A Texas school district placed a teacher on administrative leave after a video surfaced appearing to show her hitting a student in class, resulting in her arrest. “The Beaumont Independent School District can confirm that an Ozen High School teacher was arrested today for physically assaulting a student,” district...
One of the latest flash points in the Democratic presidential race is a crime bill signed into law more than two decades ago. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, passed by then-President Bill Clinton in 1994, has caused outbursts from protesters and is bringing his time in the White House under scrutiny. Last...
Hundreds of protesters flocked to the U.S. Capitol Monday for a demonstration against the role of money in politics, prompting arrests of more than 400 by the Capitol police force. The demonstration was part of a series of "Democracy Spring" protests planned in Washington this week by a coalition of groups. The...
Bernie Sanders has a new addition to his campaign speech. Speaking to crowds around New York state and Pennsylvania in the last week, the progressive Democratic candidate has ratcheted up his focus on environmental issues, specifically talking at length about his opposition to fracking. Last fall, Sanders introduced during...
One Starbucks really got the name wrong on one customer’s order label last Friday. A man who ordered a Grande White Chocolate Mocha at a St. Augustine, Florida Starbucks reported receiving the drink with a printed label that read, "DIABETES HERE I COME." The customer, who prefers to remain anonymous,...
On the latest list of books most objected to at public schools and libraries, one title has been targeted nationwide, at times for the sex and violence it contains, but mostly for the legal issues it raises. The Bible. "You have people who feel that if a school library buys a copy of the Bible, it's a violation of...
A 37-year-old man has been arrested after human remains believed to be those of a missing Seattle-area mother of three were found in a recycling bin, authorities said late Monday. Ingrid Lyne, 40, was last seen Friday night before going on a blind date to a Seattle Mariners game, Q13 Fox reported. Seattle Police said late...
America has a long and storied history with regulating alcohol, which has left us with a high drinking age, and a very strange requirement that all alcohol be slightly radioactive. As Tom Scott explains, the requirement stems from the fact that all alcohol sold for human consumption has to be made from plant matter—no...
The Zika virus has been linked to a second type of autoimmune disorder, according to a small study released today. Doctors have known that Zika is associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a condition in which the immune system attacks the nervous system, causing paralysis, since the Zika outbreak in French Polynesia in...
DAVID CAMERON hit out at “deeply hurtful and profoundly untrue allegations” against his late father as he faced a grilling by MPs over his financial affairs. The Prime Minister today made a statement to the House of Commons, having last week seen himself dragged into a global offshore tax avoidance scandal. The leak...
FIREBRAND Labour MP Dennis Skinner was today booted out the House of Commons for branding the Prime Minister ‘dodgy Dave’. The 84-year-old was ordered to leave the chamber as David Cameron faced a grilling from MPs over the so-called ‘Panama Papers‘ scandal. Ex-miner Mr Skinner, who has been MP for...
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