Heather Locklear is a day away from getting sued by a paramedic who claims she was viciously attacked and injured during a drunken episode that landed the actress in a jail. TMZ broke the story … Locklear went ballistic at her L.A. home back in June after cops showed up after getting a call from a family member […]
Doctor says she was racially profiled while trying to help fellow passenger – CNN
Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, a physician and expert in obesity medicine, told CNN she was on a flight from Indianapolis to Boston on Tuesday when a woman sitting next to her started shaking and hyperventilating. Stanford said she was already aiding the passenger when a flight attendant came by to check the situation. According to […]
Expert: Washington County a hub for child sexual trafficking | Local News | heraldmailmedia.com
Friends of Safe Place, a nonprofit board for Safe Place, a child advocacy center in Washington County, sponsored the child-abuse summit called “Krimes Against Kids.” The daylong summit also included author, journalist and political commentator Dominic Carter, who shared his story of abuse at the hands of his mother. A discussion on child trafficking in […]
University of Maryland president fires football coach DJ Durkin, reversing decision by university system regents – Baltimore Sun
University of Maryland President Wallace Loh fired football coach DJ Durkin on Wednesday night, less than a day after the university system’s board of regents had reinstated the coach.In a statement released by the university, Loh said he took the action after meeting with the Student Government Association, department chairs and other campus leadership. Source: […]
Hudson Link: When a House is much more than a Home | LinkedIn
Sean Pica is the tireless Executive Director of Hudson Link. Hudson Link makes it possible for inmates to receive a college education without using a dime of taxpayer money. Gutting this house and rebuilding it, has been their next step. Inside the property, and surrounded by wood framing that will soon be sheet-rocked, Pica was so excited that […]
GM buyout offer: 18,000 salaried workers given option for payout
General Motors is offering voluntary buyouts to 18,000 salaried workers, acknowledging Wednesday that if it does not get enough takers, it may consider layoffs in early 2019. Shortly after reporting better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, GM CEO Mary Barra notified employees in an email. GM salaried workers in North America with at least 12 years of experience are […]
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Donald Trump as consoler draws protests
WASHINGTON – Tragedies like the massacre that took place in a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend usually move people to put politics aside. But as President Donald Trump touched down Tuesday in a city still reeling from the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in American history, he was greeted by hundreds of protesters singing softly in Hebrew or holding […]
Brother: Bay Area Indian couple died in Yosemite fall while taking selfie
NEW DELHI — An Indian couple who fell to their deaths from a popular overlook at Yosemite National Park in the western U.S. was apparently taking a selfie, the man’s brother said Tuesday. Park rangers recovered the bodies of 29-year-old Vishnu Viswanath and 30-year-old Meenakshi Moorthy on Thursday from about 800 feet (245 meters) below […]
Birthright citizenship: Trump plans executive order to end birthright citizenship for some U.S.-born babies, overriding 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – CBS News
President Trump, seeking to limit immigration to the U.S., is set to challenge a 150-year-old constitutional standard that anyone born in America is an American citizen. Mr. Trump told “Axios on HBO” that he plans to sign an executive order to “remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on […]
Boston Crime Boss Whitey Bulger Dead In Federal Prison – Hartford Courant
Notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who used murder, terror and corruption to build a sprawling criminal network, died Tuesday in a federal prison in West Virginia, where he was serving a life sentence.Authorities who spent careers trying to stop Bulger were scrambling Tuesday when news broke around noon that Bulger was killed at the […]