Texas Senate approves permitless carry of handguns in party-line vote
AUSTIN, Texas — Continuing down the path of loosening limits on Texas gun owners, a divided state Senate approved ... Read More
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Judge strikes down CDC's national moratorium on evictions
A federal judge blocked a nationwide eviction moratorium that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established last year as COVID-19 lockdowns put millions of renters out of work.
U.S. District Judge Dabney...Read more
Connecticut senators vote to block deceptive advertising by crisis pregnancy centers in long-running clash over abortion
In a long-running battle over abortion, the state Senate voted Wednesday for ending deceptive advertising by faith-based crisis pregnancy centers.
The emotional issue has caused clashes for the past four years, and an ...Read more
Consumer Confidential: Peloton reverses on recall. Killing and hurting kids isn't a great look
Peloton, a fitness-focused company predicated on people's well-being, has decided it's not good business to market products that can kill or injure children.
After earlier digging in its heels and refusing to recall its ...Read more
Rocket Companies sees $2.7B first quarter profit
Detroit-based Rocket Companies, the parent of Quicken Loans, enjoyed a strong start to the year with $2.7 billion in net income, or profit, during for the first quarter.
Those earnings, reported late Wednesday afternoon ...Read more
Problems from pain to cardiac flatline possible after a Pfizer company's drug mix-up
One lot of 1% Lidocaine and one lot of 0.5% Bupivacaine have been recalled because some Lidocaine went out in bottles labeled as Bupivacaine and vice versa, a mistake that can cause patient death.
These anesthesia drugs, ...Read more
Lawsuit settled in which 15 women alleged sexual abuse at Florida prison
TAMPA BAY, Fla. — The United States has settled a lawsuit with 15 women who said correctional officers at a federal prison in Florida repeatedly sexually abused them.
The lawsuit contended that Bureau of Prisons ...Read more
Ruckus in the skies: What happens when airline passengers refuse to wear masks
A passenger on a JetBlue flight from the Dominican Republic to New York refused to wear a face mask, threw food and an empty liquor bottle in the plane, shouted obscenities and hit a flight attendant in the arm, the ...Read more
Cruise lines can apply to sail with volunteer passengers after new CDC guidelines
Cruise business in the U.S. could be back in the water soon after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the final guidelines for ships to perform trial voyages with volunteer passengers that would ...Read more
Think twice before you whip out your phone and record a cop in Florida. You could be arrested.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Taking smartphone videos of cops in public could shine a light on police misconduct — but it also could land you behind bars.
A divided Florida appeals court ruling on Wednesday upheld the ...Read more
Robert E. Lee descendant joins legal fight to remove Confederate statue from NC site
A multiracial lawsuit demanding the removal of a Confederate monument in Iredell County, North Carolina, offers a historic family twist.
One of the residents supporting the move is a descendant of Robert E. Lee.
The Rev....Read more
Federal charges filed against alleged boat captain in deadly smuggling wreck off San Diego coast
SAN DIEGO — A man accused of piloting the boat that broke up on the rocks of Point Loma in a deadly human smuggling attempt has been charged in San Diego federal court, according to a complaint filed Wednesday.
Antonio ...Read more
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina want to require schools to post online what they're teaching
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican lawmakers who are concerned about what students are being taught in class could require schools to post online what materials their teachers are using.
The state House passed ...Read more
Photojournalists sue LAPD, LA County Sheriff over alleged abuses at protests
LOS ANGELES — Two photojournalists have alleged in separate federal lawsuits this week that they were harassed and physically assaulted by law enforcement officers at protests in the Los Angeles area.
The lawsuits come ...Read more
Florida police find no evidence of voter fraud in Bloomberg plan to pay court debts
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State police have dropped their investigation into a program by former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to pay off court debts for Floridians with felony convictions so they could vote in last year�...Read more
Global minimum tax near 21% is feasible, OECD official says
U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposal to set a minimum global corporation tax at 21% is gaining momentum, with the official running international talks on the matter saying that an agreement could settle near that rate.
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Pointing to eugenics, North Carolina lawmakers move to further restrict abortion
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republicans are swiftly moving an abortion-restrictions bill through the state House this week, saying the legislation would protect both civil rights and people with disabilities.
If ...Read more
Bill Gates-controlled investment firm transferred $1.8 billion in stock to Melinda Gates as they announced split
Bill Gates’ investment firm transferred $1.8 billion in stock to Melinda Gates as the pair announced the end of their 27-year marriage, according to a new report.
Cascade Investment LLC transferred more than 14 million ...Read more
Shocking! Florida dethroned as US lightning capital; Central Florida counties still No. 1, study says
In a shocking new study, Florida was dethroned as the lightning capital of the country, moving over for Oklahoma.
The Sooner State was found to have more lightning flashes per square km than any other state in the country...Read more
GOP 'trying to identify what it stands for,' Biden says
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the push to purge Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from GOP leadership shows Republicans are going through a “mini-revolution" as they scramble to figure out former President Donald Trump�...Read more
Office Depot plans to split the company in two, possibly to sell part off
ODP Corp., the Boca Raton-based operator of Office Depot, intends to split the company into a pair of independent, publicly traded firms, opening the way for a potential sale of its retail operation.
The move, announced ...Read more
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