The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report examining over 7,000 companies that filed for bankruptcy in the 2020 fiscal year. They found that 42 debtor companies, including Hertz and Neiman Marcus, paid out over $165 million in incentive bonuses to their executives just before filing for Chapter 11... Read More »
The Cuban government recently published the draft of a new family code that would open the door for same-sex marriage and adoption, as well as recognizing surrogacy. The preliminary draft of the family code must be approved by Cuba’s parliament followed by a grassroots plebiscite before going into effect. The... Read More »
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Louisiana on Saturday stopped the new Biden vaccination mandate for large businesses, citing “grave issues.” The new Biden vaccine order requires any American company with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccinations and would impact about 84 million workers. It... Read More »
On Tuesday, Facebook, now rebranded as Meta, announced that it would be shutting down its facial recognition program. The program has over one million individual facial recognition templates that it plans to delete. In a statement released by Meta, the brand explains that societal concerns and uncertainty about regulation are... Read More »
Activision Blizzard, the parent company for a compendium of video game developers and publishers responsible for popular franchises such as Diablo, Call of Duty, and World of Warcraft, is now the target of a wide-reaching investigation instigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC’s investigation follows a... Read More »
Three men have been indicted for narcotics conspiracy after over one ton of cocaine was intercepted entering the New York area last week. Jorge Aponte-Guzman, Nelson Agramonte-Minaya, and Carlos Maisonet-Lopez were arrested in connection to transporting the cocaine through the New York region. Authorities explain that at the end of... Read More »
A Minnesota man is facing five criminal charges after trying to extort the Major League Baseball organization out of $150,000. U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York, Damien Williams, announced last week that along with the extortion attempt, Joshua Streit, 30, also known as Josh Brody, allegedly “illegally... Read More »
Popular chocolatier See's Candy is at the center of a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The employee’s husband later contracted the virus from her and passed away shortly after. Maria Saucillo was a longtime employee of the See's Candy Shop packaging warehouse... Read More »
Whether you're Britney Spears looking to end your marriage after 55 hours, had a night in Vegas involving Elvis and a chapel, or are your average joe ready to call it quits after several years, divorce and annulment are two words that might pop up in the conversation. But what... Read More »
A death row inmate at Oklahoma’s state penitentiary reportedly began to convulse and vomit after he was executed last Thursday. His body’s reaction to the state’s lethal injection method has sparked renewed criticism surrounding the three-dose lethal cocktail used in states throughout the nation. Oklahoma inmate John Marion Grant, 60,... Read More »
The Biden administration is in discussions with lawyers representing migrant families about the possibility of payment after children were separated from their parents during a controversial Trump-era policy. During the Trump Administration, immigration took a front-row seat as Trump vowed to close the border in an effort to stop illegal... Read More »
It’s a long way to fall from grace when you are former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who emerged during the early days of the pandemic as a hero to the nation. On the heels of numerous charges of sexual harassment from eleven women, Governor Cuomo resigned in disgrace in August and... Read More »
A doctor and eight health care workers who “served patients on the front line of the COVID–19 pandemic with bravery and grace” lost their fight for an injunction to prevent the State of Maine from implementing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that lacked exemptions for religious beliefs. In a brief, six-sentence... Read More »
Former Chicago Blackhawks hockey player, Kyle Beach, has come forward as the man who filed a lawsuit against the team over the mishandling of his sexual assault allegations. The May 2021 lawsuit was filed by a John Doe, but on Wednesday, Beach revealed himself to be the man behind the... Read More »
The U.S. State Department took a step toward accomplishing its gender inclusivity policy push by issuing the first-ever U.S. Passport with an “X” gender marker. While this is a momentous occasion for the LGBTQI+ community, the service won’t be routinely offered until early 2022. The move began as a campaign... Read More »
