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Majority of House Democrats now say they support starting an impeachment inquiry
The current number of impeachment backers may not necessarily, or immediately, change the calculation for House Democratic leadership on how to proceed as Democrats continue their investigations into the President and his administration. But it nevertheless shows that support among Democrats on Capitol Hill for an inquiry is continuing to grow. Rep. Salud Carbajal of …
Michigan man sentenced to 60 weekend days in jail for poisoning wife’s coffee
A suburban Detroit man was sentenced to 60 weekend days in jail Thursday for poisoning his wife’s coffee. Brian Kozlowski, of Macomb County, Michigan, routinely put sleeping pills in his wife’s coffee throughout July 2018, prosecutors said. Therese Kozlowski filed for divorce in May 2018. She was suspicious of Brian Kozlowski and put cameras in …
BREAKING: Student names, birthdays hacked through D428 third-party web platform
DeKALB – The first and last names, and birthdays of DeKalb School District 428 students were accessed by a third party due to a data breach on a web platform used by Pearson Clinical Assessment, a performance assessment tool used by educators around the globe, says District 428 Superintendent Jaime Craven. On July 19, the …
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, found dead at her family’s Cape Cod compound, battled depression
Depression was the unwanted “friend” of the Robert F. Kennedy granddaughter whose death at the family’s storied Cape Cod compound was being investigated Friday by police. Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22, a junior at Boston College, wrote frankly about her struggle with mental illness in a 2016 essay for the student newspaper at the Massachusetts prep …
Mural of George Washington seen as racist and set to be destroyed draws a crowd
A majority of those who came to see the mural, take pictures and snap selfies seemed to be against its destruction, NBC Bay Area reported. The artwork, painted in 1935 by Russian immigrant Victor Arnautoff, was intended as a harsh critique of Washington’s legacy as America’s first president. “Most people are painting glossy pictures of …
Trump calls burglary at Cummings’ Baltimore home ‘too bad’ after week of attacks
“Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!” the President tweeted on Friday. CNN reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive an immediate response. The Baltimore Police Department said Thursday it is investigating a report of a burglary that reportedly occurred at the Maryland congressman’s …
Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner’s chokehold death should be fired, an administrative judge recommends
A New York administrative judge recommended that Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City police officer at the center of Eric Garner’s July 2014 death case, should be fired from the department, sources said Friday. Now it is up to the city’s police commissioner whether Pantaleo will keep his job. The recommendation follows a departmental trial …
Another Amazing, Record-Breaking Month For Job Creation
The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that payrolls grew for the month of July by 164,00, setting a new record for consecutive economic growth. Unemployment remains at 3.7%, a multi-decade low. Wages continued to increase at a 3.2% gain compared to last year at this time. The U.S. total labor force stands strong at …