Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:03am
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting were sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday as a Michigan judge lamented missed opportunities that could have prevented their teenage son from possessing a gun and killing four students in 2021.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:02am
The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 12:06am
Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized Tuesday in a milestone in organized labor’s long fight to preserve the practice.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 12:05am
Former President Donald Trump claims that the president of the United States is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution.
On March 19, 2024, Trump filed his brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith for Trump’s alleged criminal attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 12:03am
LINCOLN — A state lawmaker seeking to define all K-12 school bathrooms and sporting teams based on students’ sex at birth received legal support Tuesday from the state’s top attorney.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 12:02am
TOPEKA — The Marion County Record has filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against local authorities who planned and carried out the raid last year of the newspaper office and publishers’ home, accusing the “co-conspirators” of seeking revenge for unfavorable news coverage through falsified and invalid search warrants.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 03/29/2024 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON—As the enormous yellow banner unfurled in front of the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday morning, Laura Clime-Coates turned to her 9-year-old daughter and said, “Those are the names of people who agree with us.”
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 03/29/2024 - 4:00am
CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania -- Ed Bigley, the business manager for the Pittsburgh Plumbers Union Local 27, says the organization has been serving the region since the dawn of the industrial revolution in the 1870s, when it came under the umbrella of the Knights of Labor.By July of 1890, it had formed its own stand-alone union, even holding its first convention in the city, with the Pittsburgh Post reporting the event had a "sumptuous banquet" for the visiting delegates of plumbers from across the country as the 100 members
Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 03/29/2024 - 2:00am
Despite the groundbreaking adoption of a UN security council resolution demanding a immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the war continues. The reaction from Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to the passing of the resolution has been ferocious.