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A Texas woman charged in connection with the Capitol insurrection has asked a federal judge to let her travel to Mexico for a “work-related bonding retreat,” according to court records. Jenny Cudd, a flower shop owner and unsuccessful mayoral candidate from Midland, wrote to a federal judge on Monday asking for permission to visit Riviera
Continue ReadingThree Idaho Army National Guard members returning from a training exercise died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in snowy, foggy conditions Tuesday night near Boise, the National Guard said. The three were all trained pilots participating in a routine training mission, a National Guard statement said. Idaho Army National Guard Col. Christopher Burt said
Continue ReadingUS Capitol rioter and so-called “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley should be given organic food while in a Washington, DC, jail, a federal judge said Wednesday, after Chansley went on an apparent hunger strike last week claiming non-organic food was against his religion and sickened him. DC District Court Judge Royce Lamberth decided the accommodations could
Continue ReadingArchaeologists working at a burial site in Egypt have unearthed ancient mummies with golden tongues. The team, headed by Kathleen Martinez of the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, were working at the Taposiris Magna Temple in western Alexandria when they discovered 16 burial shafts dating from the Greek and Roman eras. A
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are taking steps toward removing Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, and the top Republican in the House is adopting the sort of confrontational partisan rhetoric that has put the controversial Georgia Republican in the spotlight. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, made the first move toward stripping
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department on Wednesday dropped an affirmative action lawsuit the Trump administration had filed against Yale University last year accusing the school of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate admissions process. The lawsuit was originally filed in October when the department, led by then-Attorney General William Barr, alleged: “Yale rejects
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are set to take the first steps Wednesday to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from her committee assignments, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced, setting a possible floor vote on the issue Thursday. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, spoke ahead of Hoyer’s announcement. “I spoke
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The race for coronavirus vaccines is on across the world and South American policymakers are scrambling to catch up. The region accounts for roughly 15% of the world’s reported Covid-19 cases, but less than 3% of the global vaccine doses administered so far, according to data collected by Oxford University. Amid a devastating second wave,
Continue ReadingRep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, is expected to defend her impeachment vote and confront her critics during a tense GOP conference meeting under way Wednesday where some Republicans want her to apologize. Cheney was one of a handful of House Republicans to cross party lines and vote to impeach former President Donald
Continue ReadingThe Capitol Hill insurrection and the inauguration of a Democratic president who campaigned on strengthening gun control measures helped the firearms industry set a January gun sales record last month, according to data released Monday. Gun merchants sold more than 2 million firearms in January, a 75% increase over the estimated 1.2 million guns sold
Continue ReadingRep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, is expected to defend her impeachment vote and confront her critics during a tense GOP conference meeting later Wednesday where some Republicans want her to apologize. Ahead of the meeting this afternoon, some Republicans want Cheney to express remorse for her comments over her impeachment vote. “If
Continue ReadingLayering your face is in — but not as a fashion statement. It may just save a life. Public health officials are suggesting double masking as a way to increase the level of protection from the coronavirus and its multiple, more contagious variants. “If you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another
Continue ReadingPaul Whelan, a US citizen who has been detained in Russia for more than two years, is sick and has struggled to reach the US Embassy, his brother said Wednesday. “Paul has been able to speak to our parents by phone,” David Whelan said in a statement. “Paul is sick – he’s indicated he has
Continue ReadingThe 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominees were announced Wednesday morning. Here are reactions from those who scored a nod. Sacha Baron Cohen, Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture for ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7.’ Best Motion Picture Lead Actor and Best Motion Picture Comedy/Musical for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.’ “I’m overwhelmed and humbled that the
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The recent battle between short-sellers and Reddit’s WallStreetBets crowd over the stocks of a handful of distressed companies has erupted into the global spotlight. Reminiscent of speculative bubbles of the past — “a modified pump and dump,” in “The Wolf of Wall Street” author Jordan Belfort’s words — the latest mania has been fueled by
Continue ReadingRobinhood, the stock trading app that helped fuel GameStop mania and ended up in a PR crisis, is running a Super Bowl ad. The 30-second spot, which will make its TV debut during Sunday’s game, highlights the company’s branding push that it is “opening America’s financial system to everyone.” The commercial features everyday people living
Continue ReadingAfter a pandemic break, Peeps are back in production for Easter. Candy maker Just Born Quality Confections announced Wednesday that the sugary treats are returning to shelves just in time for the holiday, after a nine-month hiatus because of the pandemic. Just Born decided in April to stop production to protect employees’ health as the
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Even as President Joe Biden works to shore up Democratic support for his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus plan and the country remains in a pitched fight against the virus, all the political world is talking about these days is Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican congresswoman’s series of extreme and intolerant comments and social media
Continue ReadingThe Capitol rioters have joined a small but notorious cadre in the annals of history: a duo that since the end of World War II has attempted to stage coups against the United States of America, a university tracking project finds. The other case involved 11 members of the American communist party. The Coup D’etat
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