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Christopher Beckham, 35, of Nashville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Beckham was indicted in April 2018 after an investigation into an incident that occurred on Oct. 24, 2017. “The…
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Thomas Catenacci A 19-state coalition urged President Joe Biden to reinstate the Keystone XL Pipeline and reverse his energy policies because of the recent gas shortages. “A temporary shutdown of one pipeline’s full-capacity operations shouldn’t bring half the country to the brink,” the states wrote…
Read More 19 States Urge Biden To Reinstate Keystone After Colonial Pipeline Hack Caused Mass Gas Shortages
Andrew Trunsky New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in line to make more than $5 million from his latest book deal, according to figures that his office released Monday. In a statement, Cuomo’s office said he made $3.12 million from “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from…
Read More New York’s Cuomo Set To Make Over $5 Million From His Book Deal
Kaylee Greenlee Most migrants who illegally cross into the U.S. are rapidly expelled to Mexico where officials have been prepared to care for them, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Mexican officials didn’t have a plan to provide federal assistance to migrants expelled from the…
Read More Migrants Who Thought They Could Stay In The US ‘If We Came With Our Children’ Filling Up Mexico’s Shelters
Andrew Kerr The World Health Organization has used the phrases “South African variant,” “Brazilian variant” to describe COVID-19 strains in recent months in violation of its own naming best practices. The WHO issued best practices for naming new human infectious diseases in 2015 that said…
Read More WHO Has Used ‘Brazilian Variant’ And Other Terms In Violation Of Its Own Best Practices
Mary Margaret Olohan A San Diego based company is selling crocheted prosthetic penises for “trans youngsters” to pin onto their underwear. Stitchbug Studio sells “soft packers” sewn or crocheted by owners B Amborn and Ruth Rigney, according to the company’s website, which describes the owners as…
Read More Company Says Its ‘Bitty Bug’ Crocheted Prosthetic Penises Are ‘Not For Infants Or Very Young Children’
Thomas Catenacci Top American economist Larry Summers is sounding the alarm on rising U.S. inflation, saying that it is ticking up quicker than he originally expected. Inflation is increasingly a more concerning and larger threat as consumer prices continue to rise, former National Economic Council…
Read More Inflation Increasing Quicker Than Expected, Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Says
Andrew Trunsky South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill Monday requiring death row inmates to choose between the electric chair or a firing squad. Senate Bill 200 is part of a bid to resume executions in the state, according to the Associated Press, after a shortage…
Read More South Carolina Governor Signs Bill Requiring Death Row Inmates To Choose Between Electric Chair Or Firing Squad
Mary Margaret Olohan President Joe Biden’s administration will begin sending about 39 million United States families cash child benefit payments in July, the White House announced Monday. Families who qualify will receive monthly payments from the Internal Revenue Service around the 15th of every month…
Read More 39 Million Households, Including Most US Children To Receive Stimulus Payments
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Q:The federal government approved the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. What does this mean for my child? Extending the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to preteens and young adolescents adds nearly 17 million more Americans to the pool of those…
Read More What Does Approval of the Pfizer Vaccine for Teens and Preteens Mean for My Child?