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NEW YORK (AP) — A flight attendant on a weather-delayed plane at LaGuardia Airport yelled at passengers and challenged them to leave the plane if they dared. The incident involving American Eagle flight attendant Jose Serrano was caught on video. Flight 4607 to Raleigh-Durham, N.C., was delayed for five hours on Monday. Port Authority police […]
Yesterday’s Supreme court decision is a huge Victory for Americans across the country, especially the 7 million African Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act in 2014. Right now: o 5.5 million African-Americans with private health insurance WILL KEEP their coverage for preventive services without paying an extra penny at their doctor's office o More […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department declared Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to withhold information about a bungled gun-tracking operation from Congress does not constitute a crime and he won't be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. The House voted Thursday afternoon to find Holder in criminal and civil contempt for refusing to turn […]
Five more states have been granted relief from key requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, bringing the total to 24 states given waivers, the Education Department said Friday. Arkansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Utah and Virginia will be freed from the No Child Left Behind requirement that all students test proficient in math […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has passed a massive measure that will salvage some 2.8 million jobs and shield college students from sharply higher interest rates on college loans. The bill would also shore up the federal flood insurance program. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 74-19. The House passed the bill earlier […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Indiana woman who lost both legs shielding her children from a tornado walked arm-in-arm with President Barack Obama into the Oval Office on Friday. The visit by Stephanie Decker came just under four months after the twister wrecked her home in Henryville, Ind. She had tied a blanket around the children […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is promising that he will repeal the federal health care law the Supreme Court just upheld. He called the decision incorrect and said Thursday that it is "bad law." He says it raises taxes and cuts Medicare. Romney says that, if elected in November, he will work to repeal […]
Here is a look at where each of the 50 states stand on implementing President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul, which the Supreme Court ruled Thursday can go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans. ___ ALABAMA NUMBER OF UNINSURED: 720,000 state residents are uninsured, or about 15.4 percent. […]
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A fraternity has been found guilty of hazing in the alcohol poisoning death of a Cornell University student from New York City. The Ithaca Journal reports that a county judge convicted the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter of violating the state's anti-hazing laws in the February 2011 death of George Desdunes (dehz-DOONZ'). […]
A new book by an ex-Facebook employee is exposing some of the company’s deepest darkest secrets. In her new book “The Boy Kings,” Katherine Losse sheds light on some of the company’s insider issues including sexism and a nepotistic culture surrounding CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Losse began her career at Facebook in 2006 working in customer […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved President Obama’s health reform plan in one of the most significant cases in its history. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the biggest accomplishment of Obama’s presidency. Obama’s goal is to ensure medical coverage to nearly everyone, including the 50 million uninsured—19 percent of […]
A 72-year old New Jersey man was arrested after he threated to shoot his neighbor for passing gas in front of his home. Cops said that Daniel Collins of Teaneck pulled out his .32 caliber on a neighbor that he had an ongoing feud with. Collins claimed the man’s flatulence was so loud that he […]
