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By Mark Tapscott White House emails to the IRS about individual tax returns cannot be exempted by the embattled agency under the Freedom of Information Act, a federal judge ruled late Friday. United States District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Section 6103 of the tax code does not justify the IRS from withholding from…
By Connor D. Wolf Florida took a huge step toward passing a $15 minimum wage Friday, with one House Democrat filing a bill to bring the issue up during the 2016 legislative session. The bill was introduced by Democratic state Rep. Victor Torres. As the local affiliate of CBS reports, the measure is identical to one introduced in the…
By Connor D. Wolf The Democratic majority in the California legislature has found themselves at odds over a decision to delay a bill that would increase the state minimum wage to $11 an hour. The bill was among over a hundred put on hold as the legislative session nears its Sept. 11 end. Currently the…
By Casey Harper A group of pro death penalty activists say they have obtained more than 150,000 signatures supporting the reinstatement of the death penalty in Nebraska. As a result, the death penalty will likely remain in place until the issue can be put on the ballot for a statewide vote in 2016. Nebraska’s legislature abolished the death penalty in May with…
UPDATE @12:18 ET: Vester Lee Flanagan has reportedly shot himself, and is alive, but in critical condition. The suspect in the killings of two journalists in Virginia has been identified as Vester Lee Flanagan, who is reportedly a disgruntled former colleague from WDBJ. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced that an arrest is imminent. Heavy.com is…
By Blake Neff A fraternity at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Virginia that caused consternation for its connection with lewd signs has been suspended pending an investigation. As parents drove up to the school to drop their children off for orientation last weekend, signs hung from the balcony of an off-campus house with phrases such as “Freshman daughter drop-off”…
By Guy Bentley The Dow Jones surged 390 points just 15 minutes after the opening bell rang Tuesday at the New York Stock Exchange. Traders took heart from China’s interest rate cut of 0.25 percentage points and the Dow is rapidly making up for Monday’s heavy losses. On Tuesday, the People’s Bank Of China reduced…
By Josh Fatzick Just minutes after being set free from jail, an illegal immigrant who had already been deported once stole a woman’s car and threatened to kill her. Guaymar Cabrera-Hernandez, 24, had been held in the Montgomery County Detention Center since June before being released Monday afternoon, FOX5 reports. Upon his release, Cabrera-Hernandez approached a woman in…
By Casey Harper UPDATE: Louisiana Senior Trooper Steven Vincent died Monday morning, according to Louisiana State Police releases. “You’re going to die soon.” These are the alleged final words a man said while standing over the body of a wounded Louisiana police officer, picked up by the officer’s camera. The man burst out of his truck wielding a…
By Casey Harper Turns out a man guarding a store from Muslims should have been more worried about Islamophobic Americans, namely himself. Police say an Oklahoma man was guarding a gun store from Muslims when the man dropped the gun and it went off, shooting him in the arm, News On 6 reports. The store has a sign that reads: “This…