Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hawaii woman sentenced to 2 years for lobbying scheme
An American consultant was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for an illicit lobbying effort to get the former Trump administration to drop an investigation into the multibillion-dollar lootin...
Jan 19, 2023
Maine court throws out life prison sentences, orders new sentencing for man convicting of killing 2 people
Maine's highest court on Thursday threw out life prison sentences and ordered a new sentencing proceeding for a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend. Mark Penley was found guil...
Jan 19, 2023
Idaho 'cult mom' Lori Vallow denied 'strategy session' with husband Chad Daybell ahead of murder trial
An Idaho judge has denied alleged "cult mom" Lori Vallow's request for a joint, 30-minute "strategy session" with her husband, Chad Daybell, ahead of their April murder trial. Vallow and Daybell are c...
Jan 19, 2023
Wisconsin bail amendment headed to ballot box in April
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly gave a final, bipartisan push Thursday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder for violent criminals to get out of jail on bail. T...
Jan 19, 2023
Florida legislation touted as ‘largest’ expansion of school choice in the state: ‘Empowering parents'
A monumental move for school choice legislation in Florida finds K-12 education savings accounts will be expanded to all Sunshine State students. Speaker of the Florida House Paul Renner announced on ...
Jan 19, 2023
Supreme Court investigation fails to identify leaker of Dobbs draft decision
An investigation by the U.S. Supreme Court has failed to identify the culprit who leaked a draft Court decision that signaled the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling the legalized abo...
Jan 19, 2023
Supreme Court has failed to find leaker of abortion opinion
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Thursday an eight-month investigation that included more than 120 interviews and revealed shortcomings in how sensitive documents are secured has failed to fin...
Jan 19, 2023
US dollar slides in value after rate hikes, while Japanese yen rises
The dollar slid on Thursday against major currencies in choppy trading as a slew of data continued to show that the U.S. economy was slowing down in the wake of multiple hefty rate hikes from the Fede...
Jan 19, 2023
Texas street preacher sues Fort Worth over noise ordinance that led to arrest outside LGBT Pride event
A street preacher in Fort Worth, Texas, is suing the city for a noise ordinance he alleges violated his constitutional rights after he was cited for using a megaphone to preach in public and arrested ...
Jan 19, 2023
GOP reps blast DOJ for not watching Biden attorneys handling classified docs: ‘you can’t make this stuff up’
Republican lawmakers reacted to the Department of Justice (DOJ) opting out of having the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) monitor President Biden's personal attorneys as they searched the preside...
Jan 19, 2023