By Maria Caspani (Reuters) – Storm-battered California braced for another deluge on Sunday as forecasters predicted heavy rainfall would douse parts of the state, threatening floods and mudslides. The storm is the second Pineapple Express weather system, or atmospheric river storm, to hit the state in the past week and arrives as Los Angeles welcomes […]
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a criminal case against a northern Michigan man accused of threatening President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. After a preliminary examination in federal court in Bay City, U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Morris concluded that there was no probable cause and social media […]
Feb. 1—PEMBINA COUNTY — A Devils Lake man waived his Wednesday, Jan. 31, preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to Class C felony terrorizing. Jason David Duerr, 42, faces up to five years in prison and $10,000 in fines for the crime. Duerr was arrested in December for allegedly stealing a car and resisting arrest […]
(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk’s $55 billion pay package at Tesla Inc. was struck down by a Delaware judge after a shareholder challenged it as excessive, a ruling that would take a giant bite out of Musk’s wealth and put the fate of his companies in question. Most Read from Bloomberg That is if the ruling […]
(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk’s $55 billion pay package at Tesla Inc. was struck down by a Delaware judge after a shareholder challenged it as excessive, a ruling that would take a giant bite out of Musk’s wealth and put the fate of his companies in question. Most Read from Bloomberg That is if the ruling […]
The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested an Orange County man for making a terroristic threat earlier this month about Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan in a Facebook post, KFDM/Fox 4 News reported. Special agents with state law enforcement arrested Daniel Troy Leblanc, 45, on Jan. 17 after he wrote a Facebook post referencing the […]
A California grocery clerk accused of driving cross-country on a mission to kill or kidnap President Joe Biden and a host of other elected officials pleaded guilty in an Iowa courtroom Monday to making threats against Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, court records say. Kuachua Brillion Xiong, 27, a former grocery store clerk in […]
Last May, preservationists across Florida breathed a sigh of relief when a bill seeking to gut protections for historic coastal buildings died in the Florida House after passing the Senate. But similar proposals are back for this year’s legislative session in Tallahassee, sending local leaders scrambling once again. On Monday, the Senate version of the […]
Wall Street bosses are saying enough is enough. Bank of America has joined the growing list of banks putting their foot down and forcing workers to comply with its return-to-office mandates—or else. The bank has just issued warning letters—or as BofA reportedly calls them, “letters of education”—to workers who haven’t been coming into the office […]
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A Chinese music student was convicted on Thursday of U.S. charges that he harassed an activist who posted fliers at the Berklee College of Music in Boston supporting democracy in China and threatened to report her activities to Chinese law enforcement. A federal jury in Boston found Xiaolei Wu, […]
On Friday, law enforcement officials arrested an Ocala high school student and accused him of threatening all Marion County high schools and some staff members via social media. The student made his first court appearance Saturday morning. Here’s what we know: Judge: Circuit Judge Brad King. Charges: 11 counts of electronic threats to kill or […]
Statement: President Joe Biden said he will “send F-15s” to “wage war against Texas.” As tensions simmer between the Texas government and the Biden administration over access to part of the U.S.-Mexico border, some social media users are claiming President Joe Biden threatened to dramatically escalate the issue. In a Jan. 13 TikTok video, President Joe […]