Florida’s ban on voting by ex-felons is unconstitutionally enforced, federal judge rules Florida is unconstitutionally enforcing its ban on voting by ex-felons, an Obama-appointed federal judge ruled Thursday in a decision that could potentially upend this year’s elections. In a scathing ruling that included a sharp rebuke to Republican Gov. […]
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Woman denied emotional support peacock on United flight Birds of a feather may flock together, but United Airlines recently shot down one traveler’s request to bring her emotional support peacock on a flight departing Newark Liberty International Airport. Live and Let Fly reported earlier this week that even though the […]
House Intel Committee votes to release Nunes memo on FBI The House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines Monday to publicly release a classified memo written by Republicans alleging FBI abuses in the agency’s surveillance, an aggressive move that could feed a GOP push to undercut special counsel Robert Mueller’s […]
Thousands of FBI cellphones affected by glitch that lost Strzok-Page texts, officials say Thousands of FBI cellphones were affected by the technical glitch that the DOJ says prevented five months’ worth of text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page from being stored or uploaded into the bureau’s […]
Avalanche and volcano hit Japan’s Kusatsu ski resort At least 14 people have been injured by an avalanche and volcanic eruption near a Japanese ski resort. The eruption sent rocks raining down over a kilometre-wide area near Kusatsu in central Gunma prefecture, say local media. Four people who were riding […]
Trump signs bill ending government shutdown after 3 days The federal government will be open for business Tuesday after President Trump signed a bill funding the government until Feb. 8. Trump signed the measure Monday evening, hours after the House and Senate approved the package by wide margins as Senate […]
Russian minister warns against reviving Nazis at exhibition Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has opened an exhibition on the Holocaust in the former Soviet Union, saying the world has “a sacred duty” not only to commemorate the millions of victims “but to do everything in our power to prevent such […]
Man found shot to death on Queens home’s lawn A 65-year-old man was found Thursday morning shot to death on a lawn outside a Queens home, police said. Dan Gonzalez was discovered dead about 8:10 a.m. by a neighbor face up in front of the home on Bardwell Ave. near […]
Car Plows Through Copacabana Sidewalk, Kills Baby, Injures 15 A speeding car plowed through evening strollers on a crowded sidewalk of Rio’s famed Copacabana beach on Thursday in an apparent accident, killing an 8-month old baby and injuring 15 people, police said. Injured pedestrians lay sprawled out on the sidewalk, […]
Trump says ‘Russia is not helping’ with North Korea US President Donald Trump may have found another whipping boy when it comes to reining in North Korea. On Wednesday, Trump accused the Kremlin of helping North Korea skirt international sanctions aimed at curbing North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. […]
