Giorno: 29 Agosto 2023

Veteran Los Angeles politician sentenced to 3½ years for corruption

A veteran Los Angeles politician was sentenced Monday to 3½ years in prison for a scheme in which he sought benefits for his son in exchange for supporting lucrative government contracts with the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Mark Ridley-Thomas, most recently a city councilmember, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on […]

Missouri law banning gender-changing treatments for minors takes effect

A pair of bills signed into law by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in June went into effect on Monday, restricting transgender youth access to sex-reassignment health care and school sports. In one law, the state prohibits minors from starting puberty blockers and hormones and makes gender surgeries for youths illegal. In the other law, student […]

GOP Lawmakers Question Plea Deal for Alleged 9/11 Architect

Two Republican lawmakers sent a letter Monday to the Pentagon demanding answers on a potential plea deal for the suspected chief architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Hawaii Utility Points at Maui County for Deadly Wildfire

Hawaiian Electric Company is pointing the finger at Maui County for the deadliest wildfire in the United States in more than a century.[#item_full_content]

DeSantis Declares Widespread Emergency Ahead of Idalia’s Expected Landfall

Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit in days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges.As the…[#item_full_content]

Wis. Supreme Court Chief Accuses Liberals of Staging a ‘Coup’

The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” and conducted an “illegal experiment” when they voted to weaken her powers and fire the director of state courts.[#item_full_content]

Biden claims to have ‘literally’ convinced Strom Thurmond to vote for Civil Rights Act — at 21 years old

President Biden on Monday claimed to have “literally” convinced South Carolina Democrat-turned-Republican Senator Strom Thurmond to vote for the Civil Rights Act — when he was just 21 years old. Biden made the claim while speaking on the 60th anniversary on the founding of the civil rights legal group, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights […]

Netflix Ends DVD Mailings but Adds Surprise

Media giant Netflix may be ending its mailing of DVDs on September 29, but customers of the near antiquated service will be getting a surprise.

Musk, Zuckerberg Set to Attend Schumer’s AI Forum in Sept.

X owner Eli Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be among the Big Tech heavyweights scheduled to appear in a forum on artificial intelligence in September.[#item_full_content]

Deadly militia attack in Congo leaves 14 dead amid ongoing unrest in the east

Fighters for militia group attacked a village in northeastern Congo, setting off a battle that killed 14 people, the army said Monday, the latest bloodshed in the country’s restive east. Col. Mapela Mviniama said armed men from the CODECO militia assaulted Gobu village on Sunday evening, killing nine civilians and one Congolese soldier. Four attackers […]