U.S.Associated PressWoman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison
A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than two years in prison. Pauline Bauer was near Pelosi's office suite on Jan. 6, 2021, when she yelled at police officers to bring out the California Democrat so the mob of Donald Trump supporters could hang her. In January, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden convicted Bauer of riot-related charges after hearing trial testimony without a jury.
U.S.Fox NewsTennessee woman found in California after violent cross-country road trip caught on cam
FIRST ON FOX: Police in California on Tuesday said they found a woman who went missing earlier in the month as she traveled cross-country from Tennessee with her boyfriend. The Redding Police Department has been in contact with the Moriarty, New Mexico Police Department and confirmed Nikki is no longer considered a missing person. Earlier on Tuesday, New Mexico deputies released bloody images, bodycam video and 911 audio of a domestic violence call involving a road-tripping Nashville couple as police in multiple states attempted to find the woman – who had been missing for weeks.
U.S.The RootWhite Lawyer Fired For Allegedly Snatching Wig Off The Head Of A Black Woman
New York attorney Anthony Orlich learned actions that demean Black women do indeed have consequences. Lizzy Ashliegh posted a video on TikTok which showed her accusing Orlich of snatching the wig off her head as she walked around New York City. In the video, Ashliegh asked him why he snatched her hair, but he never gives a response.
U.S.Associated PressNo kidding: California overtime law threatens use of grazing goats to prevent wildfires
Hundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to a sprawling townhouse complex. Targeted grazing is part of California's strategy to reduce wildfire risk because goats can eat a wide variety of vegetation and graze in steep, rocky terrain that's hard to access. The changes could raise the monthly salary of herders from about $3,730 to $14,000, according to the California Farm Bureau.
U.S.MoneyWiseNo more 'fire-breathing dragons'? President Biden agreed to cut IRS funding by $21B as part of the debt limit deal — here's how the tax agency plans to cope
But the agreement to put the brakes on the debt limit until January 2025 — which still needs to be approved by Congress — comes with plenty of caveats and cuts to spending. Here's what it covers — and most importantly, what it claws back. Spending cuts, the student loan freeze and more The bipartisan “compromise” bill would restrict spending to avoid a government shutdown for the next two years.
U.S.HuffPostRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Memorial Day Message Has A Massive Mistake
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) sent out a Memorial Day message on Twitter ― but it was undermined by a very visible mistake. Greene's message contained a version of the U.S. flag with just 18 stars.
WorldAssociated PressNun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri
Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was exhumed in April, according to a statement from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, in Gower, Missouri. The nuns had been preparing for the addition of a St. Joseph shrine, and that involved “the reinterment of the remains of our beloved foundress, Sister Wilhelmina,” the statement said. When they exhumed Lancaster, they were told to expect only bones, since she had been buried in a simple wooden coffin without any embalming four years ago.
U.S.TheStreet.comChick-fil-A Is Latest Target of the Bud Light Boycott Movement
There are early signs that Chick-fil-A could become the latest target of a potential boycott campaign. Fresh off of their successful boycotts against Bud Light and Target, some of the louder voices on the far-right side of social media are now targeting Chick-fil-A, the conservative-leaning fast food chain that is famously closed on Sundays in honor of the Christian day of rest. Twitter user Joey Mannarino pointed out in a tweet on May 30 that Chick-fil-A could be added to the boycott list, as the company has "just hired a VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion".
U.S.LA Times5 minors arrested in Memorial Day melee between dozens of young people and 3 Marines
Five minors were arrested Tuesday in a melee near the San Clemente Pier over Memorial Day weekend in which a group of 30 teens and young adults pummeled three off-duty Marines, authorities said. Orange County deputies arrested five juveniles — four boys and one girl — on suspicion of assault. Their identities have been withheld because they are minors, according to authorities, and they were booked into Orange County Juvenile Hall.
U.S.Associated PressGuilt-ridden man confesses to landlord's killing 15 years later, recordings show
Police officers found Tony Peralta earlier this month sitting on a curb not far from the convenience store in a small southeastern New Mexico community where he borrowed a cellphone — so he could call 911 and confess to killing his landlord 15 years earlier. Peralta told police he decided to come forward because “his heart hurts” and that he thought about it every day.
U.S.Tacoma News TribuneThey can be the size of great white sharks and they swim in Puget Sound. Don’t catch them
A reclusive deep-water species that's generally found on the coast, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) biologists think that sixgill sharks come into Puget Sound to pup. While it's unknown how long they stay for (and what their population sizes and exact diets are), the shallower waters of the Puget Sound have enabled us to learn more about them. The Seattle Aquarium has been studying them since 2003 after they noticed the occasional sixgill underneath their pier.
PoliticsThe HillTrump slams his former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany
Former President Trump slammed his onetime press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday, accusing her of providing the “wrong” poll numbers during an appearance on Fox News. McEnany, who is now a co-host of Fox News' “Outnumbered,” told host Jesse Waters on Tuesday night that polling in Iowa showed DeSantis “closing the gap” on the former president, after the Florida governor formally announced his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination last week.
U.S.Associated PressManson follower Leslie Van Houten should be paroled, California appeals court rules
A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from prison on parole. The appellate court's ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. All of those recommendations were rejected by either Newsom or former Gov. Jerry Brown.
WorldThe TelegraphFurious man smashes beauty pageant winner's crown after his wife comes second
The husband of the runner-up in a Brazilian beauty pageant smashed the winner's crown after his wife was placed second. The man stormed the stage of the Miss Gay Mato Grosso pageant, snatching the decorative headwear just as officials were placing it on winner Emannuelly Belini's head. It came after a closely contested final of the competition, which was open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual and other (LGBTQIAP+) entrants, between Belini, from the city of Várzea Grande, and Nathally Becker, from Cuiabá.
U.S.Reuters VideosMount Everest record-breaker sees 'no future' in Nepal
STORY: "This is Everest summit, May 23rd, my 28th summit of Everest." This record-breaking Sherpa says he's done climbing Mount Everest Location: Kathmandu, Nepal (Kami Rita, Mountaineer) “There is no future in Nepal, so why are we sitting here? Now, us climbers, we don't want to stay in Nepal.
WorldReutersChinese tech entrepreneurs keen to 'de-China' as tensions with US soar
Before 2019, there were few major impediments to having a Chinese company that did business in the U.S. from China. Now, some mainland China tech business owners say they need to go further and gain permanent residency or citizenship abroad to avoid the curbs on and the biases against Chinese companies in the United States. Shenzhen-based Ryan, who declined to give his family name due to fear of reprisals in China, says his three-year-old software startup has reached the point where it would be natural to expand in the U.S. - the world's biggest economy.
U.S.Sacramento BeeBear is swept into raging rapids ‘no human could have survived,’ California video shows
Dramatic video shows a black bear getting swept up in raging rapids after it tried to swim across a river in California. Video posted Saturday, May 27, shows the bear as it hops into the water and is immediately swept downstream by white-capped currents. Volunteer Fire Chief Mike Stewart captured the video from the back deck of the Washington Hotel along the Yuba River in Washington, California, he told McClatchy News.
U.S.Miami HeraldMan who yelled n-word, flashed gun at Black teens during Miami protest takes plea deal
A Broward County man who was caught on video brandishing a gun and yelling the n-word at a group of black teens on bicycles on a Brickell bridge more than four years ago, avoided prison time Tuesday with a plea deal. Mark Bartlett, 55, potentially faced decades in prison if convicted. Instead, he pleaded guilty to a hate crime and aggravated assault and also agreed not to possess a firearm for a decade, 300 hours of community service and to take anger management classes and racial sensitivity training.
U.S.Associated PressHistoric acquittal in Louisiana fuels fight to review 'Jim Crow' verdicts
Evangelisto Ramos walked out of a New Orleans courthouse and away from a life sentence accompanying a 10-2 jury conviction, thanks in large part to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision bearing his name. Ramos v. Louisiana outlawed nonunanimous jury convictions as unconstitutional, with justices on the 6-3 majority acknowledging the practice as a vestige of racism from the era of “Jim Crow” laws enforcing racial segregation. The 2020 ruling meant a new trial for Ramos, who was acquitted in March — this time by a unanimous jury — after defense lawyers highlighted weakness in the investigation leading to his prosecution.
BusinessTheStreet.comBeyond 'Quiet Quitting': Another Workplace Trend Is Making Employers Even Angrier
DON'T MISS: While the practice does not come with a catchy term, working a side hustle that you keep quiet from your primary boss is definitely on the rise. In This Economy, The Side Hustle Life Is Very Real According to a wide-scale study conducted by consulting firm Deloitte, 46% of polled Generation Z workers and 37% of millennials said that they worked a second part-time or even full-time job in tandem to their main work. As first reported by Fortune Magazine, some of the most popular side hustles include selling online products, delivering food orders or working for a ride-share company and writing marketing materials on the side.
PoliticsHuffPostDonald Trump Marks Memorial Day With Unhinged, All-Caps Rant
Donald Trump predictably made Memorial Day all about himself on Monday. The former president began a post on his Truth Social platform innocuously enough when he wished a “happy Memorial Day to all.” Trump was similarly self-indulgent on 2018's Memorial Day when he suggested fallen soldiers “would be very happy” about the state of the economy under his administration.
WorldReutersTurkey wants action from NATO hopeful Sweden over flag incident
Turkey called on NATO hopeful Sweden on Tuesday to prosecute those responsible for projecting the flag of an outlawed group onto the parliament building in Stockholm, on the day of Turkish elections that extended President Tayyip Erdogan's rule. A Swedish parliament spokesperson said a number of people projected messages onto the building in Sweden's capital late on Sunday, adding it had no documentation about what was projected. The warning could raise the stakes ahead of a mid-July NATO summit at which some alliance members are urging Turkey to back Sweden's membership bid, after a year of delays over concerns that Stockholm must do more to take on militant groups.
U.S.CinemaBlendDisney Ending $1 Billion Move Amid DeSantis Lawsuit Could Be A Bigger Deal For Florida Than We Thought
Earlier this month when Disney announced that a plan to move 2,000 Cast Member jobs (including most of Walt Disney Imagineering, from California to Florida) would not move forward, it was obviously a financial blow to the state. The move was expected to result in nearly $1 billion in spending in the state that now won't happen, but it looks like Disney's decision in its ongoing battle with Florida is already causing repercussions, as it could mean a lot of additional economic activity won't happen. At this point, it's unclear what Disney will do with the land it purchased in 2021, but at least in the short term, the answer is “absolutely nothing” and that's bad news for the Lake Nona area, which was expecting a boom in both residential and commercial projects in response to the move.
BusinessINSIDERElon Musk warns house prices are set to plunge - and says commercial real estate is in meltdown
Brace for the intense pressure on commercial real estate to spread to house prices, Elon Musk says. Investors are worried about real estate in a period of higher interest rates and tighter lending. Elon Musk is once again ringing the alarm on the US real-estate sector.
WorldReutersChinese jet carried out 'aggressive' maneuver near US military plane, Pentagon says
A Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver near a U.S. military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace, the United States said on Tuesday. The U.S. military command responsible for the Indo-Pacific said the maneuver by a Chinese J-16 aircraft occurred last week and forced the U.S. RC-135 plane to fly through its wake turbulence. "The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate – safely and responsibly – wherever international law allows," it said in a statement.
