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Top News Stories for Wednesday, May 8th 2024
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Former President Donald Trump has been a peddler of disinformation for years, with the Washington Post tallying more than 30,000 "false or misleading claims" since the start of his presidency. But legal experts are now saying Trump may have met his match in Judge Juan Merchan. Trump has repeatedly (and falsely) said he wants to take the witness stand in his own defense, but that he is unable to do so due to a gag ...
Source: rawstory.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Police clashed with and arrested dozens of protesters on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus Tuesday night, after students reestablished an encampment in solidarity with Palestine. The Daily Collegian , tracking the protest into the early morning, reported more than 64 arrests. Those arrested included faculty, according to the UMass Students for Justice in Palestine . The group also posted video showing ...
Source: wbur.org
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
TOPICS: NASA 's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station has been postponed to no earlier than May 17 due to a faulty valve in the Atlas V rocket's upper stage. The United Launch Alliance will replace the valve after discovering issues during prelaunch checks. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams remain in quarantine at NASA Kennedy, awaiting the next launch opportunity. NASA's Boeing Crew ...
Source: scitechdaily.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Parts of the U.S. Midwest and South were bracing for hazardous weather on Wednesday, as the National Weather Service placed portions of six states under tornado watches early in the morning. The states affected were Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee. The watches are widest in Arkansas and Kentucky, with multiple counties under a tornado watch until 6 a.m. CDT. Some states have only a ...
Source: newsweek.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
DALLAS – After more than a century, Boy Scouts of America is rebranding as Scouting America , another major shakeup for an organization that once proudly resisted change. Founded 114 years ago, the Texas-based organization has recently been mired in turmoil over a flood of sexual abuse claims and bankruptcy. Now, the organization is leaning into a more inclusive message as girls have been joining throughout ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday condemned a "ferocious surge of antisemitism" in the United States following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel and said people were already forgetting the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. Speaking at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Days of Remembrance, Biden tied the anti-Jewish sentiment that led to the Nazi effort to exterminate Jews directly to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Panera Bread said it's discontinuing its Charged Sips drinks that were tied to at least two wrongful death lawsuits due to their high caffeine content. Panera didn't say Tuesday whether the drinks were being discontinued because of the lawsuits or health concerns, and it wouldn't comment on the timeline for removing them from stores. Panera said it's introducing new low-sugar and low-caffeine drinks after listening ...
Source: npr.org
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON – When Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her plans to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership, the conservative agitator committed to follow through on her threats and call a vote on the speaker's future. But it's been more than a month since then and Greene, R-Ga., has yet to force a House vote on removing Johnson, R-La., despite her repeated statements that she will do so – whenever that is. ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
Renewed hopes of a Federal Reserve rate cut in fall have allowed mortgage rates to trend down somewhat. Average 30-year mortgage rates have remained below 7% for several days now, according to Zillow data. Recent softer-than-expected labor market data led investors to move up their expectations of when the Federal Reserve might start lowering the federal funds rate. If the economy continues to show signs of ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
INDEPENDENCE, Missouri — A Missouri man is accused of strangling his ill wife to death in her hospital room, reportedly telling investigators he did it because he could not care for her anymore and he could no longer afford to pay her medical bills. Ronnie Wiggs, of Independence, was overheard by medical staff at Centerpoint Medical Center saying "I did it, I killed her, I choked her," according to a charging ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing an anti-abortion group and nearly a dozen pregnancy centers in the state for false and misleading statements promoting an unproven procedure they claim can reverse the effects of the abortion pill. James alleges in the civil suit filed Monday that Heartbeat International and 11 of the anti-abortion pregnancy centers linked to it have engaged in fraud, deceptive ...
Source: cnn.com
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 -
AstraZeneca is withdrawing its highly successful , citing the availability of a plethora of new shots that has led to a decline in demand. The vaccine — called Vaxzevria and developed in partnership with the University of Oxford — has been one of the main Covid-19 vaccines worldwide, with more than 3 billion doses supplied since the first was administered in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2021. But ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Along with introducing a new iPad Air and iPad Pro during its Let Loose event, Apple quietly killed its ninth-gen iPad — also known as the last iPad with a headphone jack. The 10th-gen iPad is now the sole entry-level iPad in Apple's official lineup and, as such, has received a $100 price cut. Released in late 2022, the 10th-generation iPad arrived starting at $449, or about $120 more than base entry-level ...
Source: theverge.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! Judge Aileen Cannon said there are too many complicated legal rules and deadlines surrounding the use of classified evidence in public criminal trials that need to be considered ...
Source: pressherald.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON – Improved performance by the U.S. economy has prompted the federal government to push back its projections for when Social Security and Medicare could run out of money. Annual reports issued Monday by trustees to the two programs still warn that policy changes are needed to avoid cuts in benefits down the road. As it stands now, without changes Social Security is projected to be unable to pay full ...
Source: cleveland.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt has resigned from the title, she announced on social media. Voigt, of Utah, was crowned Miss USA in November 2023, but resigned Monday, citing mental health. "In life, I strongly value the importance of making decisions that feel best for you and your mental health. As individuals, we grow through experiencing different things in life that lead us to learning more about ourselves," Voigt ...
Source: cleveland.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A new "immersive visualization" will allow users to experience the plunging into a black hole and falling beyond the "point of no return" within the phenomenon, the NASA said in a news release . The visualization, produced on a NASA supercomputer, allows users to experience flight towards a supermassive black hole. The simulation then orbits the black hole and crosses the event horizon, also called the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The Walt Disney Co. swung to a loss in its second quarter because of restructuring and other charges, but adjusted profit topped expectations and theme parks continued to strengthen. Wall Street reacted negatively to the report with the company's stock down 9.5% to $105.39 at closing. Revenue at Disney's domestic theme parks rose 7%, while its theme parks overseas reported a 29% increase. The company reported more ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
New York State Assembly members from the Bronx branded Ms Hochul's comments 'misinformed' and 'disheartening' New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been forced to walk back her comments after she claimed that Black children in the Bronx don't know the word "computer". Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference in California on Monday about her state's artificial intelligence initiative (AI), Ms Hochul claimed: ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
At least 20 Tesla vehicles with Autopilot engaged were involved in crashes since the company issued a voluntary recall for the advanced driver-assist system last December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed in a new filing this week . Tesla recalled over 2 million vehicles with Autopilot in response to NHTSA's investigation into dozens of crashes involving the company's driver-assist ...
Source: theverge.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan , a Republican, is bucking his party and endorsing President Joe Biden over Donald Trump in this year's election. "This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass," he wrote in an opinion piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Duncan wrote that the GOP can't rebuild until it rebukes Trump, who he ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
This year's package of tax breaks includes two hurricane preparedness holidays and one for back-to-school items. TALLAHASSEE — Emphasizing a sales tax "holiday" for hurricane preparedness supplies, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed an annual package of tax breaks . The package ( HB 7073 ), passed by lawmakers during the legislative session that ended in March, is expected to trim state and local revenue by ...
Source: tampabay.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A group of 13 conservative US federal judges are vowing to not hire Columbia University law students or undergraduates because of how the school has handled pro-Palestinian demonstrations on its campus in recent weeks. The judges sent a letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and the dean of Columbia's law school Gillian Lester , on Monday, outlining their position and describing the Manhattan campus as ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Thirteen years after the rule was supposed to be finalized, on Monday federal banking regulators again proposed a rule governing incentive-based compensation practices at financial institutions. The proposed rule was issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The National Credit Union Administration is expected to sign ...
Source: cuinsight.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Disgraced Theranos founder's release date moved up, prison records show Theranos founder and convicted felon Elizabeth Holmes has had more time cut from her prison sentence, after her original release date was slashed by nearly two years last summer. Holmes, 40, was originally ordered to serve more than 11 years behind bars after she was found guilty in January 2022 of four counts of fraud and conspiracy for ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit against Alabama's Attorney General Steve Marshall to go forward. The decision comes after Marshall filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that several abortion rights groups lacked standing to sue him for threatening to prosecute anyone who helps an Alabama woman obtain an out-of-state abortion. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson declined to dismiss the ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 95 men and women who claim they were sexually abused while housed at youth centers throughout Illinois. The complaint accuses the state of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) of failing to protect the plaintiffs from adult employees sexually abusing them. "The state of Illinois has caused and permitted a culture of ...
Source: usatoday.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
FLORIDA – A new initiative launched in 20 states, including Florida and Georgia, aims to gain an understanding of cancer disparities and other health conditions among black women. It also said breast cancer kills Black women at a 40% higher rate than white women. ACS said Black people have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial or ethnic group. Imagine 100,000 black women from 20 states ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a government agency that protects bank customers from losing their deposits, fostered a toxic workplace rife with harassment and bullying that mostly targeted women or people from underrepresented groups, according to a new report . The findings about the FDIC's workplace culture comes after the Wall Street Journal published a November investigation that alleged male ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A Tennessee-based cleaning company has been fined $649,304 after it was found to be employing at least 24 children, some as young as 13, to clean slaughterhouses and meatpacking facilities during overnight shifts, the U.S. Department of Labor has announced. Fayette Janitorial Service, which operates as Fayette Industrial, agreed to pay Monday's court-ordered penalties and hire a third-party watchdog following a ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday told Kristi Noem to "stop digging herself in a hole" after the South Dakota governor suggested that President Joe Biden 's dog Commander be put down. (Watch the video below.) Noem turbocharged a rocky rollout of her new book, " No Going Back ," by defending a passage in which she described shooting her 14-month-old dog Cricket over behavioral problems. She went further in an interview ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 -
A woman in Australia accused of serving a meal intentionally made with poisonous mushrooms pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder. Erin Patterson appeared at Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court via video link from a prison in Melbourne, in the southeastern state of Victoria, where she has been held since her November arrest in connection with a fatal meal at her ...
Source: thedailybeast.com