DENVER ― Environmental activists here were dealt a blow Monday when the Colorado Supreme Court ruled against a closely watched case that would have required the state to prioritize health and environmental concerns in oil and gas permitting. But with a newly Democratic legislature and governor in the state promising to take another look at […]
A school superintendent in Indiana is facing fraud charges after she allegedly used her health insurance to purchase medicine for a sick uninsured child at her school. Casey Smitherman, of Elwood Community Schools in Elwood, was booked Wednesday on two counts of insurance fraud, one count of official misconduct and one count of identity deception […]
The youngest woman to ever serve in Congress, 29-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has zoomed into the social media stratosphere. She accounted for more Twitter interactions in a month than the top five media companies combined, according to CrowdTangle data, reports Axios. Attacked or dismissed by the men of the Republican Party (and some Democrats), Ocasio-Cortez’s […]
A federal judge denied a request to force the government to pay federal workers during the ongoing partial government shutdown. Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday refused to issue a temporary restraining order requested last week in two lawsuits filed by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). The […]
A mother in Mankato, Minnesota, may be facing charges of child endangerment after a car seat fell out of her vehicle on Monday while the child was still in it. Chad Mock was driving behind the vehicle and saw the 2-year-old in the middle of the road, still strapped in the seat, which he captured on […]
Jim Carrey responded to Friday’s two biggest political news stories in typical artistic style. The actor-comedian commented on President Donald Trump’s backing down from his call for Congress to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall ― and his temporary reopening of the federal government ― with this cartoon: “NANCY SCORES!” he captioned the image, which […]
Rosie O’Donnell doesn’t think President Donald Trump will be seeking re-election in 2020. “I certainly do not. I think he’ll be arrested,” the TV personality, who’s been engaged in a war of words with Trump for more than a decade, told TMZ on Wednesday. “I believe in America and I believe in our political system, […]
Jan 29 (Reuters) – Power provider PG&E Corp filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, succumbing to liabilities stemming from wildfires in Northern California in 2017 and 2018. The owner of the biggest U.S. power utility has filed a motion seeking court approval for a $5.5 billion debtor-in-possession financing, it said in a […]
President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out after his longtime confidant Roger Stone was arrested as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump’s tweet repeated his claim that the investigation is a “Witch Hunt” and appeared to make a reference to a conspiracy theory spread by former Fox News […]
Jim Carrey used an artistic allegory to criticize President Donald Trump for the ongoing partial government shutdown. For the actor-artist’s latest politically themed cartoon, he illustrated a shark lurking underwater near a man, woman and child — with its jaws open, ready to attack: “State of the Union, 2019: 800,000 families treading water,” Carrey captioned […]