Driver charged with DUI manslaughter in farmworker bus crash
The Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday that the driver of a pickup truck was under the influence when he crashed into a bus carrying farmworkers, killing eight people and injuring…
The increasingly embarrassing details at Trump’s trial
Legal issues aside, the glimpses into how he conducts his personal life may be sending their own message to voters. Source link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/14/trump-trial-embarrassing-details/
Trump’s surrogates help him skirt his gag order
Donald Trump’s mouth and keyboard fingers have been relatively disciplined — by his own standards, at least — since he racked up the 10th gag-order violation of his Manhattan criminal…
Did Obamacare ‘massively’ increase the cost of health care?
“Obamacare was sold on a lie. It massively increased the cost of health care in America.” The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was enacted…
Sen. Bob Menendez’s trial, where gold bars may shine, begins Monday
Bars of gold, stacks of cash, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and foreign intelligence officials could all make cameo appearances as Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) goes on trial Monday — for the…
Columbia’s ‘bunker mentality’ on campus tensions sparked nationwide protests
Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, was in Washington on April 17 when she logged in to Zoom to convene her deans. Earlier in the day, pro-Palestinian demonstrators had…
Violence at UCLA protest raged for hours before police stepped in
Late on April 30, Sean Tabibian called 911 to say police were needed urgently at the University of California at Los Angeles. “All hell had broken loose,” Tabibian recalled in…
Prosecutors seek 40-year sentence for man who attacked Paul Pelosi
The Justice Department is arguing that the crimes constitute an act of terrorism under U.S. law, and that a stiff sentence will deter others from committing political violence. Source link:…
Pokémon Go players are adding fake beaches to map program to make rare catches
Daniel Graus late last month started noticing that some users editing OpenStreetMap, an open geographical database, were creating beaches in the strangest of places. One mapper had designated a cluster…
Republicans escalate fight with Secret Service over site for convention protesters in Milwaukee
Top Republican Party officials are escalating their fight with the Secret Service over the party’s convention in Milwaukee in July, demanding that the agency expand the security perimeter of the…