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Friday, April 26, 2024

Boeing's new spaceship has been cleared for its first-ever crewed liftoff. read more


From the outset, Justice Alito, along with several other conservatives on the bench, was highly skeptical of the government's indictment of former President Donald Trump for his role in fomenting the Jan. 6 insurrection, going so far as to suggest not only that Trump may be immune from prosecution but also that the federal fraud conspiracy law he is charged with violating may not be valid, either. read more


The Canton Police Department on Wednesday released body camera footage showing the death of 53-year-old East Canton resident Frank E. Tyson while in police custody, including his last words of "I can't breathe." read more


Josh Marshall: We are where we should know we are. The Roberts Court is a corrupt institution which operates in concert with and on behalf of the Republican Party and to an ambiguous degree right-wing anti-regulatory ideology. If we believe in a different set of policies or even democratic self-governance we will have to succeed at that with the Supreme Court acting as a consistent adversary. read more


As protesters chanted "Blood on your hands" at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds, and bar parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed. read more


The identity thief allegedly stole the identity of the victim more than three decades ago when both worked at a hot dog cart in Albuquerque, New Mexico. read more


Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern: There will be no more self-soothing after this. read more


Thursday, April 25, 2024

The Onion has sold to a new Chicago-based firm called Global Tetrahedron, G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller announced Thursday, TheWrap has learned. read more


Stephen A. Crockett Jr. - For forty years Clarence Thomas has been an albatross for Black people, an arbiter of "do as I say, not as I do" politics, a mime whose silence on the bench has been deafening. And, he's been all the things he claims to hate about Black people: He's a welfare queen, a duplicitous double agent, a diversity hire, a beneficiary of reparations and a minstrel show. read more


Even the normally arch-conservative USCCB argued that the "Catholic Church, consistent with western tradition, has long taught that the homeless are to be helped, not punished." Who could possibly be on the other side of the issue? Well, that would be Gospel Rescue Mission, the ministry that controls the discriminatory shelter in Grants Pass. read more


Ryan Watson, is in jail on the island and facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years ... read more


Recent protests blocking roadways over the Israel-Hamas war has led to Democrats looking to team up with Republicans in California to increase the penalty for protestors. Monday, the Assembly Transportation Committee passed Assembly Bill 2742 on an 8-5 vote, with four Democrats siding with Republicans to push it through. read more


Former New York Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House and is facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his bid for Congress in New York's 1st District. read more


Through high-level intelligence briefings, secretive meetings between the president and the four congressional leaders, and weeks of intensive strategizing, the Ukraine funding bill finally passed the House on Saturday with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 311-112. The Senate passed the measure late Tuesday, and Biden signed the bill into law Wednesday. read more


With 30% of US companies at least exploring the idea now, and a small but growing number of companies actually trying it, there's a real possibility it will take hold. read more


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