A meat processing company in Minnesota on Friday agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties after an investigation found it employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions, such as operating meat grinders, while they worked overnight shifts and longer hours than allowed by law. Tony Downs Food […]
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UK police nab China spies working in high reaches of government: Officials
A parliamentary researcher in the United Kingdom who was reportedly arrested on accusations of spying for China claims he is innocent. British police said Saturday that two men were arrested under the Official Secrets Act in March, with press reports Sunday identifying one of those arrested as a researcher for […]
Read MoreOakland DA accuses critics of racism as upset residents express outrage over crime
A California district attorney has claimed that allegations that she has soft-on-crime policies are actually racist attacks against her. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price and some of her supporters slammed Oakland residents who have been complaining that crime is too high in the major California city and that the […]
Read More‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ missing from US Open finals
The US Open men’s and women’s singles finals did not appear to feature “The Star-Spangled Banner” over the weekend, as Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff won titles in their categories. Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to pick up the first Grand Slam title of her career. Djokovic defeated […]
Read MoreAuburn University hunts for suspect who attacked woman headed to campus
Auburn University in Alabama is searching for a suspect accused of pushing down a woman walking toward campus and assaulting her. The assault, which was reported to Auburn’s campus safety and security team, occurred on Sunday just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of Miller Avenue and South College Street, […]
Read MoreVP Biden’s niece updated Hunter’s company on Chinese sovereign wealth fund during stint at Treasury: emails
President Biden’s niece emailed Hunter Biden and the president of his company information about China Investment Corporation (CIC), China’s largest sovereign wealth fund, when she was serving in the U.S. Treasury Department during the Obama-Biden administration. Casey Owens was serving as a special assistant for the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue […]
Read MoreTeacher returns to classroom after posting former student’s nude photos online: ‘It doesn’t sit right’
A New Jersey high school teacher quietly resigned and gained employment at another school after facing blowback for sharing mysteriously procured nude selfies of a former student online. On Aug. 21, a court ordered Christopher Doyle to pay $10,000 to Kaitlyn Cannon in damages, per a partial summary judgment shared […]
Read MoreWest Virginia’s former Democratic minority leader Doug Skaff resigns from state House of Delegates
Del. Doug Skaff is resigning from the West Virginia House of Delegates after stepping down as the chamber’s Democratic leader last month. Skaff, who has represented Kanawha County as a Democrat in the House for nearly 11 nonconsecutive years, delivered a resignation letter to Speaker Roger Hanshaw on Friday, according […]
Read MoreOn September 11, we pay a debt of honor
On Monday, all across our country, Americans will pause to reflect and remember the fateful, tragic events of September 11, 2001. The terrorists who attacked the United States on that day, sought not just to take the lives of U.S. citizens, they hoped to break America’s spirit. But they failed. […]
Read MoreKeith Olbermann lashes out at Chuck Todd for final monologue before resignation: ‘A–‘, ‘Fraud’
Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann went off on former “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd in a fiery post on X after the anchor announced that he was stepping down as the face of “Meet the Press.” “The amazing thing is, [Todd] really thinks he did that, rather than set […]
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