Business owners threaten to stop paying taxes until Oakland addresses devastating crime
Some business owners in Oakland are threatening to stop paying taxes until the city takes action to combat worsening crime that threatens their livelihoods. Jose Ortiz, owner of La Perla Puerto Rican Cuisine, told KNTV-TV that his restaurant has been robbed at gunpoint twice in the past two years alone. He said business is down […]
Uber, Lyft threaten to stop operations in Minneapolis if mandatory driver raises become law
Uber and Lyft are threatening to shut down operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 1 if a proposed driver raise ordinance passes. fox business report. The Minneapolis City Council approved the ride-sharing ordinance Thursday on a 9-4 vote. Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed the bill Friday, citing concerns that Uber and Lyft would leave […]
Pastors respond to skyrocketing hostility against churches: ‘Not going to stop me from taking a stand’
Christian leaders have responded to new reports of growing hostility and “contempt” toward Christians in the United States, amid a reported spike in vandalism and violent attacks in recent years. The Family Research Council recently released its annual report on hostility toward the church, which found that there were 436 incidents of hostility toward the […]
Which states want to stop changing the clocks?
(NEXSTAR) — The clocks on cell phones and other technology products moved forward one hour overnight between Saturday and Sunday. This means daylight saving time has officially begun. If some states have their way, this could be the last time we change our clocks. The United States has ever Context with daylight saving time For […]
Joe Biden Claims He Will Stop ‘Anyone’ Who Tries to Cut Medicare
Claim: President Joe Biden claimed in Thursday’s State of the Union address that he will stop “anyone” who tries to cut Medicare. Verdict: False. Biden has moved aggressively to cut Medicare Advantage, an increasingly popular Medicare option for older Americans. biden I went out for a short run It’s the well-worn rhetoric that Republicans are […]
GOP effort to stop illegal immigrants being counted for House districts, Electoral College shot down in Senate
Senate Republicans’ efforts to block non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, from being counted in the census for purposes of apportioning House seats and the Electoral College failed Friday after the bill received no support from a single Democrat. It was rejected late. . Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) moved to include a companion amendment in the $460 […]
New Jersey man bludgeoned mother to death after she tried to stop him from cutting tattoo off his leg: Police
A New Jersey man bludgeoned his mother to death after she tried to stop him from cutting off a tattoo on her leg, police said. James Dolan, 30, was charged with the first-degree murder of his mother, with whom he lived. Dolan also faces more than a dozen misdemeanor and summary charges, including recklessly endangering […]
Suspect Makes Chilling Claim When Officers Stop Attack
Chicago police officers on Monday believed they had interrupted a man sexually assaulting a woman when the suspect made the chilling claim. According to CWB Chicago, the incident occurred when officers were called to the scene of a sexual assault in progress in South Chapel just before 9 p.m. report Friday. According to reports, authorities […]
‘Stop the theater!’: NYPD chief, former commissioner torch Gov. Hochul for deploying National Guardsmen amid crime surge
Current and former New York City Police Department officials this week slammed Democratic Gov. Cathy Hochul for deploying 750 National Guard troops to New York City’s subways after a spike in violent crime. new york post report. On Wednesday, Hochul announced a “five-point plan.” That includes deploying 1,000 New York National Guard, New York State […]
Top GOP negotiator warns lawmakers ‘stop playing with fire’ before shutdown deadline
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, warned lawmakers to “stop playing with fire” hours before an impending deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown. “I want to warn my colleagues: Failure to act at midnight will result in a partial government shutdown tonight,” Collins said. “It would affect […]