Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a serious concussion on March 9 after a fall at a fundraising dinner — and he still hasn’t returned to work weeks later. McConnell has served in the Senate for 38 years… but he may need to retire before the end of his term… Read More
Fed calls meeting to avert a crisis over this
The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause. Most Fed watchers expect the central bank to announce on Wednesday afternoon a relatively… Read More
Supreme Court chews over Jack Daniel’s dog toy dispute
The Supreme Court is hearing a spirited dispute Wednesday between whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s and the manufacturer of a squeaking dog toy that parodies the liquor’s bottle and label. The question for the court has to do with whether the toy’s maker infringed on Jack Daniel’s trademarks. Sponsored: Cholesterol drug… Read More
Two men escape Virginia jail, only to be caught at IHOP
Two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitively made tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape, only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant nearby, a sheriff said. Authorities discovered the two men, ages 37 and 43, missing from their cell in… Read More
Watch: Biden trips over a poem… twice
President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House on Tuesday to present them with medals. Biden recited a poem written by one of the attendees. He took two tries, and he made the same mistakes both times. Sponsored: In 1944, an… Read More
Doctors expected to testify in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial
More witnesses are expected to testify on Wednesday in a trial about a 2016 ski crash between Gwyneth Paltrow and a retired Utah man suing her and claiming her recklessness left him with lasting injuries and brain damage. On the opening day of the trial, Paltrow and retired optometrist Terry… Read More
I quit! Mayor resigns on the spot amid tense meeting
Clearwater, one of central Florida’s tourist meccas, usually becomes busier at this time of year, during spring break. But the city government was just rocked by something truly out of the ordinary. SHOCKING: Common Food Linked to Age-Related Memory Loss [sponsored] The mayor turned in his resignation during a tense… Read More
Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor killer plant
Conservationists are pushing for the Venus fly trap to be South Carolina’s official carnivorous plant, joining other official items such as the state bird (Carolina Wren), state opera (Porgy and Bess) and the state snack (boiled peanuts). In all, South Carolina has about five dozen official state things. There are… Read More
L.A. schools close as staff begin 3-day strike
Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District walked off the job Tuesday over stalled contract talks, and they were joined by teachers in a three-day strike that shut down the nation’s second-largest school system. Demonstrations began at a bus yard by members of Local 99… Read More
Report: Superbugs spread dramatically during pandemic
U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study. The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote in the paper published Monday… Read More
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