Racist NJ mayor told cops to 'keep Black people out' of city, AG says
A North Jersey mayor caught on secret recordings using the N-word directed police to keep Black people out of the city, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin alleged Thursday in a lawsuit.
Longtime Clark Township ...Read more
Machado presents Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump in White House meeting
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Thursday that she presented President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during her meeting with him at the White House, where the two discussed the South ...Read more
Demings, Jolly unknown to most Fla. voters, poll says, while Donalds leads GOP
Republican Byron Donalds enjoys a “significant early lead” among GOP voters in the race to be Florida’s next governor while Democrats have “no clear favorite” yet among their candidates, according to a new poll. ...Read more
Trump's 'Great Healthcare Plan' aims to lower drug prices and insurance premiums
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is asking Congress to pass legislation to implement health care reforms he unveiled Thursday aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, as he moves to address one of his ...Read more
ACLU sues feds over alleged racial profiling in Twin Cities immigration surge
The ACLU of Minnesota filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government on Thursday, Jan. 15, accusing immigration agents of racially profiling Somali and Latino people through unlawful stops and arrests during ...Read more
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota. What is it?
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act in Minnesota to tamp down unrest and the pushback against ICE agents working in the state.
Trump gave the warning early Thursday, Jan. 15, ...Read more
Judge who blasted Operation Midway Blitz use-of-force tactics will hear new lawsuit by city, state
CHICAGO — The federal judge who issued a landmark preliminary injunction in November limiting the use of force by immigration agents agreed Thursday to take over a new lawsuit filed by the state and city of Chicago ...Read more
New Office of Inspector General data portal details misconduct patterns among Chicago police officers, crews
CHICAGO — In recent decades, some of the Chicago Police Department’s most notorious scandals were perpetrated by officers assigned to the same team or unit, including Jerome Finnigan of the special operations section ...Read more
Prosecutors decline to file hate crime charges in USF Muslim harassment case
TAMPA, Fla. — Hillsborough County prosecutors declined to pursue hate crime charges against three men who harassed a group of Muslim students while they prayed on the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus in ...Read more
NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin slashes Councilwoman's Vickie Paladino's assignments due to 'abhorrent' posts
NEW YORK — New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin is only letting Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino serve on two committees this session due to her “abhorrent” social media posts about Muslims and other ...Read more
Mamdani names campaign adviser Afua Atta-Mensah head of racial justice office
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday appointed Afua Atta-Mensah, who was a top official on his mayoral campaign, to head the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice.
Atta-Mensah was the senior political ...Read more
Boston Scientific inks $14.5B deal for Penumbra, boosting its heart device portfolio
Boston Scientific is purchasing heart-device company Penumbra for roughly $14.5 billion in cash and stock, marking the largest deal in two decades for the medtech company with a large Minnesota presence.
Penumbra, based ...Read more
Trump administration sues California over law keeping oil wells from homes, schools
LOS ANGELES — California communities and environmental justice groups worked for years to win a law to prevent new oil and gas wells from being drilled near where people live, work and gather. Now, the Trump ...Read more
Florida elections offices audited over marijuana amendment petitions
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Florida’s recreational marijuana campaign again tries to get in front of voters, the state has levied pressure on local elections supervisors — putting them, one official said, “in the middle...Read more
Mahmoud Khalil could face rearrest after appeals court strikes down decision freeing Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil in his legal battle against the Trump administration, reversing a lower-court order ...Read more
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy to step down
LOS ANGELES — Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy will step down this week, marking a major — though expected — changing of the guard at the Walt Disney Co.-owned “Star Wars” studio.
In her place, current ...Read more
Equinor wins ruling to resume wind project halted by Trump
A U.S. judge ruled Equinor ASA can resume building its multibillion-dollar wind project near New York, marking the second time this week a federal court has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a halt on ...Read more
Starbucks sued over alleged chemicals in decaf coffee, farm violations
A Seattle-based law firm is accusing Starbucks of having an unethical supply chain and alleging that its decaffeinated coffee contains harmful chemicals.
Hagens Berman filed the proposed class-action lawsuit Tuesday in ...Read more
Macaulay Culkin will only reunite with brother Kieran Culkin for the 'right' movie
Macaulay Culkin will only do another movie with his brother Kieran Culkin if it is "just right" for them both.
The duo last appeared on the big screen together in 1992's Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and they have since...Read more
Robert Pattinson has secret role in Marty Supreme
Robert Pattinson has a secret role in Marty Supreme.
The 39-year-old actor lent his voice as the announcer during the British Open semifinals near the start of the ping pong drama, in which aspiring table tennis star ...Read more
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