The man accused of killing eleven people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh pleaded not guilty to new charges, according to Reuters. Robert Bowers was charged with additional federal counts, including hate crimes, for assaulting the Tree of Life synagogue in late October. The 46-year-old pleaded not guilty to the 19 new charges. Bowers now faces … [Read more...]
Soon, No Permit Necessary for Concealed Gun in South Dakota
South Dakota Governor, Kristi Noem (R), who’s only been in office for a month, signed a bill repealing the law that requires people to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon in South Dakota. Noem said she was proud that this was the very first bill she signed into law in her gubernatorial freshman year. In her words, “It's special for me to … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Blocks Controversial Louisiana Abortion Restrictions By 5-4 Vote
In a 5-4 ruling issued late in the day on February 7, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that likely would have put the majority of the state's abortion providers out of business while running afoul of recent Supreme Court precedent. Perhaps most interesting and significant aspect of the decision for the immediate future of … [Read more...]
Former Florida State Senate Aide Receives $900,000 As Settlement for Sexual Harassment
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, journalists and activists focused significant attention on the United States Congress. Careful investigative reporting uncovered a number of truly dispiriting (and often disgusting) stories involving Congressmen harassing aides and other victims. However, just as sexual misconduct exists in almost every … [Read more...]
Texas Coal Power Plants Contaminate Surrounding Areas
Power companies in the U.S. are now required to analyze groundwater data and report those findings to the federal government. The Environmental Integrity Project, an agency that reviews those findings, has found that groundwater under sixteen Texas coal plants showed unsafe levels of contaminants in coal ash—the byproduct of combusted coal. Arsenic … [Read more...]
Executive Order Allowing for More Logging Draws Criticism
Late last year, California was besieged by some of the worst wildfires in the history of the state. Countless homes were destroyed. There were tens of billions of dollars in damages. Dozens of people died. In response, the federal government leaped into action to provide the necessary aid. And President Trump, surveying the tragic carnage, … [Read more...]
Virginia Attorney General Says He Wore Blackface In College
Virginia’s attorney general on Wednesday admitted to having worn blackface at a college party, becoming the state’s third high-ranking Democrat caught up in scandal since the release Friday of a racist photo from Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook. Attorney General Mark Herring said in a statement that he had donned brown face … [Read more...]
Virginia Introduces Bill to Make Clergy Members Mandated Reporters
There is little else as important as the safety, health, and wellbeing of our children. In an effort to protect our children, every state in the country has a statute that outlines who is required to make a report when they suspect or become aware that child abuse or neglect has taken place—they are referred to as “mandated reporters.” However, … [Read more...]
New Restrictions on Semiautomatic Assault Rifles Go Into Effect in Washington State
In November 2018, voters in the state of Washington approved Initiative 1639, an omnibus gun control ballot measure that included a range of provisions. It was the most ambitious gun control ballot measure in the history of Washington State. And when the calendar ticked over to 2019 on January 1, one important element of the proposal – … [Read more...]
Ohio Doctor Allegedly Overdosing Patients with Fentanyl
In a case you’re sure to read more about in the coming months, a Columbus, Ohio physician who practiced at Mount Carmel West Hospital in the downtown area of the state capital is being accused of overdosing as many as 34 patients over the course of three years (2015-2018) with the powerful synthetic opioid, fentanyl. As the criminal … [Read more...]
What You Need To Know About The 2019 State Of The Union
The State of the Union will be held on Tuesday at 9pm Eastern Standard Time. President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear before a joint session of the 116th Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives. Trump's first State of the Union address was the third-longest ever delivered, clocking in at 1 hour and 20 minutes. The … [Read more...]
Will Gun Control Survive Brett Kavanaugh and the Court’s Absolutist Bloc?
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: ‘A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” The Supreme Court has refused to hear a Second Amendment case for nearly a decade since it decided in two watershed cases … [Read more...]
U.S. Judge Mulls Gag Order On Talkative Trump Adviser Stone
A U.S. judge said that she is considering imposing a gag order on President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone, who has spoken numerous times to news organizations in the week since he was charged by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the ongoing Russia investigation, according to Reuters. The judge cited a number of “extrajudicial … [Read more...]
EPA Proposal To Limit Certain Paint Strippers Decried as Insufficient
Dozens have people died since 1980 as a result of exposure to methylene chloride paint strippers, according to a 2015 report from The Center For Public Integrity. Widely available for purchase, these stripping products posed a hazard when used in confined quarters such as bathrooms. Public outcry, including complaints from the families of … [Read more...]
Age Discrimination Applies to Employees, Not Applicants, Court Rules
Older job applicants were dealt a blow last week when a divided United States appeals court decided the applicants of a certain age could not invoke a federal law against age bias in hiring practices they feel are discriminatory. In other words, existing employees can claim age discrimination if certain criteria are met (the employee is over the … [Read more...]
FBI Closes Vegas Shooting Investigation, Finding No Motive
Reuters reports that the FBI has found no clear motive for the killing of 58 people by a sniper firing down at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas in 2017, the agency said on Tuesday as it closed an investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. According to an FBI report, the 64-year-old gunman, Stephen Paddock, was not … [Read more...]
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