A tip from a "hero citizen" is responsible for preventing a mass shooting that was being planned for the Fourth of July celebration in Richmond, Virginia, authorities said Wednesday.
Recent surveys have exposed a rift on patriotic attitudes that academics say could lead to Independence Day becoming a holiday mostly embraced by conservatives.
The skies over many neighborhoods will light up and echo from explosive fireworks displays for the first time since 2019 this Fourth of July weekend, even though supply issues and wildfires will dampen celebrations in some communities.
She vowed to keep fighting.
“This is political. It is all political and punitive, and it is ridiculous. And the fact that we have a judge that stood beside this political, arbitrary decision that came out of the Biden White House is unfortunate, but we do not quit. We keep fighting. And this country is worth it,” Ms. Noem said.
U.S. District Chief Judge Roberto Lange, who was appointed by President Obama, ruled Wednesday against the state’s challenge of the National Park Service decision to forbid the fireworks show. The judge said reversing the decision would be “improper judicial activism for this Court to disregard settled law” on how federal agencies operate.