Stronger Apart…The Case for Dual Licensure Connecting Directors is grateful to Jennifer Graziano for sharing this timely and important essay with our readers! Jennifer is a 4th generation funeral director and attorney with a passion for the industry. She serves on the NYS Board of Directors as a Regional Director […] Read More
Former President Trump, Trump Organization fined $354 million in civil case Former President Trump, Trump Organization fined $354 million in civil case 54:09 The judge overseeing the civil fraud case in New York against former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization has issued his long-awaited ruling, five weeks after […] Read More
Former CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves has agreed to pay an $11,250 fine to settle a Los Angeles City Ethics Commission complaint that accused him of interfering with a police investigation and inducing a government official to violate laws. The incident dates back to November 2017 when former Los Angeles […] Read More
Former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization must pay $354 million in fines, a judge ruled Friday, issuing his long-awaited judgment in the state’s civil fraud case. The decision also bars them from seeking loans from financial institutions in New York for a period of three years, and includes […] Read More
One of the major issues confronting scientists today — especially those working in the heavily politicized fields of global warming, vaccines and the origin of COVID-19 — is how to deal with the torrents of misinformation and disinformation, some of it personal, pushing back against their work. Climate scientist Michael […] Read More
LOS ANGELES — It frankly couldn’t have been a more boring testimony, the level of detail about USC football’s practice schedules undercutting the fact that this convoluted record could completely change the future of collegiate athletics. For hours Thursday, inside of a tiny hearing room in the National Labor Relations […] Read More
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump faces four felony criminal trials and several civil trials over the next few months as he’s running for re-election. Having trouble keeping up? Here are the key developments in Trump’s trials in January. Delays in the DC election-subversion case Early in the month, a three-judge panel […] Read More
On the face of it, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis achieved an important victory Wednesday in his two-year battle with Walt Disney Co., as a federal judge tossed Disney’s lawsuit contending that DeSantis moved against the company in retaliation for its criticism of an anti-gay state law. DeSantis certainly thought so. […] Read More
MEXICO CITY — Like the assassination of President Kennedy in the United States, the 1994 slaying of Luis Donaldo Colosio — a charismatic presidential candidate who vowed to reform Mexico’s historically autocratic political culture — has long generated doubts and conspiracy theories. Many Mexicans have rejected the official finding that a […] Read More
As the toll from the COVID-19 pandemic continued to mount, antiviral medications such as Paxlovid were hailed by health officials as an important way to reduce the risk of severe illness or death. Yet the drugs have remained underused, studies have found. In Boston, a group of researchers wanted to […] Read More
JERUSALEM — The United Nations’ top court Friday ordered Israel to limit deaths and comply with international law against genocide in its military offensive in Gaza, but stopped short of demanding an end to the war. The International Court of Justice in The Hague issued the ruling in a case brought […] Read More
Most reporters have covered a story so disturbing that they never want to think about it again — yet the evil subject makes it impossible to ever forget. My cross to bear is Father Eleuterio Ramos. The Montebello native terrorized Catholic parishes in Orange and Los Angeles counties during the […] Read More
It used to be fairly easy to dismiss Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, as a clownish anti-vaccine quack posing a danger mostly to residents of his home state. That has become harder to do as time goes on, as Ladapo has moved from promoting useless treatments for COVID-19, […] Read More
A New Mexico grand jury has charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the deadly shooting of a cinematographer during production of the ill-fated western movie “Rust.” The indictment, filed Friday, was signed by special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey, who has been handling the case. If convicted […] Read More
California’s lawsuit against Huntington Beach, which accused the city of defying state efforts to ease the housing crisis, appears to be back on a fast track after the suit was temporarily halted by a Superior Court judge in November. A three-judge panel at California’s 4th Circuit Court of Appeal instructed […] Read More
