NFL Owners Unhappy with 49ers’ Compensatory Picks for Developing Employees of Color
Some NFL owners are reportedly unhappy with the number of compensatory picks given to the San Francisco 49ers for developing minority prospects. This rule gives teams where a minority coach or executive is hired by another team two compensatory third-round picks if the minority hire becomes head coach or general manager. . This rule has […]
Former Massachusetts Officer of the Year charged after allegedly shoving Disney World employees, deputy
A Massachusetts State Police detective was arrested last month at Walt Disney World on suspicion of pushing a police officer while drunk and carrying a child, and threatening to kill the employee, according to reports. Duane Danforth, 38, was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer without violence. The incident […]
‘Line Their Own Pockets’: 70 Employees Indicted In Historic New York City Public Housing Corruption Case
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it has indicted 70 current and former New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) employees on corruption-related charges. The 70 federal bribery indictments are the most brought in a single day in Justice Department history, and the department arrested 66 of the defendants in four states Tuesday morning. […]
NLRB Rules Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Players Employees
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a historic ruling Monday declaring Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team to be employees and therefore eligible to form a union. In a 26-page ruling, the NLRB said the players could be classified as employees under U.S. labor law because they are paid by the university. “Because Dartmouth has the […]
Parents Sue Michigan School District, Alleging Employees Transitioned Their Child without Consent
Parents in Michigan have filed a lawsuit against a public school district, alleging that school district officials secretly initiated their daughter’s transition without her consent. according to CBN Newsparents Dan and Jennifer Meade sued the Rockford Public School District in Michigan. “While we are working closely with schools to address the issue, [our daughter’s] Despite […]
Snap laying off more than 500 employees
Snapchat’s parent company, Snap, said in a regulatory filing on Monday that it plans to lay off more than 500 employees. The company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it will reduce its workforce by approximately 10% worldwide. This equates to approximately 540 employees, based on Snap’s latest employee […]
Group of Kentucky middle school employees wins $1M lotto, hides ticket in math textbook
A group of 30 current and former employees of a Kentucky middle school won a $1 million jackpot by hiding the winning ticket in their math textbooks. The educators call themselves the “Jones 30,” after the President A. Jones Middle School in Florence where they all met. According to a press release, the group’s organizer, […]
Former employees file class-action lawsuit against news startup The Messenger
Former employees of The Messenger, a news startup that abruptly went out of business on Wednesday, filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against the company. The Messenger, a digital media company founded in May 2023, told employees Wednesday afternoon that it would be shutting down. As of Wednesday night, readers trying to access the site only […]
Diamond ring that was accidentally thrown away is found by recycling plant employees: ‘Struck gold’
A South Carolina woman is happy after a recycling plant recovered the diamond ring she accidentally threw away over the weekend. Melanie Harp of Greenville, South Carolina, was dumping recyclables into a trash can at the city’s Rutherford Road Recycling Center on Sunday, January 28, when disaster struck. Harper’s diamond wedding ring came off and […]
Ex-DHS employees conspired to steal proprietary software containing personal data of government workers: DOJ
Three former Department of Homeland Security employees were sentenced Friday for conspiring to steal proprietary software and personal data of federal employees, according to the Department of Justice. press release. Charles Edwards, 63, a former acting inspector general for the DHS Office of Inspector General, pleaded guilty in 2022 to “theft of government property and […]