Day: March 15, 2024

Protests erupt over Slovak government’s planned public broadcasting overhaul

11:10 pm March 15, 2024

Thousands of Slovaks rallied in the capital on Friday to condemn a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to overhaul the country’s public broadcasting during a wave of anti-government protests. The protesters in Freedom Square at downtown Bratislava joined President Zuzana Čaputová, local journalists, the opposition, international media organizations, the […]

Massachusetts GOP leader says right to shelter law should be revisited after arrest of migrant accused of rape

11:06 pm March 15, 2024

The leader of the Massachusetts Republican Party said lawmakers should revisit and amend the right to shelter laws for housing migrants. Cory Alvarez, 26, was arrested Thursday by Rockland, Mass., authorities and has pleaded not guilty to a single count of aggravated rape of a child. He has been ordered held without bail, the Plymouth […]

Comer tells Hunter Biden’s attorney House hearing will proceed ‘with or without’ him after refusal to attend

11:05 pm March 15, 2024

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told Hunter Biden’s attorney, Abbe D. Lowell, on Friday, that a House Oversight Committee hearing on alleged influence peddling and the Biden family’s business dealings “will proceed forward — with or without Mr. Biden” next week, after Lowell said the president’s son would not attend. Comer had invited […]

Home Depot co-founder wrecks Bernie Sanders’ 32-hour workweek plan: ‘This is hypocrisy’

11:03 pm March 15, 2024

Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone fired back at Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., after he proposed a 32-hour workweek and rehashed his tax-the-rich mantra in recent days. Langone — who co-founded the home improvement chain with Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and right-leaning investor Bernie Marcus — suggested Sanders is simply pursuing those who have more […]

Online gambling revenue skyrockets in Atlantic City, while in-person slump continues

10:09 pm March 15, 2024

Internet gambling revenue continues to soar in New Jersey, where online casinos are accounting for a growing share of the betting pie: Atlantic City’s casinos and their online partners won $182 million in internet bets in February. Figures released Friday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show that sports betting also did well in […]