A rogue employee who used the New York Post website and Twitter account to post racist, violent, and sexist headlines has been fired. Several sources close to Ye (formerly Kanye West) said the rapper has a fascination with WWII-era dictator Hitler. A government website selling US Series I savings bonds crashed this week under unprecedented demand.
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Threat of Rail Strike Rising Again; Mark Meadows Ordered to Testify; Lawsuit Filed to Stop Voter Intimidation in Arizona
October 26, 2022Rank and file members of a second rail union have rejected a tentative labor deal. Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has been ordered to appear before an Atlanta-area grand jury. The Arizona chapter of the League of Women Voters has filed a federal lawsuit in the hope of preventing vigilante groups from engaging in voter intimidation.
Justice Thomas Halts Lindsey Graham Testimony; 2 Dead in St. Louis School Shooting; Actor Leslie Jordan Dies After Car Accident
October 24, 2022Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily froze a lower court order requiring Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in Georgia election interference investigation. A 19-year-old gunman killed a 16-year-old girl and a 61-year-old woman during a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis. 67-year-old comedian Leslie Jordan died today following a car accident.
Justice Dept. Recommends Six-Month Sentence for Bannon; Serum Institute to Produce Vaccine for Ebola Outbreak; Louisiana Project Shows Carbon Capture Increases Water Use
October 17, 2022The Justice Department is recommending a six-month prison sentence plus a $200,000 fine for former Donald Trump aide Stephen Bannon. The Serum Institute of India will manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 doses of an experimental vaccine for use in trials to help combat an Ebola outbreak in Uganda. A joint report shows a carbon capture project announced for Louisiana could more than double water usage at the Cleco energy plant that supplies power to the nearby communities.
Social Security Benefits to Jump 8.7% Next Year; Parkland Shooter Gets Life in Prison; Food Prices Still Surging
October 13, 2022Social security recipients will see an 8.7% jump in their payouts in 2023. A jury spared Nikolas Cruz, the Parkland High School shooter who killed 17 people in 2018, from the death penalty on Thursday, instead recommending he receive life in prison without the possibility of parole. Food prices have continued to soar, putting pressure, with the food-at-home index showing another 0.7% increase in prices in September.
Many in Ian’s Path Can’t Count on Insurance; Texas DA Names Officer Who Shot Teenager; Putin Claims Kerch Bridge Attack “Terrorism”
October 9, 2022While many of those on Florida’s coast had the necessary flood insurance to protect them from the damage done by Hurricane Ian, most of those in the central portion of the state did not. According to a statement issued by Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales, San Antonio Officer James Brennand is the officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old boy as he ate while sitting in a McDonald’s parking lot. Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a Ukrainian attack that damaged the Kerch Bridge connecting Russia to Crimea as “a terrorist act” by Ukrainian special services.
Biden Warns of Nuclear “Armageddon”; Uvalde School District Suspends Police Force; Solid Job Growth Means More Fed Hikes
October 7, 2022At a fundraising event Thursday night, President Joe Biden told Democratic donors that the world is now facing the threat of nuclear war. The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District suspended its school police force on Friday. While the September jobs report showing steady growth is great news for America’s job seekers, it likely means that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates once again in an attempt to slow inflation.
Supreme Court Back in Session; Oath Keepers Planned ‘Armed Rebellion’, Says Prosecutors; UN Chief Says World Is In “Life or Death Struggle” for Survival;
October 3, 2022The US Supreme Court is back in session today, and back to welcoming the public into the courtroom. Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes and four associates planned to continue their plot even after the 2020 election results were certified. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the world is in “a life-or-death struggle” for survival against climate change.
Florida Braces for Hurricane Ian; Congress Races to Avoid Gov’t Shutdown; Oath Keeper Leader Begins Trial for Seditious Conspiracy
September 27, 2022Hurricane Ian is expected to strengthen to a Category 4 hurricane before making landfall on the central west coast of Florida on Wednesday. Democratic lawmakers have introduced a stopgap spending measure in a bid to avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1. Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes and four others began their trial for seditious conspiracy in connection to the Jan. 6 insurrection on Tuesday.
Biden Declares Pandemic Over; Hurricane Fiona Lashes Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic; Russia Shells Near Ukraine Nuclear Plant
September 19, 2022President Joe Biden declared that the pandemic is over. Hurricane Fiona is now slamming into the Dominican Republic. Russian shelling damaged industrial equipment near a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
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