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Andrew Trunsky Republican House candidate Anthony Bouchard acknowledged that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18 in a Thursday interview with the Casper Star-Tribune, and defended his actions. Bouchard, a Wyoming state legislator seeking to oust Rep. Liz Cheney in 2022, first revealed his past…
Read More ‘Like The Romeo And Juliet Story’ Anthony Bouchard, Primary Challenger To Liz Cheney, Defends Impregnating A 14-Year-Old
Kaylee Greenlee A Jewish family was leaving a synagogue when a group of men drove by and insulted the family until an armed bystander got between them, a local CBS affiliate reported Thursday. Eric Orgen said he was walking with his wife and daughter when…
Read More New Jersey Jewish Family Visiting Florida Took Barrage Of Anti-Semitic Insults — Until A Florida Gun Owner Stepped In
Thomas Catenacci The Biden administration proposed a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15%, but said it hoped world leaders would negotiate a more “ambitious” minimum rate. Treasury Department officials proposed the 15% minimum corporate tax rate during an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development…
Read More Biden Administration Proposes ‘More Realistic’ 15% Global Corporate Tax Rate
Thomas Catenacci Massive government spending has decreased the value of the American dollar and triggered increased consumer prices, which economic experts said will only get worse. “Over the past few months, we have seen an inflation rate that is much higher than where we’ve become…
Read More Consumer Prices Outpace Americans’ Wage Growth As Inflation Surges
Kaylee Greenlee on May 20, 2021 Officials plan to increase removals of homeless camps where trash, needles and other biohazards have accumulated in Portland, Oregon, a local CBS affiliate reported Wednesday. The size and number of homeless camps in the city increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to…
Read More Portland Resumes Homeless Camp Removal As Needles And Trash Pile Up
A federal grand jury in Denver, Colorado, returned an indictment charging Norman W. Fries Inc., dba Claxton Poultry Farms (Claxton), headquartered in Claxton, Georgia, with participating in a nationwide conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products. According to court documents, from…
Read More Georgia Broiler Chicken Producer Indicted For Price Fixing And Bid Rigging
A teacher’s assistant has been arrested and charged with production of child pornography. Augustus “Gus” Shenker, 21, was charged in a criminal complaint on May 19, 2021. He was arrested today and will be arraigned this week before United States Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray.…
Read More Arkansas Teacher’s Assistant Charged With Multiple Child Porn Crimes
Kaylee Greenlee One person died and eight others were injured in a suspected smuggling attempt off the coast of San Diego, California, officials said Thursday morning. Border officials attempted to intercept a panga-style boat carrying at least 15 people near La Jolla, California, KUSI News reported.…
Read More One Dead And Eight Hospitalized After Reported Smuggling Attempt Off California CoastAndrew Kerr New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration granted special access to COVID-19 testing for his family and other “specials” as recently as April, according to a report by The New York Times. Federal prosecutors that have been investigating Cuomo’s undercounting of nursing home deaths…
Read More Andrew Cuomo’s Family Received Priority COVID-19 Testing As Recently As April
Thomas Catenacci A federal judge ruled Wednesday that students of the opposite biological sex must be allowed to share shower spaces and dorms at a Christian college in Missouri. Judge Roseann Ketchmark of the District Court of Western Missouri ruled against the College of the…
Read More Federal Judge Sides With Biden, Rules Christian College Must Allow Biological Men To Share Showers With Women