Massachusetts county debuts jail program with focus on older adults

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images(MIDDLESEX, Mass.) — To step inside the Older Adult Re-Entry unit, or OAR, at the Middlesex County, Massachusetts, jail is unlike entering any jail in the United States.The walls are adorned in a soothing...

McMahon hijacks House Democrats’ presser after closed-door meeting outside Department of Education

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

Pool via ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats outside the Department of Education to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting earlier Wednesday.With about a...

Rep. Pettersen says it was ‘difficult’ decision to bring infant son to House floor to fight for proxy voting

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen, who on Tuesday held her newborn son during a speech on the House floor in support of a bipartisan effort to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents, said the decision to bring her 9-week-old was...

Unanimous Supreme Court upholds FDA block of flavored vapes

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Wednesday backed the Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to authorize the sale of kid-friendly flavored e-cigarettes and vapes, including the flavors “Killer Kustard...

Shares in Trump social media company sink following concerns about insider selloff

by admin | Apr 2, 2025 | Politics

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Shares in Donald Trump’s social media company sank in morning trading on Wednesday, a day after the company filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission that could allow the president’s trust to...