Author: Martin Smith
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Presidential Race Intensifies with Scheduled Dates Between Biden and Trump Election Debates; Public Excited for the Intense Showdown
U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump have scheduled two debates on June 27 and Sept. 10, marking crucial moments in the race for the White House. “As you mentioned, anywhere, any time, any place,” Biden stated on social media. Trump criticized Biden’s debating skills, describing him as the most challenging opponent he…
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Religious Belief and Pronoun Use Controversy Leads to $360,000 Settlement for Fired Teacher in California
Lawyers say that a California school district has settled a lawsuit with a teacher who said she was fired because of her religious beliefs because she wouldn’t use the pronouns that her children wanted to use. In a news release on May 14, Jessica Tapia’s lawyers at Advocates for Faith & Freedom said that the…
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Three Missouri Top Dogs of Medical Company Plead Guilty to $552,000 Fraud Scheme, Face Sentencing in Court
The federal government prosecuted three executives of a home healthcare agency in Missouri for stealing $552,000 from the state’s Medicaid program. The executives pled guilty. At separate hearings in St. Louis’s U.S. District Court, Doriann Morgan (58 years old), Thalisa Walton (46 years old), and Barbara Jackson (59 years old) all admitted to conspiring to…
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Biden Administration Facing Widespread Backlash: Sued by 18 States Over Transgender Workplace Rights Guidance
Eighteen states led by Republican officials filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Monday evening. The lawsuit challenges new federal guidance designed to safeguard transgender individuals from workplace discrimination. Attorneys general from 18 states, led by Tennessee, have filed a lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice. They argue…
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Former Fraternity Member Admits Guilt in Tragic Hazing Incident which left Teen Blind with Permanent Brain Damage
Columbia, MO: A former member of a University of Missouri fraternity has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a tragic incident that resulted in the blindness and severe brain damage of another student. A resident of Manchester, Missouri, named Ryan P. Delanty has admitted his guilt in Boone County for providing alcohol to a minor…
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Accused Husband Killer Penned Children’s Book on Grief, Faces Court Hearing in Utah for Poisoning over Insurance Money
Authorities say a woman in Utah poisoned her husband to death and then wrote a children’s book about dealing with loss. On Wednesday, she will be in court for a hearing to see if state prosecutors have enough evidence against her to go ahead with a trial. For supposedly killing her husband with a lethal…
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Biden Takes Personal Jabs at Trump, Calls Him a ‘Loser and Having Trouble’ and Criticizes COVID Response
President Joe Biden insulted Donald Trump more personally on Tuesday. He called the likely Republican nominee a “loser” and made fun of how he handled the COVID pandemic. During his speech at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies’s annual awards gala in Washington, D.C., Biden made fun of Trump. “That other guy, that…
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Horrific Attack Caught on Camera: Woman Runs Over and Stabs Man Nine Times in Broad Daylight in Houston
Surveillance video shows a suspect running over a man twice as he went to get the mail, then kissing and cutting his dead body nine times in front of horrified neighbors. Witnesses rushed to help Steven Anderson, 64, after he was hit by the car driven by Karon Fisher, 20, according to film captured on…
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Random and Unprovoked Stabbings on Alaska Cruise Ship Lead to Federal Charges for Suspect; Federal Judge to Preside
Anchorage, AL: Prosecutors say a South African man stabbed several people on a cruise ship going to Juneau early Monday morning. The man’s public lawyer said he planned to file a written motion about his client’s mental health at a hearing in Anchorage federal court on Thursday. Federal Public Defender Ben Muse talked on the…
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NYC Politician Slams Halved Mental Health Beds at New Brooklyn Jail as “Disaster”
One politician in New York City called it a “disaster” for the city on Monday after the planned number of beds for mentally ill inmates was cut in half for the Brooklyn jail that is still being built on Atlantic Avenue. Councilman Lincoln Restler asked the leaders of the city’s hospitals and health care systems…