The family of Ahmaud Arbery rejected a plea deal in the federal civil rights case of two of the men convicted of shooting and killing Arbery while he was jogging in a Brunswick, Georgia, neighborhood in February 2020, the family’s attorney said. Earlier this week, the Department of Justice approached Arbery’s …
Read More »“Major industrial accident” sets off fire at ExxonMobil refinery
Firefighters extinguished a large fire at a Houston-area oil refinery that broke out early Thursday, injuring four people. Four people were injured but everyone else on site has been accounted for, said Rohan Davis, the refinery’s manager. Three of the injured were taken to hospitals by helicopter while the fourth …
Read More »White House blasts Manchin’s “inexplicable reversal” on Build Back Better Act
Washington — White House press secretary Jen Psaki sharply criticized Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia for his decision to withdraw his support for President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, saying Manchin’s comments Sunday morning contradicted what he had told the president. On “Fox News Sunday,” Manchin said he could …
Read More »What happened to the “good jobs”? A look at the decline of jobs that supported middle class life
The number of unemployed Americans looking for work has plummeted to pre-pandemic levels, according to the U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics. But workers are also quitting in record numbers. Job opening reached a near-record high with businesses looking to fill a record 11.1 million slots, the Labor Department said …
Read More »Former Georgia school administrator and another woman accused of poisoning his wife with cocaine are indicted on murder charges
A former Georgia school administrator has been indicted on a murder charge after investigators accused him of poisoning his ailing wife with a cocaine overdose in 2019. CBS affiliate WMAZ-TV reports indictments issued last week charge Edward Judie Jr. of Macon with felony murder and violating state drug laws. A previously …
Read More »Corporate profits are booming. That may leave padding to absorb higher wages.
U.S. corporate profits have never been fatter — or accounted for a bigger portion of economic growth, recent figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show. Third-quarter after-tax profits made up about 11% of GDP, a measure experts typically use to gauge the nation’s economic health. It’s been …
Read More »Lee Price III spent his $1.6 million in PPP loans on cars, a Rolex and clubs. Now, he’s been sentenced to more than nine years in prison.
A 30-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 9 years and 2 months in prison for fraudulently acquiring more than $1.6 million in funds through the government’s coronavirus pandemic Paycheck Protection Program [PPP], the Department of Justice said Monday. The government said Lee Price III had pleaded guilty in September to …
Read More »Chris Cuomo coordinated with Andrew Cuomo’s top aide Melissa DeRosa as allegations spiraled, messages show
CNN anchor and journalist Chris Cuomo sought to help tailor former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s responses to allegations of sexual misconduct, according to documents released Monday by the state’s attorney general. Chris Cuomo has previously acknowledged involvement in his brother’s response to the allegations, but the new documents shed …
Read More »Samsung announces a new semiconductor facility in Texas
South Korean electronics giant Samsung said it plans to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory outside of Austin, Texas, amid a global shortage of chips used in cars, phones, tablets, video game consoles and other electronic devices. “This is the largest foreign direct investment in the state of Texas, ever,” …
Read More »American Music Awards 2021 winners: BTS takes artist of the year
New York — South Korean superstars BTS were crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday, brushing aside challenges from Taylor Swift, Drake and The Weeknd as they took home a total of three awards and teamed up with Coldplay for a raucous “My Universe” and …
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