Illinois' landmark credit card fee law prompting strong opposition – Chicago Tribune
Illinois lawmakers last month, during the legislative spring recess, became the first state in the nation to ban banks and credit card companies from charging retailers seemingly small fees for sales taxes and tips. But since Gov. JB Pritzker signed the ban into law, financial institutions that opposed the measure have stepped up their opposition […]
Golf Talk Today: How massive is Scottie Scheffler’s FedEx Cup lead?
Welcome to Playing Through’s new morning ritual: Golf Talk Today. Each morning on “Golf Talk Today,” our staff discusses various aspects of the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and other professional golf tournaments. Yesterday’s discussion of Scottie Scheffler and how much prize money he’s won this year was mind-blowing, but look at how big his lead […]
‘Sopranos’ Star Claims Hollywood Is Full Of ‘Quiet’ Trump Voters, Questions Actors Getting Paid To Support Biden
“The Sopranos” actress Drea de Matteo claimed on Fox News Monday that Hollywood is full of “quiet” Trump supporters and questioned whether actors rooting for President Joe Biden are being paid to do so. Mateo appeared on “Jesse Watters Primetime” to discuss the recent wave of Hollywood stars who have endorsed Biden in the upcoming […]
NYC ‘Real Ryte’ gang members sentenced after ‘video game’ like street war with rival ‘Breadgang’ crew
Some “Real Right” gang members have served prison time. The leader of a Brooklyn-based street gang and two of his henchmen were each sentenced to 10 years in prison for accidentally shooting an innocent pedestrian during a wrong-way car chase, prosecutors said. Semaj “Bam Bam” Smith, 30, was sentenced to 11 years in prison in […]
US envoy lashes out at China in rare move, says Beijing not a ‘confident government’
U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns told The Wall Street Journal that China has actively undermined ties with the United States by harassing and questioning its citizens who attend U.S.-sponsored events in China. Burns said China was open to strengthening ties with the U.S. after Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in November. But […]
Body found near San Diego trail where missing hiker separated from group during heat wave
The body of a woman believed to be a 50-year-old hiker who became separated from her group and went missing on a San Diego trail during a heatwave on Sunday has been found just outside a populated area, authorities said. San Diego Police Lt. Daniel Meyer told reporters at a news conference near the search […]
Man Dies After Being Hit by Roller Coaster in Ohio
A man visiting an amusement park in Mason, Ohio, was recently struck by a roller coaster and later died at the hospital. The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office announced the death Monday, WBNS report The victim, Nelson Arntanaro, 38, died Friday at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He was in one of the restricted areas […]
Trump’s new tech support shows Bitcoin needs America
About three years ago, I I have written The New York Times reported that Bitcoin could save America from going off the rails. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently caused a stir through legal threats against Coinbase’s new interest-bearing cryptocurrency account program. … Deviation or shutdown: this is the un-American logic of the social […]
Trump flunks the Ten Commandments test
Political pundits are abuzz over the first presidential debate this week, with everyone guessing which issue CNN debate hosts Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will start with. For President Biden, there are plenty of possibilities: inflation, immigration, crime, Gaza, even his own age. But for Donald Trump, there’s really only one possibility: the Ten Commandments. […]
Who suffers from defunding the police? This blue city has over 1,000 unsolved murders
Police in St. Louis, Missouri, are battling severe budget cuts and severe staffing shortages in the wake of a campaign to defund the police, but the city has more than 1,000 unsolved murders and is consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous in America. In 2019 and 2020, St. Louis had one of the […]