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NYC Mayor Eric Adams lawyer reveals 'recent' witness grand jury testimony in corruption case
NEW YORK — A witness recently testified before the federal grand jury that indicted Mayor Eric Adams on corruption charges this fall, his attorney revealed in a court filing Tuesday — indicating the Turkey-related investigation into the mayor is still very active.
The filing from Alex Spiro, Adams’ lead defense attorney, identified the ...Read more
Iran takes first steps toward easing its broad social media bans
Iran said it will start easing some of the world’s tightest internet restrictions by lifting its ban on WhatsApp and Google Play — a sign that authorities want to placate domestic opponents as the Islamic Republic faces major economic and foreign-policy challenges.
Earlier on Tuesday, Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace approved the ...Read more
Trump slams Biden for commuting death sentences of 37 federal prisoners
President-elect Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden on Tuesday for commuting the death sentences of 37 federal prisoners in an act of holiday clemency.
Trump said relatives of victims are angry that Biden spared the lives of some of the “worst killers in our country,” including inmates convicted in the slayings of police and military ...Read more
Pressley praises Biden's death row commutations, urges more action
BOSTON — Boston Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley praised President Joe Biden’s move to take killers off death row but added he hasn’t gone far enough.
In a statement that has gone viral, Pressley said Biden has made a “groundbreaking act” that was long overdue.
“The death penalty is a racist, flawed, and fundamentally unjust ...Read more
Trump slams Biden for commuting death sentences of 37 federal prisoners
President-elect Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden on Tuesday for commuting the death sentences of 37 federal prisoners in an act of holiday clemency.
Trump said relatives of victims are angry that Biden spared the lives of some of the “worst killers in our country,” including inmates convicted in the slayings of police and military ...Read more
CCSD settles lawsuit over inappropriate sexual monologue assignment
The Clark County School District settled a two-year-old lawsuit with parents who complained of an inappropriate assignment for their high school daughter.
CCSD paid $25,000 and agreed to conduct an review with administrators and staff at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, where the incident occurred.
At a Clark County School Board meeting in May ...Read more
Mayor Brandon Johnson faced ethics concerns over ties to Chicago Public Schools and teachers union, according to memo
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson declined to resign his position with Chicago Public Schools after a high-ranking CPS official raised ethics concerns about a potential conflict of interest, according to a memo obtained by the Tribune.
CPS Chief Talent Officer Ben Felton wrote a memo less than two months after the mayor’s May 2023 ...Read more
Social Security's full retirement age will jump in 2025. When can you collect your full benefits?
LOS ANGELES – If you were planning to retire next year, double check your math because a law passed in the '80s is annually raising the age when Americans can collect their full Social Security benefits. And next year is no exception.
In 1983, Congress passed a law that gradually increases the age at which people may receive 100% of ...Read more
South Korea opposition targets Acting President with impeachment
South Korea’s main opposition party is seeking to impeach Acting President Han Duck-soo in a potentially risky move to put maximum pressure on the ruling party.
The Democratic Party intends to wait till Thursday to submit an impeachment motion, according to Yonhap News, delaying its earlier plan to submit on Tuesday. Officials were ...Read more
Helicopters rescued patients in 'apocalyptic' flood. Other hospitals are at risk, too
ERWIN, Tenn. — April Boyd texted her husband before she boarded the helicopter.
“So, I don’t want to be dramatic,” she wrote on Sept. 27, “but we are gonna fly and rescue patients from the rooftop of Unicoi hospital.”
Earlier that day, Hurricane Helene roared into the Southern Appalachian Mountains after moving north through ...Read more
Federal hostility could delay offshore wind projects, derailing state climate goals
Numerous East Coast states are counting on offshore wind projects to power tens of millions of homes and to help them transition to cleaner energy.
But putting wind turbines at sea requires the cooperation of a powerful landlord: the federal government. Soon, that government will be led by President-elect Donald Trump, who has frequently ...Read more
Walking pneumonia, the 'great masquerader,' on the rise in Washington
SEATTLE — This holiday season, try not to give your loved ones something that will take their breath away. At least, not like this.
This year, in addition to more familiar respiratory viruses like influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2, local health experts are also warning about a particular type of pneumonia infection.
Infections caused by ...Read more
Colorado doesn't have enough teachers. Here's how Cherry Creek schools are trying to solve the problem
AURORA, Colo. — Seven children gathered around Amaya Mills as the soon-to-be teacher asked them what activity they wanted to do next. Did they want to read to themselves? Or read with one of their classmates?
One after another, the first-graders scattered across the classroom at Ponderosa Elementary School in Aurora, settling down with books,...Read more
Annie Kuster wants to lead by example. That's why she's retiring from Congress
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ann McLane Kuster wasn’t going to become one of those lawmakers accused of lingering too long in the halls of Congress.
“I think people get into a comfortable pattern,” Kuster said this month, as she wrapped up 12 years representing New Hampshire’s 2nd District.
She led the New Democrat Coalition, a powerful center-...Read more
Migrant gave birth in US then was sent back to Mexico. Now she's suing
ATLANTA — A Honduran teenager was having contractions when she waded across the Rio Grande. She gave birth to her child — conceived during rape — at a Texas hospital, with border patrol agents waiting outside the delivery room.
Two days later, and before she had a chance to receive her baby’s U.S. birth certificate, she and her newborn ...Read more
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