Valerie Richardson

Arkansas’ 8 in10 execution rush riles death penalty critics

Arkansas has come under fire for its rush to execute eight prisoners in 10 days, even though some of the staunchest critics bear responsibility for the state's predicament.

April 5, 2017

Bathroom bill in North Carolina leaves NCAA in crosshairs between gay groups, state officials

The NCAA may have gotten what it wanted with the repeal of the North Carolina bathroom bill, but it wasn't much of a victory for the college sports behemoth.

April 4, 2017

House Democrats urge teachers to trash book by climate scientists on global-warming dissent

Three ranking House Democrats on Monday urged teachers to throw away copies of a book written by climate scientists challenging the catastrophic global-warming view, saying the nation's schools are "inappropriate" forums for such a discussion.

April 4, 2017

Transgender bathroom bill’s hit to North Carolina economy amounts to ‘rounding error’

It turns out that the economic devastation to North Carolina wrought by the much-publicized boycott over House Bill 2 wasn't all that devastating -- and it wasn't all about HB2.

April 3, 2017

Rasmea Odeh, convicted terrorist, wins standing ovation at Chicago conference

Facing deportation, convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh on Sunday bid a tearful but defiant farewell as she blasted "Zionists" and President Trump in a fiery speech that drew a standing ovation from a pro-Palestinian crowd in Chicago.

April 2, 2017

Rasmea Odeh’s status as leftist icon untarnished by plea deal

She's a convicted terrorist preparing to be deported for entering the United States illegally, but Rasmea Yousef Odeh's status as a leftist celebrity remains intact.

March 30, 2017

Maryland legislature sends fracking ban bill to Governor Larry Hogan

Marylanders are using more natural gas than ever, but the state legislature has drawn the line at producing it.

March 28, 2017

Dakota Access Pipeline fills with oil as project readies for service

After nearly a year filled with protests, delays and political machinations, the Dakota Access Pipeline has finally been filled with oil.

March 28, 2017

Oil flows into Dakota Access pipeline at long last as project readies for service

After nearly a year filled with protests, delays and political machinations, the Dakota Access pipeline has finally been filled with oil.

March 28, 2017

Rasmea Odeh, convicted terrorist, agrees to leave U.S. in exchange for no jail time

Convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Yousef Odeh, an organizer of a Day Without a Woman, has agreed to leave the country in exchange for no jail time for failing to disclose the conviction on her U.S. visa application.

March 24, 2017

Gloria Steinem-led media group gives top honors to Fox News for gender parity

A left-wing women's media group co-founded by Gloria Steinem gave top honors for gender parity Wednesday to an unexpected recipient: Fox News.

March 22, 2017

Dakota Access pipeline vandals sought for burning holes as project expected to run oil this week

The next activists who try to burn a hole through the Dakota Access pipeline may find that carbon pollution is the least of their problems.

March 21, 2017

Carbon dioxide emissions stayed flat in 2016, global economy expanded

Even without the Paris climate agreement, worldwide carbon dioxide emissions stayed flat last year for the third year in a row as the global economy grew, raising questions about the need for the U.N. accord.

March 21, 2017

Third year of flat global carbon emissions fuels resistance to Paris climate accord

Even without the Paris climate agreement, worldwide carbon dioxide emissions stayed flat last year for the third year in a row as the global economy grew, raising questions about the need for the UN accord.

March 21, 2017

With bathroom bill, North Carolina economy expanding and tourism thriving

North Carolina may have lost out on the NCAA championships, the NBA All-Star Game and Bruce Springsteen thanks to its hotly contested transgender bathroom law, but the state's economy didn't miss a beat.

March 20, 2017

John Elway urges Senate to approve Neil Gorsuch’s nomination for high court

NFL Hall of Famer John Elway threw plaudits Monday to Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to approve the jurist described as a "big Denver Broncos fan."

March 20, 2017

Garbage haul at Dakota Access camps revised downward to 21 million pounds

A lot of garbage was hauled out of the Dakota Access protest camps, just not as much as previously indicated.

March 19, 2017

Violent protests upend left wing’s formerly peaceful image

There reached a point when the Dakota Access protest became less about debating the merits of pipeline routes and more about mixing it up with cops.

March 16, 2017

Officers’ spouses terrorized by threats of murder, rape during Dakota Access pipeline protest

Nobody is more relieved to see the Dakota Access protest wind down than the wives of law enforcers, who found themselves threatened with rape and arson by protesters on social media.

March 16, 2017

Oil, gas production on federal land tanked under Obama

Another piece of President Barack Obama's energy legacy: Oil and natural gas activity on federal lands tanked under his administration even as production on private property increased.

March 15, 2017