Snack-shop chain sued over alleged racial discrimination in hiring of Black, mixed-race and Native American employees

fortune.com The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which…

‘Stop! Stop!' Two planes nearly collide at Reagan National Airport

nbcwashington.com A "near miss" between two planes at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, was reported Thursday morning. The planes, one from Southwest and one from JetBlue,…

Legislation that could force a TikTok ban revived as part of House foreign aid package

pbs.org Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake won a major boost late Wednesday when House Republican leaders included it in a…

TikTok legislation added to the House foreign aid package

siliconvalley.com By Mary Clare Jalonick and Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake won…

Trader Joe's recalls basil tied to a salmonella outbreak

npr.org Trader Joe's has recalled fresh basil sold in 29 states and Washington, D.C., after a federal investigation linked the product to a dozen cases of salmonella infection in…

Sheetz accused of racial discrimination in its hiring process

aol.com A federal agency accused a popular gas station chain of discriminating against Black, Native American and multiracial applicants in its hiring practices. The Sheetz criminal…

Civilian interrogator defends work at Abu Ghraib, tells jury he was promoted

seattletimes.com A civilian interrogator who worked 20 years ago at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told jurors in Virginia that he never abused detainees and was actually promoted…

Mike Johnson and progressives are strange bedfellows on Israel and Ukraine aid

aol.com None House Speaker Mike Johnson is splitting Ukraine and Israel aid into separate votes. • None Democrats have generally opposed this, but are now willing to go along with…

There's a conservative 'great migration' from blue states

businessinsider.com By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . You can opt-out at any time. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on…

Convenience store chain where Biden bought snacks while campaigning hit with discrimination lawsuit

finance.yahoo.com A convenience store chain where President Joe Biden stopped for snacks this week while campaigning in Pennsylvania has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who…

House conservatives have a special group dedicated to preserving their power. Of course, it's called the FART team

businessinsider.com House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Bob Good, a Virginia Republican, is seen here hopefully not smelling the caucus' FART team. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images House conservatives…

Toll Brothers Announces New Luxury Home Community in Award-Winning SilverLeaf Master Plan

benzinga.com ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TOL, the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, today announced the launch of Newbrook, an exciting new home…

Elephant runs amok after escaping circus for third time

newsweek.com An elephant recently wreaked havoc on a Montana road after escaping from a nearby circus. It has now come to light that it is the third time this particular elephant has…

U.S. Sentencing Commission restricts federal judges' ability to use acquitted conduct at sentencing

reason.com Federal judges will be limited from enhancing defendants' sentences based on conduct a jury acquitted them of, a practice that has drawn condemnation from a wide range of…

Royal Farms Nominated for USA Today's 10Best: Best Gas Station Brand and Best Gas Station for Food

benzinga.com BALTIMORE, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Royal Farms, a leading Mid-Atlantic-based convenience store chain celebrated for its commitment to quality and innovation,…

Wendy’s will offer free fries every Friday through the end of the year

fortune.com Wendy’s is making it a lot harder to stick to your summer diet. The fast-food chain has announced that starting Friday, April 19, it will give out a free order of French…

Senate Can Stop Expansion Of Government Surveillance

zerohedge.com Senate Can Stop Expansion Of Government Surveillance Authored by Bob Goodlatte & Mark Udall via RealClear Wire, When the U.S. House passed the Reforming Intelligence and…

Essential bankrupt retailer closes even more stores nationwide

thestreet.com Huge retail chains such as Target (TGT) , Walmart (WMT) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) since the Covid pandemic have closed some of their stores for a variety of…

Boeing put under Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings on aircraft maker's safety culture

apnews.com An engineer at said Wednesday that the aircraft company, in rushing to produce as many planes as possible, is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners…

‘The Gray House’ Civil War Spy Drama Series From Kevin Costner to Open Monte-Carlo Television Festival

variety.com “The Gray House,” the Kevin Costner-produced limited series about a female spy ring during the Civil War, will open Monaco’s 63rd annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival in…

Refugees would get millions for housing under new bill

newsweek.com Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that his chamber will finally hold a vote this weekend on passing additional foreign aid including support for…

Boeing grilled on safety

bostonherald.com An engineer at Boeing said that the aircraft company, in rushing to produce as many planes as possible, is taking manufacturing shortcuts that could lead to jetliners…

Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases

zerohedge.com Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has ruled…

A US Navy amphibious warship returned home for repairs just 10 days after deploying

businessinsider.com USS Boxer (LHD-4) ship sails near a tanker in the Arabian Sea off Oman July 17, 2019. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah USS Boxer, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, is returning…

See the 10 types of new US Navy warships plagued by shipbuilding delays

businessinsider.com An artist rendering of the future Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. US Navy illustration/Released The US Navy's highly-anticipated shipbuilding projects are years…

Deepfake porn to become a crime in UK in 'first-of-its-kind' law

euronews.com The amendment to the country’s Criminal Justice Bill will make adults who create deepfake porn “face the consequences of their actions”. Making deepfake pornography could…

The US Navy Ships and Submarines of the Future

247wallst.com The U.S. Navy has been protecting America at sea since 1775. In order to stay true to that mission, the U.S. Navy is constantly involved in the process of building new…

WATCH LIVE: Senators sworn in as Mayorkas impeachment proceedings begin

pbs.org Senate Democrats could end the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday before arguments even begin. The event is scheduled to begin…

House Republicans have a wacky new plan to finally pass Ukraine aid

aol.com None For months, Israel and Ukraine aid has been stalling in the House. That may be about to change. • None Speaker Johnson is planning separate votes on the aid in order to…

New Privacy Rights Act exempts government and gives more power to the FTC

reason.com Data privacy talk in Congress seems kind of ironic coming just a week after lawmakers rejected a proposal to make federal authorities get a warrant to search Americans'…

DeJoy says USPS will fix ‘deteriorating’ service in regions facing network shakeup

federalnewsnetwork.com Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said USPS is seeing “significant issues” with on-time delivery in regions where USPS is opening massive new facilities. The Postal Service is…

Republican group launches string of scathing attacks on Donald Trump

newsweek.com The Lincoln Project, an anti-Donald Trump Republican super PAC, shared videos attacking the former president for his actions during the criminal trial in New York. The super…

STD-riddled "zombie" cicadas are coming to Virginia

axios.com They're coming. Billions, if not trillions, of a rare breed of cicadas — Brood XIX — are about to crawl out of their underground bunkers, where for 13 years they've been…

Broadcast Legend Mike Francesa Renews Exclusive Partnership With BetRivers

benzinga.com CHICAGO, April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rush Street Interactive, Inc. RSI ("RSI"), a leading US-based betting and gaming company, proudly announces the renewal of its…

Senate grills USPS chief over metro Atlanta mail delays

ajc.com “I have constituents with prescriptions that aren’t being delivered,” Ossoff said. “I’ve got constituents who can’t pay their rent and their mortgages. I’ve got businesses…

The Supreme Court case that could turn homelessness into a crime, explained

vox.com Unhoused people photographed in San Francisco in February of 2024. | Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Grants Pass v. Johnson could make the entire criminal…

Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal

washingtonpost.com Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A helicopter hovers over the Gee family farm, the noisy…

Coal miners will get long wanted protection from dust that causes black lung

fortune.com Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly…

Shock over litter of beagle puppies found abandoned in dumpster: "Evil"

newsweek.com A litter of beagle puppies has been found abandoned in a dumpster in rural southern Virginia. Sky, Sweetie, Zuma and Rocky were originally picked up by the Halifax Dog…

Big Tech Offloads Office Space, Putting Commercial Landlords in Flux

thedailyupside.com Silicon Valley’s move-fast-and-break-things mindset now extends to leases. Big tech companies — some of the more reliable office building tenants— are reversing course by…

Supreme Court signals they're prepared to upend Capitol riot cases

newsweek.com The Supreme Court's conservative majority has signaled that it may be preparing to upend hundreds of criminal charges against participants in the January 6 attack on the…

Fried Chicken Chain Bojangles Is Opening 30 Restaurants in LA in 2025

la.eater.com Fried chicken and biscuit purveyor, Bojangles, which currently has strongholds in the South with restaurants in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, and…

Retired general's testimony links private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses

apnews.com An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison testified Tuesday that a civilian contractor instructed prison…

Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made

vox.com If you’re a millennial, you may remember that specific moment in time around the late 2000s when streaming video technology had just gotten good but there weren’t that many…

Amazon confirms that HQ2 in Arlington lost 200 jobs in 2023, missing Amazon's goal of adding 2,500 jobs; HQ2 has ~8,000 employees and plans to reach ~25,000

washingtonpost.com Amazon has fallen so far behind schedule in creating new jobs at its Northern Virginia headquarters that its workforce at those offices shrank last year, the company…

Coal miners getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease

apnews.com Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly…

Motormouth: Will increase of ethanol in gasoline impact my car?

chicagotribune.com Q: I own a car with an 8-speed automatic transmission and manual shifters. If I am approaching a red light 50-100 yards away, am I better off downshifting or gently applying…

Corrupt politicians may get a big break. And it hinges on how SCOTUS justices define one word

msnbc.com It looks like it’s about to become harder for the federal government to prosecute public officials on charges of corruption. But don’t blame the Supreme Court just yet. The…

Measles outbreak map reveals where cases are spiking

newsweek.com Cases of measles have been recorded in at least 18 U.S. jurisdictions since the start of the year, as health officials battle to contain further spread of the disease. As of…

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris share how much they owed the IRS this year

fortune.com The tax man comes for everyone—even the President. Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden had a federal tax bill of $146,629 for 2023, the White House announced in a statement…

WATCH LIVE: House of Representatives delivers Mayorkas articles of impeachment to the Senate

pbs.org House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is sending impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations…

Amazon HQ2 was supposed to add jobs last year. It shed them instead

washingtonpost.com Amazon has fallen so far behind schedule in creating new jobs at its Northern Virginia headquarters that its workforce at those offices shrank last year, the company…

The Largest Walleye Ever Caught in the US, Plus Some of the Biggest State Records

247wallst.com Walleye is one of the most common fish in the US. It occurs natively in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage basins and was also introduced to all other…

The Morning Risk Report: Corruption or Just Politics? Supreme Court Weighs New Bribery Case as More Clashes Are Brewing

createsend.com Good morning. The Supreme Court for years has been making it more challenging for prosecutors to bring corruption cases against public officials, guided by the belief that…

When will cicadas emerge? Three signs point to imminent awakening

newsweek.com Up to a trillion cicadas are expected to emerge across the United States this spring once the soil underground reaches the perfect temperature for them to come up, as the…

Scoop: Commanders draft Senate veteran to finesse stadium deal

axios.com Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris is adding an experienced political player to his D.C. team and giving him a tough assignment: Find a new home for his storied…