A West Virginia jury has slapped Walmart with a $17 million verdict after a shopper was injured while store security was trying to detain an alleged shoplifter. The woman suffered internal injuries that required surgery after the shoplifter ran into her trying to evade apprehension. The verdict, returned Monday after less than two hours of …
In spite of having no background or experience in sales, marketing or pharmaceuticals, Insys Therapeutics Inc. hired a former stripper as a regional sales manager to increase sales and profitability. Alec Burlakoff, onetime vice president of sales at Insys Therapeutics Inc., said he met Sunrise Lee at the strip club where she worked and recruited …
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The Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Elijah Cummings made a plea during his closing remarks that you should listen to if you didn’t hear it. Cummings has had his share of health challenges the last few years, but the 68-year-old Baltimore Democrat gave an impassioned closing argument that brought the witness to tears and …
If there wasn’t already enough in the world to be concerned about, here’s a new one, probably one you hadn’t thought about. At least, I hadn’t until I read the article. An Arizona crematorium became polluted with a plume of radiation after operators inadvertently incinerated the remains of a cancer patient who had undergone a …
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution it reads “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be …
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Late last week cable news channels were falling all over themselves trying to get the scoop surrounding Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s pending arrest on prostitution charges. He could be charged as early as Monday with soliciting prostitution, according to the State Attorney’s Office in Palm Beach County, Florida. The 77-year-old billionaire is among more than …
Rumors have followed him for years. He was even arrested in 2002 on child sex charges but they didn’t stick. This time it looks like his luck ran out. Kelly was charged in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving four victims, three of whom were minors. Disturbing …
Opioid manufacturer Purdue sought to create a drug to combat the effects of opioid abuse so they could profit from both end of the pharmaceutical spectrum. In an NPR Newshour piece, it was noted that “The family behind OxyContin raked in billions of dollars as it pushed to keep patients on the powerful painkiller longer …
Throughout the last presidential campaign, now President Donald Trump promised to reform libel laws so that public figures could go after and win libel lawsuits against their detractors. Nothing much has come of Trump’s promises so far until today when Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion and mentioned that he would …
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Actor-singer Jussie Smollett, from the Fox series, “Empire,”reported to Chicago police that he’d been the victim of a hate crime as he told police two white men shouting racial and homophobic slurs put a noose around his neck, poured chemicals on him and told him, “This is MAGA country.” Police now suspect Smollett set the …