Day: June 2, 2023

Pair of falcons terrorize busy Chicago street to protect their offspring

1:07 pm June 2, 2023

A pair of peregrine falcon parents are raising three chicks along Chicago’s busy Wacker Drive, and beware to any pedestrian who ventures too closely to their nest. Just ask Chuck Valauskas, who was struck by one of the falcons. The patent attorney was leaving work one day last week, walking below the nest situated on […]

Actor Ken Jeong jeered for brutal halfcourt shots during Game 1 of Nuggets-Heat NBA Finals

12:04 pm June 2, 2023

Ken Jeong loves to make people laugh, but perhaps not the way Denver Nuggets fans did toward him on Thursday night during Game 1 of the NBA Finals. “The Hangover” and “Community” star was seen courtside for the Nuggets-Miami Heat contest, and when a timeout was called on the floor, Jeong made his way to […]

Blaming banks for the environment is not good business

12:00 pm June 2, 2023

In recent years, major banks have come under intense criticism for their business practices. We know them more today for misdeeds than merits. Their lapses have become lead stories in the mainstream media and ready-made content for C-SPAN hearings. We’ve seen epic failures by First Republic, Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank; 19 state AGs […]

Manhunt on for suspect who shot 2-year-old boy, older family member, police say

11:45 am June 2, 2023

Indiana police are searching for a suspect after two people, including a toddler, were injured in a shooting late Thursday night. The shooting happened at around 11:25 p.m. off the 300 block of Elm Street in Hope, Indiana, officials said. Deputies from the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office and police officers with the Hope Police Department […]

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoes measure criminalizing fake electors

11:39 am June 2, 2023

Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill Thursday that would have made the western swing state the first in the country to make it a crime to sign certificates falsely stating that a losing candidate has won a certain state. The bill seeking to crack down on so-called fake electors would have established penalties […]