A federal briefing note says more than a quarter of Atlantic businesses that get federal subsidies fail within five years. “The business survival rate for Agency-assisted startups is 73 percent,” said the federal briefing note “Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency” (ACOA). However, it goes on to say the survival rate for businesses that did not get taxpayers’…
Redo of Federal Plane Evacuation Tests Sought as Passengers Squeeze Into Smaller Spaces
Lawmakers who want tougher standards for evacuating aircraft in an emergency have criticized the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for what they consider unrealistic simulations, and now they are calling for a do-over of current evacuation tests. Decades-old federal rules require that planes be designed so that passengers can escape the cabin within 90 seconds in…
Elizabeth Holmes Enters Texas Prison to Begin 11-year Sentence for Notorious Blood-Testing Hoax
May 30, 2023
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BRYAN, Texas—Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. Holmes, 39, on Tuesday entered a federal women’s prison camp located in Bryan, Texas—where the federal judge who sentenced Holmes in November recommended…
The Day Has Arrived for Elizabeth Holmes to Report to a Texas Prison
May 30, 2023
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Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to move to her new home—a federal prison where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. The federal judge who sentenced Holmes, 39, in November recommended that she be…
LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (April 28): Teachers Union Chief Offered Edits on CDC School Reopening; 10,000 FBI Agents Can Spy on Citizens: OIG
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten admitted to offering edits to the CDC’s school reopening guidelines during testimony on Capitol Hill. She denies suggesting substantive changes. More than 10,000 federal employees could have access to Americans’ data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Three witnesses testified on the issue at a House Judiciary subcommittee…
NTD News Today (April 28): Teachers Union Chief Offered Edits on CDC School Reopening; 10,000 FBI Agents Can Spy on Citizens: OIG
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten admitted to offering edits to the CDC’s school reopening guidelines during testimony on Capitol Hill. She denies suggesting substantive changes. More than 10,000 federal employees could have access to Americans’ data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Three witnesses testified on the issue at a House Judiciary Subcommittee…
Officers Plead Not Guilty in Ronald Greene’s Arrest
April 12, 2023
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FARMERVILLE, La.—Five Louisiana law enforcement officers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state crimes in the 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. The arraignment came nearly five months after a grand jury handed up a list of charges ranging from negligent homicide to obstruction and malfeasance, the first indictments related to Greene’s death on a roadside in…
Hundreds of Businesses, Non-Profits Call on Congress to Expedite Federal Infrastructure Permits
March 28, 2023
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, along with 350 business organizations, have called on Congress to modernize America’s permitting processes to make way for building the infrastructure of the future. In a letter addressed to congressional leaders, the group expressed their frustration with the outdated, inefficient, and unpredictable permitting process that has hindered the development of…
LIVE 10:30 AM ET: NY Case Against Trump Begins to Crumble; AG Says Trump Spread Arrest Rumors
March 27, 2023
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The New York case against Donald Trump is beginning to crumble. A Grand Jury weighing the case heard testimony from former federal prosecutor Robert Costello on Monday. It was alleged that the evidence has dramatically changed the case. Afterwards, District Attorney Alvin Bragg canceled a follow-up hearing without initially stating a reason. Now, DA Bragg…
LIVE NOW: NY Case Against Trump Begins to Crumble; DA Says Trump Spread Arrest Rumors
March 27, 2023
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The New York case against Donald Trump is beginning to crumble. A Grand Jury weighing the case heard testimony from former federal prosecutor Robert Costello on Monday. It was alleged that the evidence has dramatically changed the case. Afterwards, District Attorney Alvin Bragg canceled a follow-up hearing without initially stating a reason. Now, DA Bragg…
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