Curtis Sliwa, founder of the neighborhood watch group Guardian Angels, is offering New York City Mayor Eric Adams feral cats to fight rats. In the wake of news that Adams has received more tickets for having rats at his building in Brooklyn, Sliwa said he planned to show up at the building at 2:30 p.m….
Curtis Sliwa Offers NYC Mayor Eric Adams Feral Cats to Fight Rats
Alan Dershowitz Asks Judge to Be Excused From Sanctions Linked to Kari Lake Lawsuit
Retired Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz said he wasn’t part of the legal team that represented Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in connection to a lawsuit that was filed in early 2022 and later rejected. In 2022, U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi tossed filings by Lake and fellow Republican Mark Finchem. Months later,…
Federal Agency Issues Warning to California as Bomb Cyclone Approaches
The National Weather Service on Wednesday warned that a “major storm” and “atmospheric river” will hit California on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding. Impacts include river floods, debris flows, and mudslides near “recent burn scar areas,” the agency said on its website. The storm will also produce heavy snow in the Sierra…
Former Colorado Funeral Home Owner Sentenced to 20 Years for Selling Body Parts
A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission. Megan Hess, 46, pleaded guilty to fraud in July. She operated a funeral home, Sunset Mesa, and a body parts entity, Donor Services,…
Man Suspected of Intentionally Driving Off California Cliff
MONTARA, Calif.—The driver of a car that plunged off a cliff in Northern California, seriously wounding two children and a second adult after the 250-foot drop, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday. Dharmesh A. Patel of Pasadena will be booked into San Mateo County Jail…
States Competing for High-Wage Employers With ‘Workforce Development’ Initiatives
It’s no secret that states compete with each other to attract “family wage” employers that provide health insurance and other benefits, especially in manufacturing and high-tech sectors. The standard competitive toolboxes offered by state legislatures usually include tax credits, assorted regulatory waivers, and a host of other “fine print” incentives to induce corporations and businesses…
States Compete for High-Wage Employers With ‘Workforce Development’ Initiatives
It’s no secret that states compete with each other to attract “family wage” employers that provide health insurance and other benefits, especially in manufacturing and high-tech sectors. The standard competitive toolboxes offered by state legislatures usually include tax credits, assorted regulatory waivers, and a host of other “fine print” incentives to induce corporations and businesses…
Border Wall Dismantled in Arizona as Katie Hobbs Becomes Governor
Arizona has started to dismantle its makeshift border wall made of shipping containers that was championed by former Gov. Doug Ducey but faced opposition from newly minted Gov. Katie Hobbs and was the target of a Biden administration lawsuit. Footage taken on Jan. 3 showed construction machinery removing a line of shipping containers placed along the…
DC Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Wounded Including 8-Year-Old
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A man was killed and three people including an 8-year-old child were wounded in a Tuesday night shooting in Washington, D.C., police said. The Metropolitan Police Department said a man was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting around 6 p.m., WJLA-TV reported. Two other men suffered gunshot wounds. The child who was…
New York Man Jailed for Plotting to Steal Trade Secrets for China
A New York man has been sentenced to two years in prison on Jan. 3 for conspiring to steal trade secrets from American multinational company General Electric (GE) to benefit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Xiaoqing Zheng, 59, of Niskayuna, New York, was convicted of conspiracy to commit economic espionage in March 2022, the Department of…
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