A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife, and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Wednesday. Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, stole dissected portions of cadavers that were donated to the… Read More
Top Republican resigns suddenly
One of just two Albuquerque Republicans left in the New Mexico Legislature will not be seeking reelection next year, setting up what could be a free-for-all in a Republican-leaning district that covers the city’s northeast heights. The decision by state Sen. Mark Moores brings the list of incumbent senators headed… Read More
Starbucks pays $25 million for racism against white employee
Jurors in federal court have awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the high-profile arrests of two Black men at a Philadelphia location in 2018. Shannon Phillips won $600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in… Read More
Missouri doctor’s mysterious death; police aren’t talking
John Forsyth was known as a hard-working doctor who cared deeply for his patients and often teased nurses in the emergency room to ease tension. He was a father of eight and newly engaged. He also co-founded a cryptocurrency business with his brother. His sudden disappearance from a southwestern Missouri… Read More
Police: Drug syndicate smuggled meth in maple syrup
A drug syndicate that tried to smuggle tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand by hiding it in shipments of maple syrup and canola oil has had its ruse busted, authorities said Thursday. Authorities from the three nations say they worked together for more than five months… Read More
Conservative Supreme Court gives American Indians huge win
The conservative-controlled Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. The court left in place the 1978… Read More
Chinese spies break into hundreds of public, private U.S. orgs
Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday. “This is the broadest cyber espionage… Read More
Two-time Oscar-winning actress dead at 87
Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87. Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness. He… Read More
Conservatives score massive victory over “woke”
After more than two decades as America’s best-selling beer, Bud Light has slipped into second place — a massive victory for conservative consumers that vowed to boycott the brand after it started “woke” advertising. Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager, overtook Bud Light in U.S. retail dollar sales in the month… Read More
Former billionaire can’t afford $250 a month, lawyers say
Federal prosecutors want Elizabeth Holmes to pay $250 each month to victims of her failed blood testing startup after she leaves prison, but her attorneys are pushing back citing “limited financial resources” available to the disgraced founder of Theranos. The U.S. filed a motion last week asking the court to… Read More
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