Month: May 2019

SAN FRANCISCO ― Drivers for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft went on strike in cities across the country Wednesday, demanding higher pay and better working conditions.   Thousands of drivers were expected to participate in the strike, as well as rallies and pickets, organized by local driver groups in at least 10 cities nationwide, including…

The House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena on Wednesday to Attorney General William Barr over documents related to the special counsel investigation into the 2016 presidential election, the latest effort by congressional lawmakers to force the Justice Department to turn over special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chairman of the…

The jurors in the federal trial of Keith Raniere saw a video on Wednesday in which the accused NXIVM cult leader appeared to promote sex with 12-year-olds ― in other words, raping children. The video, which was shown by prosecutors in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, featured a sermon written by Raniere and delivered by…

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and all-around fixer for President Donald Trump, is scheduled to begin serving a three-year prison sentence Monday for crimes including campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made on Trump’s behalf. Cohen faces a 2 p.m. deadline to report to the Federal Correctional…

Researchers have discovered evidence of cocaine and hallucinogenic compounds in a leather bag believed to have belonged to shamans at an ancient burial site in Bolivia, according to Science magazine. An analysis of the findings beneath ancient llama dung revealed evidence of “multiple psychoactive plants,” including key compounds (harmine and dimethyltryptamine) of the hallucinogenic plant ayahuasca…

A key reason plastic trash is so damaging to the environment is that it doesn’t disappear ― it breaks into small pieces called microplastics that can linger for decades or more and can travel on the air, in water, and inside living creatures. Scientists around the world now issue frequent warnings that these plastic particles are…

New footage from Colorado shows what happens when an out-of-control semi uses one of the runaway truck ramps positioned alongside mountain highways.  Motorist Jesse Terrell said he spotted the smoking truck on I-70 near Silverthorne on April 26 and knew the truck was burning up its brakes. He watched, and recorded, as it picked up speed. …

Following reports that Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada’s chief of staff sent sexually explicit text messages to an intern and a lobbyist, used cocaine in the legislative office building and sent texts disparaging African Americans, the embattled staffer tendered his resignation on Monday. Cade Cothren, 32, confirmed his departure to USA Today.  Click Here: kanken…

A large majority of Americans surveyed in a poll released Monday said childhood vaccinations should be mandatory, but one-quarter of respondents said parents should get to make that decision themselves. The survey, conducted jointly by NBC and The Wall Street Journal, found that 72% of adults believe parents should be required to vaccinate their children with…

GOP lawmakers have gone into full troll mode to mock a Democratic health care bill that’s slated for a vote this week. The Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act seeks to block a Trump administration policy announced last year making it easier for states to circumvent certain requirements under the Affordable Care Act. Republicans opposed…