LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Alexa Archambault This year’s Congressional Baseball Game is expected to raise over $1 million following a shooting that targeted Republican lawmakers Wednesday morning. The 2016 game raised over $500,000 and 2017’s event was expected to raise around $650,000 before the attack, according to Roll Call. Those projections quickly increased as…
Josh Fatzick The D.C. government wants to eliminate all traffic deaths by 2024, and to do that officials are drastically increasing speeding fines. The District Department of Transportation is set to propose huge fines for a number of traffic violations, including speeding and hitting a cyclist. Fines for 20 different violations will rise under Mayor…
BROOKLYN, NY – Yeshaya Liebowitz, 25, enjoyed his volunteer work with the Jewish charity Chesed. Part of his duties included transporting cancer patients to the hospital for free. Liebowitz’s philanthropic efforts were thwarted by an agent from the Taxi and Limousine Commission. The volunteer was cited by the agent for driving an illegal livery cab,…
BRIGHTON, CO–Colin Andersen, 19, was kicking back with friends in a parking lot near a playground when his group was approached by the police. Andersen’s friend was given a ticket for skateboarding, and the group was asked to leave the area. Andersen became agitated at that point. “[T]hey were asking all of us to leave…