Kansas to recount abortion amendment vote
August 15, 2022
The average price of gas in the United States dropped under $4 per gallon on Thursday for the first time since March, according to AAA. This will offer some breathing space for drivers who are still contending with increasing inflation. Seema Shah, the chief global strategist at Principal Global Investors, said[Read More…]
The suspect in the May shootings at a Dallas hair salon that injured three Asian female victims was indicted on Tuesday on hate crime charges, among several others. The alleged gunman, 37-year old Jeremy Smith, has been charged with seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, with hate[Read More…]
Elon Musk, whose deal to buy Twitter still remains in limbo, has sold close to $7 billion in Tesla stocks. This is despite Musk tweeting in April 2022 that “no further TSLA sales planned after today.” Musk has said the reason for the sale is that it will “avoid an[Read More…]
Arkansas Judge, Jeremiah Bueker, 48, who went missing during a trip with family and friends at the weekend, was found deceased at the bottom of a lake on Sunday. Bueker was said to be enjoying some “recreational travel” with those close to him, however at some point during the trip,[Read More…]
Children’s theme park Sesame Place has announced new diversity training for employees. This comes after a Maryland family filed a $25 million federal civil rights lawsuit against Sesame Place, accusing them of racial discrimination after a video went viral reportedly showing someone dressed as the character Rosita denying two Black girls a[Read More…]
A Google data center close to Omaha, Nebraska was hit by an electrical explosion on Monday which left 3 employees with serious burns, which were confirmed by local officials. “Three workers were accessing an electrical cabinet when there was an arc flash that resulted in all three being burned,” Justin[Read More…]
A man armed with an AR-15-style rifle tried to breach a Cincinnati FBI building on Wednesday, leading to a shots fired and a standoff with law enforcement. The man, who has not been identified, fired a nail gun at FBI agents who were responding to an alarm at the building.[Read More…]
The family of Gabby Petito, who was murdered by her boyfriend Brian Laundrie, in August 2021 have filed a lawsuit against the Utah police on the grounds of negligence. The family are seeking $50 million in damages. The lawsuit filed by the attorneys representing the Petito family have named Moab[Read More…]
A county in Minnesota has rubber stamped a settlement close to $1.5 million for a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by eight minority correctional officers who said they were excluded from guarding Derek Chauvin while he was in custody for the killing of George Floyd. The officers, who identify as Black, Hispanic, Pacific[Read More…]
Marka Bodine, 32, who is a former 6th grade teacher in Texas, has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for sexually abusing an underage student. Bodine’s sentence also included 10 years of deferred adjudication probation. Bodine’s case will be dismissed provided that she doesn’t re-offend during her probation. Bodine[Read More…]