Detroit — Former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the union, giving federal prosecutors a second landmark conviction in a years-long crackdown on auto industry corruption. Williams, 67, of Corona, California, pleaded guilty nearly four months after Gary Jones, his […]
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Detroit — Former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams resigned his membership from the union ahead of an expected guilty plea in federal court Wednesday that would make him the second retired union leader convicted of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on personal luxuries. UAW spokesman Brian Rothenberg confirmed the Sept. […]
It’s official. Joe Biden is no longer the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential candidate. And this week, Donald J. Trump became the Republicans’ official nominee, too. We’ve been enduring these campaigns for nearly two years now. Most democracies seem capable of selecting leaders in about six weeks. These next and blessedly […]
Jerry Falwell Jr. agreed to permanently leave his position as president of the evangelical Liberty University after reports about his sex life led him to take an indefinite leave of absence. The move on Monday, the first day of the new semester’s classes at Liberty, comes as the evangelical leader claims […]
Jerry Falwell Jr. has permanently left his position as president of the evangelical Liberty University after reports about his sex life led him to take an indefinite leave of absence. The move on Monday, the first day of the new semester’s classes at Liberty, comes as the evangelical leader claims he’s […]
GENEVA (AP) — A criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino was opened Thursday by a Swiss special prosecutor, plunging world soccer’s governing body in a new scandal. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights ] Special prosecutor Stefan Keller has concluded there is enough evidence to take the case to court […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Every day at 5 p.m., no matter what Dr. Debra Schwinn is doing, Palm Beach Atlantic University’s new president jumps on a Zoom call — not with faculty or donors, but with students in isolation due to the coronavirus. Schwinn, a physician and mom, worries […]
Could we see Jessica Jones again in the Marvel Cinematic Universe one day? Maybe! Myles Aronowitz/Netflix Marvel Studios’ president Kevin Feige said it’s possible Jessica Jones and others may enter the MCU. “I think we probably could,” Feige said at Disney Plus’ Television Critics Association press day. Feige added, “perhaps […]
Photo: Olivier Douliery (Getty Images) An account in exchange for an ownership stake in the company. That’s the deal Parler reportedly offered then-President Donald Trump to make the online haven for deplatformed right-wingers and extremists his primary social network. The Trump Organization, which negotiated on behalf of the president, was […]
Organizing my files recently, I came upon an unpublished article by my father, Harry Kalven Jr. It was the last piece he wrote before his death in 1974. I had forgotten that it existed. Reading it now, 47 years after he wrote it, is an uncanny experience, for it speaks […]
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Even while posted at the US Capitol, many troops have been seen sleeping on the floor President Joe Biden has apologised after some members of the National Guard stationed at the US Capitol were pictured sleeping in a car park. More than 25,000 troops were deployed to Washington DC for […]
Facing federal charges that could land them in prison, some of the defendants charged with participating in the attack at the U.S. Capitol are preparing to shift the blame onto other participants — or to former President Donald Trump. More than 100 people have been charged preliminarily in federal court […]
By WILL WEISSERT and ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind. Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption. […]
By WILL WEISSERT and ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic. Everywhere he goes, a security team envelops him and a pack of journalists trails behind. Yet President-elect Joe Biden enters his church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, with startlingly little interruption. […]
(CNN) — Atlantic City is offering critics of President Donald Trump the chance to celebrate his departure with a literal bang. Mayor Marty Small Sr. announced Thursday that the Jersey Shore town is auctioning the chance to push the button that will set off the implosion of the now-closed Trump […]
Mayor Marty Small Sr. announced Thursday that the Jersey Shore town is auctioning the chance to push the button that will set off the implosion of the now-closed Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino. The city plans to donate the money raised to the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City. […]
Joe Biden has been voted in as the next US presidential by the electoral college, formalising his victory over Donald Trump despite the latter’s baseless claims of mass voter fraud. Monday saw each of the so-called electors, 538 nominated individuals who under the idiosyncrasies of the US electoral system are […]
MYRTLE BEACH — Brad Dean, former Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, was recently appointed to a two-year term as vice chair of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. The board advises the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to travel and the tourism industry […]
Vice President Mike Pence won’t be checking out seashells by the seashore, after all. Pence has apparently canceled his planned trip to Sanibel, Florida. According to a Federal Aviation Administration advisory, Pence was expected to arrive Tuesday evening and stay through Saturday. But the advisory was lifted, meaning the trip […]
Most Cubans don’t know Joe Biden, or what policies he will pursue toward the Communist island, but they are crystal clear on one thing: any US president will be better than Donald Trump. In the presidential election, Trump owed his big win in the US state of Florida in large […]
DONALD Trump may guarantee his daughter Ivanka becomes the first female President by appointing her as VP and then resigning if he wins a second term, Anthony Scaramucci has wildly claimed. “The Mooch” – who spent 18 months working with Trump – reckons the President may attempt to secure the “optics […]