Jim Jordan on bringing TikTok back online: ‘Right now, the law is the law’
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that ByteDance would need to change the law to keep TikTok online if it does not sell the video app to entities not affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party. said that it would be necessary. party. “It seems to me that if someone […]
Boguie NYC arcade for ‘kidadults’ offers luxury prizes like Hèrmes bags, Chanel wallets — and don’t bother bringing just quarters to play
There's no need to take a few blocks to a Queens arcade popular with adults looking for luxury goods like Hermès bags and Chanel wallets. At Gatcha, a 9,000-square-foot gamer's paradise in Flushing, a single pull of a crane machine costs $50 and you can buy a $3,600 Hermes Picotin bag, a $600 Chanel purse, […]
Mexican Human Smuggler Made Half-Million Bringing Migrants Across Canadian Border to U.S.
A federal judge in the District of Vermont has convicted and sentenced a Mexican national to prison for smuggling nearly 100 immigrants across the Canadian border into the United States. The Mexican received approximately $500,000 in smuggling fees over a five-month period. The United States Attorney's Office for the District of New York announced that […]
MSNBC bringing back Rachel Maddow 5 nights a week to cover Trump’s early days
Rachel Maddow will return to MSNBC's nightly duties, at least for the first few months of the second Trump administration. The network announced Monday that Maddow will lead coverage of President Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20 and will begin airing prime-time programming five times a week starting at 9 p.m. ET starting that night. Maddow's […]
Biden announces one more round of student debt forgiveness — bringing total to 5 million recipients at $183B cost
WASHINGTON – Outgoing President Biden announced Monday that his administration will forgive federally owned student loans for an additional 150,000 borrowers. This would cost taxpayers an additional $4.23 billion and bring the total number of recipients of benefits during his term to approximately 5 million. Biden, 82, announced in January that he had ordered the […]
Final Pipeline Bringing Russian Gas Into Europe Attacked, Claims Kremlin
An attempt was made to destroy the last working pipeline carrying Russian gas energy to Europe, which Moscow claims was attacked by a drone flight over the weekend. Nine Ukrainian fixed-wing suicide bomber drones attempted to attack the Russian terminus of the Turkstream gas pipeline on Saturday, the Kremlin claimed, with the aim of “cutting […]
EXCLUSIVE: Biden Tells Wife Of American Held By Taliban He Isn’t Bringing Her Husband Home
President Joe Biden told the wife of American Ryan Corbett, who is being held hostage by the Taliban, in an interview with the Daily Caller that he does not intend to bring her husband home in the final days of his administration. The White House said on Sunday that Biden called the families of Ryan […]
Excellus and St. Joseph’s Health reach new deal, bringing to close a contentious contract season – syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. — Central New York's largest health insurer reached an agreement with St. Joseph's Health late on New Year's Eve, ending the region's last major insurance negotiations in a contentious year. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and St. Joe's announced an agreement Tuesday around 10:30 p.m. to maintain in-network coverage for more than 35,000 patients. “Excellus […]
Bernie Madoff victims get final $131M payout from compensation fund, bringing total to a whopping $4.3B: feds
Victims of notorious pyramid schemer Bernie Madoff have received their final payments, with total payments from the compensation fund exceeding $4.3 billion, the Federal Reserve announced Monday. The Madoff Victims Fund has begun distributing its 10th and final payment of $131.4 million to more than 23,000 victims around the world, according to the Manhattan U.S. […]
Jessica Tisch bringing law and order to ‘frat house’ NYPD
She's giving them ho ho ho! Less than a month on the job, Jessica Tisch, New York City's new top cop, has been cleaning houses, playing brass, and making other people's comfortable living at 1 Police Plaza. I didn't waste time disabling benefits. Tisch, the second woman to lead the nation's largest police force, spent […]