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Last week began the federal antitrust trial against Google for alleged monopolistic practices when it comes to the online advertising space. The Justice Department contends the company has outsize dominion over what is a lifeline for industries including online publishing. Google, of course, doesn’t see it that way. Google seems keen on deploying the arguments that monopolists always do in these scenarios: that its dominance makes things more seamless, integrated and navigable to publishers and ad sellers. That is not r...
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle should have saved herself from being roasted for 4 hours and 40 minutes last week by justifiably angry members of the House Oversight Committee livid over the failures of the Secret Service to prevent the shooting of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally. She should have resigned rather than sit there and make the situation worse. Instead, she quit later. Trump thankfully survived, but rallygoer Corey Comperatore died, as did a lot of the agency’s credibility and Cheatle’s rep...
The horrid attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump amidst a rancorous presidential campaign brings to mind the phrase, “let us have peace.” Those are the words chiseled high over Riverside Drive, right above the portico on Grant’s Tomb. It was the slogan used by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious Union Army commander in the Civil War, in his successful 1868 presidential campaign. Opened in 1897, the granite and marble mausoleum on 122nd St. was once the most visited tourist site in the country, outdr...
NEW YORK - Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying New York business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in a conspiracy to defraud the 2016 electorate, a historic verdict making Trump a felon and the first American president to suffer a criminal conviction. Jurors found Trump guilty on felony counts of falsification of business records tied to his reimbursement to Michael Cohen in 2017 for paying off the adult film star two weeks before...
The last time the Democrats and the Republicans held a White House rematch with the same two contenders was 1956, when Ike beat Adlai Stevenson for the second straight time. Earlier, there were redos with William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan (McKinley won both in 1896 and 1900) and Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison (in 1888, Harrison defeated the incumbent Cleveland, who then staged a comeback victory in 1892). In the pre-Civil War days, before the GOP existed, when there were Whigs and such, Martin Van Buren...
A jury on Wednesday found “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin, but acquitted her on charges of tampering with evidence. She was immediately remanded to custody pending sentencing. Gutierrez-Reed was tasked with ensuring firearm safety and storage on the set of the Western, starring Baldwin, when she handed the actor a prop gun that contained live ammunition. Baldwin fired, striking and killing cinematographer Halyna Hut...
At least nine Americans have died in bloody violence between Hamas and Israel, a U.S. official said Monday, the third day since Palestinian militants launched a surprise attack in Israel. Matt Miller, a U.S. State Department spokesman, said Monday morning that an unspecified number of Americans remained unaccounted for in Israel, and that America was working to determine the tally. The identities of the dead Americans were not immediately released, and it was unclear if any...
RED RIVER -- Three people died and five others were hospitalized after a shooting involving two outlaw motorcycle gangs at a New Mexico rally, state police said. The gunfire at the Red River Memorial Motorcycle Rally erupted Saturday around 5 p.m. local time during a confrontation between the Bandidos and the Water Dogs, New Mexico State Police Chief Tim Johnson said at a news conference Sunday morning. All eight victims were gang members, according to authorities. Police identified the men killed as Anthony Silva, 26, and...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a Nashville elementary school Monday morning that also left the shooter dead. The attacker, identified only as a 28-year-old Nashville woman, was killed on the scene at The Covenant School by responding police officers. “There are no other gunshot victims,” Nashville police officer Don Aaron said at an afternoon press conference. A responding police officer cut his hand on glass at the scene, Aar...
Former President Donald Trump on Friday warned of "death and destruction" if he is indicted for allegedly paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels. Raising the rhetorical heat, Trump suggested that his supporters will respond with fury if he is criminally charged in the case as early as next week when a grand jury reconvenes to deliberate. "Potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country," Trump wrote on his social media site. Tr...
Texas Tech suspended men's basketball coach Mark Adams on Sunday for "racially insensitive" remarks he allegedly made last week. Adams "referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters," according to Texas Tech. Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt said he learned about the comments on Friday. Adams was allowed to coach Texas Tech's regular season finale on Saturday against Oklahoma State before the suspension was announced Sunday morning....
The snapshot of Tim McCarver penetrating our mind when we heard of his death at the age of 81 Thursday afternoon, was first meeting him while he was standing on the press level of Shea Stadium squinting out at the sun while spitting tobacco juice into a Styrofoam coffee cup. We listened to that Memphis twang reach a higher pitch when a point needed to be made. Between spits, Tim McCarver had a lot to say. It was always better to concentrate on his words and not interrupt. It...
Brittney Griner is home. The WNBA superstar landed in San Antonio, Texas, Friday morning after being released from Russian custody a day earlier. Per standard procedure for freed U.S. prisoners, Griner’s first stop is expected to be a medical facility for evaluation. Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, tweeted, “So happy to have Brittney back on U.S. soil. Welcome home BG!” Griner, 32, was exchanged for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in a caught-on-camera swap at Al Bateen Execu...
Kanye West’s Twitter account was suspended early Friday after new owner Elon Musk declared the rapper had violated the platform’s rules against inciting violence. “I tried my best,” Musk said in response to a user asking him to “fix Kanye.” “Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.” The suspension comes after West, who goes by Ye, tweeted an altered image of the Star of David merged with a swastika, suggesting he would use it as the logo for his 2024 presidential ca...
WASHINGTON — The nation isn’t going to get a rail strike for Christmas, but 115,000 railroad workers also are not going to get paid sick leave after the Senate passed legislation Thursday to enforce a contract deal. Four out of 12 rail unions had rejected the contract that President Biden cut in September, leaving a strike looming as soon as Dec. 9. The White House asked Congress to intervene under a 1926 law, and pass the deal Biden helped negotiate. House Democrats nearly rebelled, but sent two measures to the Senate Wed...
Nearly two years after the Jan. 6 attack, former Vice President Mike Pence said ex-President Donald Trump “endangered me and my family” as a mob of MAGA extremists invaded the Capitol. “(Trump’s) words were reckless and his actions were reckless,” Pence told David Muir of ABC News in a new interview. “The president’s words that day ... endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building. “It was clear he decided to be part of the problem,” Pence added. The interview marks a dramatic shift in tone for Pence, w...
Jay Leno suffered “serious burns” to his face Sunday when a car in his garage reportedly caught fire, but he says he’s going to be OK. The former “Tonight Show” host is being treated at the Grossman Burn Center following the incident in Los Angeles that injured the left side of his face, TMZ reported Monday. “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire,” Leno, 72, confirmed in a statement to Variety. “I am OK. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet.” Leno reportedly avoided injuries to his left eye and ear when...
Angela Lansbury, the actress and singer who conquered film and theater and solved mysteries in "Murder, She Wrote" on TV, died Tuesday. She was 96. Lansbury died at her home in Los Angeles, her family said in a statement. She was just five days shy of her 97th birthday. Born Oct. 16, 1925, in London to politician father Edgar Lansbury and Irish-born actress Moyna Macgill, Lansbury moved to New York City in her early teens before heading to Hollywood. Noticed by MGM honcho...
Queen Elizabeth II, Great Britain’s monarch across two millennia and a witness to tumultuous times for the world, her nation and the Royal Family, died Thursday. She was 96 and held the longest reign of any ruler in British history with 70 years as queen. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.” Elizabeth ascended...
NEW YORK — A jury found Ghislaine Maxwell, the wealthy one-time darling of New York and London high societies, guilty Wednesday of enticing and transporting teenage girls to be abused sexually by Jeffrey Epstein. The jurors in Manhattan Federal Court deliberated for 40 hours over six days before returning the verdict. The 60-year-old faces up to 65 years in prison when Judge Alison Nathan sentences her for aiding in a decade-long scheme to recruit and transport young victims worldwide for Epstein’s abuse. “A unanimous jury...
Fully vaccinated people can exercise and attend small gatherings outdoors without wearing face masks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in revised public health guidance Monday as the Biden administration seeks to ramp up immunizations in the U.S. The new guidelines, unveiled by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on a conference call with reporters, defines fully vaccinated people as those who have gone 14 days since receiving their final shot of the Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson cures. Small gatherings...
Ghislaine Maxwell will face two separate trials on charges of grooming underage victims of Jeffrey Epstein and lying under oath, a judge ruled Friday. Manhattan Federal Judge Alison Nathan wrote in a 34-page ruling that trying the cases together raised thorny legal issues. Maxwell is charged with procuring and grooming three underage Epstein victims in the mid-1990s. She's also accused of lying under oath about her sex life in two depositions in 2016. Having one jury consider both allegations would result in them being...
Liberty University is suing its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., claiming he smeared the school's reputation with a sex scandal and hid that information while negotiating a plentiful new contract in 2019. Falwell was president and chancellor of Liberty from 2007 until August 2020, when he resigned. Earlier that month, Falwell's pool cleaner-turned-business partner Giancarlo Granda said beginning in 2012 he had sex several times with Falwell's wife, Becki, while the evangelical university president watched. The Falwells...
A U.S. Capitol Police officer was killed and another one wounded after a knife-wielding man rammed his car into them on Friday before being fatally shot by other cops, law enforcement officials said. The unidentified suspect, driving a dark blue sedan, crashed into the officers near a barricade on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol shortly after 1 p.m., acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters at the scene. Both officers were rushed to hospitals, and one of them later died, according to Pittman. “It is w... Full story
Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 70. Limbaugh, a Missouri native, was unflinchingly supportive of former President Donald Trump, who bestowed upon him the nation’s highest civilian honor -- the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- during the 2020 State of the Union address. He was known for his fiery and articulate rhetoric. "The Rush Limbaugh Show” was syndicated in 1988 and served as the prototype for the modern-day rig...
