Joe Mollicone, face of credit union crisis, appears for hearing on restitution payments – Turn to 10
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Joseph Morricone, the notorious embezzler and central figure in the Rhode Island banking crisis of the early 1990s, made a very brief court appearance Wednesday to renew his restitution payments to the state. Morricone is currently paying $70 a month on the $12 million he was ordered to repay. Last August, […]
NYC to open new 2,200-bed shelter despite touting dip in migrant crisis
City officials are closing an old storage facility in the South Bronx for up to 2,200 migrant men from the embattled tent city of Randall Island, saying the asylum-seeker crisis is slowing. I'm preparing. And it's right near “The Hub,” one of the Big Apple's most drug-infested strips. “Wrong move!” neighbor Selene Bilal told the […]
‘The entire community is just gone’: inside the Los Angeles wildfires – podcast | Climate crisis
As the Los Angeles wildfires approached his home, George Elmalagi I was anxiously waiting for the evacuation order. “When I saw the fire coming out of the backyard, almost parallel to the house, I thought, 'Okay, I've got to go.'” George's home in Altadena was destroyed in the city's most destructive wildfire to date. That […]
Firefighters’ union president exposes abject government incompetence that flung gasoline onto wildfire crisis
The head of the Los Angeles firefighters union said the incompetence of local leaders has made the wildfire crisis far worse than it should have been. Freddie Escobar, president of the Los Angeles County United Firefighters, said: comment On Monday to Breitbart News. “LAFD has been ignored by our leaders. … We are severely understaffed. […]
Rangers finally seeing the light at end of their ‘identity crisis’
DENVER — The Rangers' identity, which steadily evaporated until it was completely lost earlier this season, is starting to reshape itself at the right time. The Blueshirts appear to be nearing full strength ahead of Tuesday's matchup with a relatively hot Avalanche team as the team racks up two wins for the first time since […]
One in six UK workers skipping meals to make ends meet, says TUC | UK cost of living crisis
One in six British workers are skipping meals to make ends meet, as household budgets remain strained by soaring prices for food, energy and other essentials. Underscoring the impact of the cost of living crisis on working households, Trades Union Congress (TUC) statistics show that 17% of full-time or part-time workers have skipped meals in […]
We must move fast to avert a national electricity crisis
Years of misguided climate policy have brought America to the brink of an electricity crisis. Fossil fuel plants are being phased out faster than they can be replaced by renewable energy, while electricity demand is skyrocketing due to AI data centers and the push to electrify everything from vehicles to appliances. Congress and the new […]
The Shetland Way by Marianne Brown review – a daughter’s journey to the heart of the climate crisis | Science and nature books
aIn recent years, there have been many memoirs centered on nature, including Marianne Brown's debut work, shetland waybegins with a personal loss. The story begins with her father Bill's funeral in her hometown of the Shetland Islands, a place she has only glimpsed. Her parents separated when she was two years old, and her relationship […]
Gavin Newsom calls for investigation into who was responsible for low water at fire hydrants during wildfire crisis
Amid growing calls for accountability for government failures on California's wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into one of the worst reports. Newsom issued a statement Friday afternoon as wildfires continue to spread, destroying lives and livelihoods. “We need answers to prevent something like this from happening again.” “I call for an […]
Wildfires expose California’s insurance crisis; Meta, Amazon ditch DEI; and IRS outlines tax season
Heritage economist E. J. Antoni analyzes December's employment report on “how to make money.'' Stocks plummet after better-than-expected jobs data, creating new headwinds for the Federal Reserve ・President-elect Trump harshly criticized President Biden in response to his aggressive moves toward energy drilling. -More Fortune 500 companies are eliminating DEI policies -California wildfires exposed major deficiencies […]