President Donald Trump’s two Supreme Court appointees are on opposite sides of two of three cases that the justices decided Tuesday. Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the court’s liberal justices in ruling that a Washington state Indian tribe doesn’t have to pay a state fuel tax. Gorsuch says an 1855 treaty […]
PEN/Hemingway “distinguished” literary award announced
Novelist Tommy Orange keeps winning awards. PEN America announced Tuesday that the author of “There There,” the most honored literary debut of 2018, has received the PEN/Hemingway award for “distinguished” new novel. Orange’s previous awards included a prize from the National Book Critics Circle for best new book and the […]
African American editor resigns from newspaper calling for KKK
An African-American woman who took over the helm of a small-town Alabama newspaper that recently called for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” has stepped down after a few weeks, citing interference from the newspaper’s owner. Elecia R. Dexter told The New York Times on Friday that she stepped down because […]
[Crazy] Bus driver facing 33 counts after DUI bus crash
Police in Kentucky have charged a bus driver with drunken driving after a bus with 33 elementary school students on board crashed. No one was injured. News outlets report 54-year-old Lesley Harvey was charged Friday with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, failure to report an accident, leaving […]
War of words! Top GOP Rep sues Twitter for $250M
Ranking House Intel Committee Rep. Devin Nunes wants a big bite out of a bird. The Republican lawmaker filed a lawsuit against Twitter, as well as select user accounts, for $250 million. The complaint? Suppression and slander. Nunes claims that Twitter is doing everything it possibly can to stifle Republican […]
Suspect arrested in Gambino mob boss hit
A 24-year-old man was arrested Saturday in the shooting death of the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family, New York City police said. Anthony Comello was arrested in New Jersey in the death of Francesco Cali on Wednesday in front of his Staten Island home, said Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, […]
Drunk train passenger makes absurd request
German police say a drunken man with a fire extinguisher smashed his way into the driver’s cab of a high-speed train running from Frankfurt to Paris and demanded that the driver slow down. Federal police said the ICE train operated by Germany’s Deutsche Bahn stopped near Frankfurt after the incident […]
“A lost window”; Bill de Blasio CRUSHES Obama
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday criticized former President Barack Obama during a small gathering as he mulls a run for president, saying that Obama’s early days in office were “a lost window.” Minutes later, in front of a larger audience, de Blasio praised the Affordable Care Act, […]
Tragic: Woman shoots mother and son on playground (no motive?)
A Baltimore woman has been arrested on charges of attempted first-degree murder after shooting an 11-year-old boy and his mother at a playground. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison says investigators don’t have a motive for the attack, telling reporters Friday that detectives are confident the suspect didn’t know the victims. Harrison […]
Lizard uses the toilet; 911 dispatched (what!?)
A Florida man called 911 after going to the bathroom and finding a bright green iguana swimming in his toilet. Fort Lauderdale Battalion Chief Stephan Gollan tells the Miami Herald the man “freaked out and didn’t know what to do.” He says firefighter Jeff Kurus put on a sterile glove, reached in […]
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