American Airlines is contending with a revived lawsuit over its failure to deliver checked baggage on time. The case was originally brought to a lower court, with a former American customer taking legal action after the airline delivered her checked bags late. The plaintiff contends AA should have refunded her the $15 she paid to
Thursday brought the fledgling Trump administration its grandest political victory yet, scored by the House Republican majority against Barack Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act. Midway through the day, Representatives gathered on Capitol Hill to vote on the future of what became known popularly as ‘Obamacare.’ Reviled by the Right for being socialist and decried by
Caroline Zarate Boyle, another Colorado cancer faker, is caught and up for sentencing.
Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s cause of death ruled a suicide.
Tensions over the removal of Confederate war memorials in New Orleans have escalated into a House bill. The state’s House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs voted 10-8 to advance a a proposal entitled ‘The Louisiana Military Memorial Conservation Act.’ Now known as House Bill 71, the Act would “forbid the removal, renaming or
Republican members of the House are reportedly ‘giddy’ in the hours preceding a proposed repeal and replacement of Obamacare. A test vote already showed the measure passing along party lines. A final vote is expected sometime in the coming hour. Coverage of the preemptive celebrations said House Speaker Paul Ryan was practically beside himself with
A lawsuit against Major League Baseball has been granted limited class action status, with at trial date expected to come within the next several weeks. Despite being a $10 billion industry, some minor-league ballers are pushing for a day in court. Players say they’re undercompensated by MLB for what’s essentially a full-time job, earning less
In certain corners of the Internet, it’s hard to escape the marketing blitz for Hulu’s new miniseries, an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. While production of the series began before the 2016 Presidential election, the story of a not-too-distant future where women have lost so many rights, including the right to bodily autonomy, has taken on new relevance in the age of Trump. Speaking in 2012, Atwood described her novel’s reception in the United States as “How long have we got?” Drawing comparisons between Trump’s America and the handmaid’s Gilead may draw a few eyerolls and accusations of pathetic melodrama, but like Neo in the Matrix, take the red pill and follow me.
Parents have enough to worry about when it comes to the health of their children. The very last thing they should have to fret about is whether the vaccinations their children receive at their regular checkups are effective and safe. Unfortunately for parents who trusted Dr. Michael Bleiman, a pediatrician in New Jersey, this became their reality when it was discovered during an inspection that some of the vaccines being given to children weren’t being stored properly at the doctor’s practice.
Justice Department Won’t Press Charges In Fatal Shooting