Above: A Nexstar video on the history of Pride Month. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community has an incredibly rich and dynamic history — one that stretches back as far as the city has been around. Most San Diegans probably have a passing knowledge about some of the city’s LGBTQ+ hotspots, like […]
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New York case against Donald Trump recalls the Star Chamber in 17th Century England
For anyone who values the Sixth Amendment, or cares about due process in criminal trials, the case of NY v. Trump is astonishing. Because of Trump’s status, and the ambiguity surrounding the underlying crime, NY v. Trump recalls the worst excesses of Seventeenth Century England when the Star Chamber terrorized opponents of King Charles I. […]
After a quarter century, Thailand’s LGBTQ Pride Parade is seen as a popular and political success
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand kicked off its celebration of the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride Month with a parade Saturday, as the country is on course to become the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize marriage equality. The annual Bangkok Pride Parade Can filled one side of a major thoroughfare with a colorful parade for several […]
A century before Trump’s guilty verdict, this socialist ran for president from a prison cell
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in November’s election, has joined an unusual club: presidential contenders who have also been convicted of a crime. Before Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic verdict on Thursday, the most well-known convict seeking the Oval Office had been Eugene Debs, […]
Running for U.S. president from prison? Eugene V. Debs did it, a century ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be. But even if it involves time behind bars, that doesn’t mean his campaign to return to the White House comes to an end. He wouldn’t even be […]
Founder of Save Century II enters race for Sedgwick County Commission as a Democrat
Celeste Racette, a former fraud investigator and founder of Save Century II, is running for a seat on the Sedgwick County Commission. Racette, who placed fourth as an Independent in a crowded field of Wichita mayoral candidates last year, is running as a Democrat to represent District 3 in western Sedgwick County. “I really do […]
Wall Street Returns to T+1 Stock Trading After a Century
(Bloomberg) — The US stock market is finally as fast as it was about a hundred years ago. Most Read from Bloomberg That was the last time share trades in New York settled in a single day, as they will from Tuesday under new Securities and Exchange Commission rules. The change, halving the time it […]
A 19th century flag disrupts leadership at an Illinois museum and prompts a state investigation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is once again under the spotlight after a manager failed to consult a collections committee before purchasing a 21-star flag whose description as a rare banner marking Illinois’ 1818 admission to the Union is disputed. The flag’s acquisition through an online auction for more […]
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Daytona Beach neighborhood has flooded for more than a century
DAYTONA BEACH — Daytona Beach’s low-lying Midtown area has a vexing flooding problem. The area is basically a bowl, and much of the Midtown neighborhood is on the bottom of it. Midtown sits about five to six feet above sea level. Usually, only Midtown buildings with first floors at least eight feet above sea level […]
Cook County school festival images resurface a century later, thanks to Wisconsin archive
The end of the school year was momentous, as all of them are. The months of hard work and drudgery were highlighted by moments of mirth, friendships formed and the shared goal of looming summer freedom. Graduations are great, but even those students and teachers who will be back for another go-around as autumn approaches […]