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Oct 22 2012
News
Antoni Dobrowolski, Oldest Auschwitz Survivor, Dies At 108
The oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp – a teacher who gave lessons in defiance of his native Poland's Nazi occupiers – has died at the age of 108, an official said Monday.
Antoni Dobrowolski died Sunday in the northwestern Polish town of Debno, according to Jaroslaw Mensfelt, a spokesman at the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum.
After invading Poland in 1939
HuffPost
Apr 08 2013
News
Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87
Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute - Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady who ruled for 11 remarkable years imposed her will on a fractious rundown nation mdash breaking the unions triumphing in a far-off war and selling off state industries at a record pace.
Politico
Jun 06 2012
News
Recall Bid Fails in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis.—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker won a recall election Tuesday, dealing a blow to organized labor, unsettling President Barack Obama's re-election strategy and signaling to Republican lawmakers across the nation that challenging government unions could pay political and fiscal dividends.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 04 2012
News
Wis. Recall: A Trial Run For The Presidential Race
Voters in Wisconsin will decide Tuesday whether or not to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker. It's been one of the most expensive statewide races in American history, and the stakes in that election could have national implications, for unions, for deficit hawks, for businesses, even for President Obama's re-election.
NPR (Online News)
Apr 05 2015
News
Feinstein says Netanyahu should ‘contain himself’ on Iran nuclear deal
Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Sunday took a shot at Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the Israeli prime minister should “contain himself” and stop publicly criticizing a preliminary nuclear deal struck between Iran, the U.S. and other international powers.
Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Ms. Feinstein, California Democrat and vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said
Washington Times
Oct 18 2019
News
Hundreds Of Rats Formerly Living With Woman In Van Are Up For Adoption
Hundreds of domestic rats in San Diego are up for adoption after a woman who had previously been caring for them in the van where she was living gave them up.
“Overall, these rats were well cared for and the owner really loved them,” said Nina Thompson, spokesperson for the San Diego Humane Society. “However, her population got out of hand very quickly.”
The woman had been living
HuffPost
Aug 07 2023
Headline Roundup
Yellow Corporation Files for Bankruptcy
Yellow Corporation, a Nashville-based trucking company, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday night.
Key Details: Yellow Corporation is the third largest less-than-truckload carrier in the United States and has been operating for 99 years. The company announced its closure on July 30th amid a Teamsters union stalemate.
Key Quote: “It is with profound disappointment that
CNN (Online News)
Washington Examiner
Forbes
Mar 15 2013
Opinion
Which Republican Senator Is Offering a Shocking Endorsement of Gay Marriage After His Son Came Out?
Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio is reversing course on the controversial issue of gay marriage. Rather than sticking with the party line he came forward this week to offer support for same-sex unions. Portmans shocking decision was made following a personal family revelation that hes now making public.
The Blaze
Feb 16 2014
News
In the Debate Over Health Care, ‘Real People’ Become Human Volleyballs
In the Republican response to the State of the Union address, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington lamented the travails of “Bette in Spokane,” whose insurance policy had been canceled because of the health care law and who faced huge premium increases to replace it.
The reality for Bette Grenier of Chattaroy, Wash., was more complicated.
New York Times (News)
Jun 01 2020
News
Despite furor, accountability lags for police. Here’s why it might change.
It’s not his phrase, but former Seattle police Chief Norm Stamper covets it when describing police officers: “tiny principalities of power.”
Armored with immunity for a wide swath of behavior, protected by unions and friends and demands for civic order, and beholden more to a beat cop code than to the chief’s orders, the 900,000-strong American police force cuts a unique profile: They
Christian Science Monitor