WASHINGTON — “Drunkards!” “Jezebel!” “Nasty!” The street preacher condemned people as he proselytized on the sidewalks outside public events. But after the town of Brandon, Mississippi, adopted an ordinance dictating where people are allowed to protest, Gabriel Olivier was arrested, fined and placed on one year of non-supervised probation. This was just the beginning of […]
Federal immigration officers are targeting Somali nationals living in Minnesota after President Donald Trump referred to the refugees as “garbage.” Twin Cities officials condemned Trump’s remarks and shared fears about how the new enforcement operation will affect Minnesotans. At Trump’s final Cabinet meeting of the year on Tuesday, he made a series of derogatory comments […]
Two wrongful death lawsuits were filed Wednesday over last month’s fiery UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, that killed 14 people. Attorneys for the families of Angela Anderson, 45, and Trinadette “Trina” Chavez, 37, are suing UPS, Boeing, GE and others. Chavez worked at Grade A Auto Parts and Recycling, one of the businesses destroyed by the impact of the plane crash and resulting fire. […]
Republican Matt Van Epps won a special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, keeping the deep-red seat in GOP hands. But Democrats say the closer-than-usual margin shows the district, and the national mood, may be shifting. Republican holds long-safe seat Van Epps, a military veteran and former state general services commissioner, defeated Democratic […]
A rare Fabergé “Winter Egg” made for Russia’s imperial family sold for 22.9 million pounds ($30.2 million) at Christie’s in London. Christie’s says the sale sets a new world record for any Fabergé piece. A crystal egg with a spring surprise The 4-inch rock-crystal egg is one of only seven imperial Fabergé eggs still in […]
A deep-sea hunt for a Malaysia Airlines jet that went missing in 2014 will resume at the end of the year, Malaysia’s transport ministry said Wednesday. The aircraft vanished on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 passengers, primarily Chinese nationals. Officials say the plane was traveling from Malaysia to Beijing when it deviated from its route […]
A top Senate Democrat is demanding that the Trump administration award $10,000 bonuses to all air traffic controllers, not just those who didn’t miss a single day of work during the recent federal government shutdown. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., the ranking minority member of a Senate aviation subcommittee, sent a formal request to the Department […]
The Defense Department’s inspector general has finished a review of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal app during planning for U.S. strikes in Yemen and delivered the final report to him on Tuesday. A redacted, unclassified version has been sent to Congress and could be released publicly as early as this week, CBS […]
President Donald Trump pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case, saying the Biden administration “weaponized the Justice System.” In a post on social media, the president said the charges against Cuellar and his wife are “One of the clearest examples of this.” Federal prosecutors last year charged […]
AT&T has notified the Federal Communications Commission that it is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, a move aimed at winning approval for major telecommunications deals under the Trump administration. The FCC has made clear that it expects large telecom companies to dismantle DEI efforts when seeking approval for significant transactions. Why now? […]
