A nurse practitioner from northern Virginia is suing CVS Health, alleging she was fired for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs at the retailer’s MinuteClinic medical facilities. Paige Casey is asking for $100,000 in damages, including back pay, according to the suit, which was filed Wednesday in Prince William County Circuit …
Read More »Secret Service returns $268 million in fraudulently obtained COVID
The Secret Service has returned about $286 million in wrongfully obtained COVID-relief loans to the Small Business Administration, the agency announced Friday. The federal small business loan program was set up to help small businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic impacts. Conspirators fraudulently obtained Economic Injury Disaster Loans with …
Read More »After car crash, Illinois woman’s ambulance bill was 3 times higher than siblings’ despite identical services
Last September, Peggy Dula was driving with her brother and sister when their car collided with a pickup truck. The Illinois resident, who recalled the crash and its aftermath on “CBS Mornings,” said that she and her siblings were each transported separately from the site of the accident to the …
Read More »Breonna Taylor case: Former Louisville cop Kelly Goodlett pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge
A former Louisville police detective who helped write the warrant that led to the deadly police raid at Breonna Taylor‘s apartment has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. Federal investigators said Kelly Goodlett added a false line to the warrant and later conspired with another detective to create a …
Read More »Federal appeals court delays Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony in Georgia election probe
Atlanta — A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating plots to overturn former President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss in Georgia. The South Carolina Republican had received …
Read More »“We’ve been to hell and back”: Employees walk out as job unhappiness soars
Workers from California to New York are demanding higher wages and better working conditions. Employees from coffee shops to hospitals have been staging walkouts and going on strike. It all comes amid a new Gallup poll that found half of workers are stressed, and one in five battles anger or …
Read More »3 injured in shooting outside Six Flags Great America near Chicago
Three people were injured in a shooting outside Six Flags Great America Sunday evening in suburban Chicago. A little before 8 p.m. local time, shots were fired from a vehicle in the parking lot of Six Flags, the amusement park said in a statement. Two people were taken to a …
Read More »Ford’s electric pickup truck will now cost at least $46,974
Ford Motor has increased the price of its electric pickup truck by thousands of dollars “due to significant material cost increases and other factors,” the Michigan automaker said Tuesday. The basic model for the F-150 Lightning, called the Lightning Pro, will now start at $46,974, up nearly $7,000 from its …
Read More »Suspect in Ohio shootings that left 4 dead captured in Kansas
A man wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of four people in an Ohio neighborhood on Friday has been captured in Kansas, authorities announced Saturday. Police in Montgomery County’s Butler Township, north of Dayton, said officers were called to the area shortly before noon Friday on a report of …
Read More »USDA cracking down on salmonella in chicken products
The federal government on Monday announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk being shut down. The proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rules would declare salmonella an adulterant — a contaminant that can cause …
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