THE HILL — The Supreme Court’s extraordinary decision to eliminate the universal right to abortion is a watershed moment in the American experiment, ending half a century when women were free to make their own reproductive decisions and immediately ushering in an era when states can make that choice for them. From a practical standpoint,...
July 26, 2024
Category: Newsmakers
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Markets brace for 100-point Fed rate hike as inflation roars to new high
FOX NEWS — Some Wall Street traders are betting that the Federal Reserve will take the most aggressive step in decades as it races to catch up with scorching-hot inflation. While market consensus is for a half-point interest rate hike at the Fed’s policy-setting meeting this week, the odds for a larger increase next month...
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Inflation surges to new highs as soaring prices eat away at Americans’ wages under Biden admin
FOX NEWS — Inflation remained painfully high in May, with consumer prices hitting a new four-decade high that exacerbated a financial strain for millions of Americans and worsened a political crisis for President Biden. The Labor Department said Friday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods including gasoline,...
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88 arrested, 58 guns seized during ‘largest-ever’ gang takedown in California county
NTD — Authorities in Stockton, California, arrested nearly 90 people while also seizing dozens of guns in a massive multi-agency gang takedown targeting violent street gangs and a recent increase in firearm-related activities in the area. Tori Verber Salazar, the district attorney of San Joaquin County, touted the mission, dubbed “Operation Hybrid Havoc,” as the...
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Iraqi man in Ohio charged in plot to murder former President George W. Bush
NTD — An Iraqi man living in Columbus, Ohio, has been charged by federal authorities for allegedly plotting to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States as part of a plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush. Agents from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, 52, Tuesday morning. He...
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Convicted county felon faces 2 years for falsifying federal firearm paperwork
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida OCALA — Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Darrell Pierre Hopkins (54, Dunnellon) to 24 months in federal prison for making a materially false statement in connection with the purchase of firearms and knowingly causing a licensed gun dealer to maintain...
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4 charged with stone crab fishing violations
On Tuesday, April 5, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers aboard the FWC’s offshore patrol vessel Fin Cat along with FWC aviation unit officers were jointly conducting an operation to monitor for stone crab vessels fishing in the closed areas of the Big Bend stone crab – shrimping zones. The FWC aviation crew...
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FDA authorizes second booster shot for people age 50, older
THE HILL — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tuesday gave the green light to a second coronavirus vaccine booster shot for people age 50 and older in an effort to ward off another potential spike in infections due to a subvariant of omicron. The agency granted emergency use authorization to vaccines from Pfizer and...
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1 dead after deputy-involved shooting on March 25
A Dunnellon man was killed on March 25 after showing a gun and being shot dead on the scene. At approximately 5:30 p.m. on March 25, Citrus County Sheriff’s Office deputies initially responded to a residence off of North Windbreak Terrace in Dunnellon in response to a disturbance and verbal altercation. Upon arrival, deputies met...
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Pivotal week kicks off for Amazon unionization campaigns
THE HILL — Workers at a Staten Island, N.Y., Amazon facility will begin voting in person Friday on whether they want to unionize. At the same time, a thousand miles south, workers at the e-commerce giant’s Bessemer, Ala., warehouse are in the final stretch of a mail-in vote that will be counted Monday. The two...