“I wish I could go backto my home neighborhood,where the good folks,they all love you as their own.” Those were the lyrics to the 1955 song, “Come On In And Make Yourself At Home,” by country music’s ballad-belting superstar Patsy Cline. So, when I found out that her home, in …
Read More »Investigator hired by Wisconsin’s GOP
The former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice hired by the Republican speaker of the state Assembly to review the 2020 election is suggesting that state lawmakers should look at decertifying the 2020 election, even though state attorneys have said that is not legal. Investigator Michael Gableman made the recommendation as …
Read More »Target raises its minimum wage to as much as $24 an hour
Workers at Target stores and distribution centers in places like New York, where competition for finding and hiring staff is the fiercest, could see starting wages as high as $24 an hour this year. The Minneapolis-based discount retailer said Monday that it will adopt minimum wages that range from $15 …
Read More »Retired SWAT commander says man he shot dead in Florida movie theater was “out
A retired police SWAT commander testified Thursday that he fatally shot a man in a movie theater eight years ago during an argument sparked by cellphone usage and escalated by a thrown popcorn bag because he feared he was about to be attacked by an “out-of-control” person who “looked like …
Read More »Trump Organization and former CFO Allen Weisselberg seek dismissal of criminal charges
The Trump Organization and former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg on Tuesday asked a judge to dismiss the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal fraud and tax evasion charges against them, claiming they’ve been targeted because of politics. Former President Donald Trump’s eponymous company was accused in July of providing executives with …
Read More »New evidence casts doubt on Black man’s attempted rape conviction
Residents in a rural part of Louisiana have wondered for years: Did Vincent Simmons, a Black man, get a fair trial in 1977? Simmons was accused of attempted aggravated rape of 14-year-old twin sisters Sharon and Karen Sanders, who are White. Less than two months after he was arrested, Simmons, …
Read More »COVID creates logistical hurdles for one
President Biden’s forthcoming Supreme Court nominee will have to navigate a fiercely divided Senate to secure confirmation. But the nominee’s first hurdle will be a series of meetings with senators in a Capitol complex teeming with COVID cases. It has long been a tradition for Supreme Court nominees to …
Read More »Pentagon steps up efforts to prevent civilian casualties in airstrikes
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memo Thursday directing the Defense Department to step up its efforts to prevent civilian casualties in U.S. military airstrikes. The initiative comes on the heels of a RAND Corporation report that found that the Defense Department’s processes lead to systemic undercounting of civilian casualties …
Read More »“Meme stocks” have returned to Earth — and to a changed market
Investors have cooled on so-called meme stocks, spurred in part by worries about inflation and the Federal Reserve’s efforts to control spiraling consumer prices. Yet while the shares of companies like GameStop and AMC Entertainment have slumped since skyrocketing early last year, they haven’t nosedived as many establishment experts predicted. That’s …
Read More »Apple says possibly armed woman is stalking CEO Tim Cook
The Santa Clara County Superior Court has issued a restraining order against a woman who has allegedly been stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook for more than a year. The woman, who claims he is the father of her children, is accused of emailing Cook photos of a loaded pistol and …
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