The progression of the downtown homeless shelter continued to be a point of conversation among Jackson City Council on Tuesday. Before breaking ground in April 2023, the need for the shelter was spawned by the death of a local, unhoused individual who lost his life during a winter storm in 2020. On any given night, […]
A mural dedicated to Samyia Spain, the teen girl fatally knifed after rejecting her killer’s advances in March was unveiled outside her Brooklyn home on Saturday afternoon. Dozens gathered in a courtyard at the NYCHA Wyckoff Gardens housing complex in Boerum Hill for the dedication of the commemorative mural by artist Tracy Molloy titled, “Their […]
US actor Alec Baldwin is facing an involuntary manslaughter trial in early July after a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sided with prosecutors in rejecting a motion to dismiss the case. Defence attorneys argued that […]
Jun. 28—The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision Thursday, rejected a complicated settlement agreement between state and local governments and Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the addictive painkiller OxyContin that contributed significantly to the country’s deadly opioid crisis. The deal, which was agreed to in 2021 but has since been mired in legal limbo, […]
Three of Minnehaha County’s races from the June 4 primary had an official recount on Monday. And while no races flipped, the recount board did opt to include 132 absentee ballots that had been rejected on Election Day, following a challenge that some state and county officials have said fell outside the bounds of state […]
Jun. 24—Voters in at least five school districts across Maine earlier this month rejected school budgets that would have resulted in sizable property tax increases. In other communities, budgets passed, but just barely. Gorham, for example, is gearing up for a recount this week after its budget passed by just four votes. Steve Bailey, executive […]
Shortly after Judge Aileen M. Cannon drew the assignment in June 2023 to oversee former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, two more experienced colleagues on the federal bench in Florida urged her to pass it up and hand it off to another jurist, according to two people briefed on the conversations. The judges who […]
Even months after tech company Dell pushed its strict return-to-office policy barring fully remote employees from promotions, its workers still refuse to come back to in-person work. Almost 50% of Dell’s full-time U.S. workforce and one-third of international employees have continued to work remotely, according to internal data from the company, Business Insider reported. Unless […]
An independent panel for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected the use of MDMA as a form of therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). MDMA, which is also known as ecstasy, is seen by some in the scientific community as a potential breakthrough treatment for PTSD, a mental health condition that’s difficult to […]
An aerial view shows homes on December 20, 2023 in Jesup, Iowa. In 2021, Iowa passed a law barring cities and counties from protecting voucher holders from overt discrimination by landlords.Scott Olson/Getty Images Stephanie Quinn was forced to move out of her Farley, Iowa, apartment this spring. Quinn’s Section 8 voucher and her children’s schooling […]
The owners of the Swan Centre in Rathmines have been dealt a major blow to their plans to incorporate a large new hotel into the existing shopping centre. An Bord Pleanála has rejected plans to construct a 111-bedroom hotel on top of the Swan Centre because of its excessive scale. The board upheld the earlier […]
The Duke of Sussex turned down an invitation from his father to stay at a royal residence earlier this month because of security concerns, The Telegraph understands. Prince Harry, 39, spent three nights in London when he flew from California to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Games but did not see the King. […]