty in place in the federal government and in many states,” said Professor Ronald J. Rychlak of Mississippi School of...