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(New York Post) Nearly three years after he claimed two Trump-loving bigots beat him up, tied a noose around his neck and doused him in bleach, Jussie Smollett was convicted Thursday of staging a hate crime in a misbegotten bid to raise his public profile.  Twelve jurors in Chicago criminal court found the disgraced actor guilty of five of six counts of felony disorderly … [Read more...] about Jussie Smollett Guilty of Staging Race-Baiting Hate Attack to Boost Career

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) A northern Virginia library has removed a display that placed the Bible alongside two books that activists have sought to remove from school libraries as pornographic and obscene. The display at the Dolley Madison library in McLean included the books “Lawn Boy” by Jonathan Evison and “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe along … [Read more...] about Library Display Pairing Bible With Explicit Books Removed

(CNBC) Weekly jobless claims tumbled last week, reaching a fresh 52-year low as the U.S. jobs market climbs out of its pandemic-era hole, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 184,000 for the week ended Dec. 4, the lowest going back to Sept. 6, 1969, which saw 182,000. Initial claims for unemployment insurance were … [Read more...] about Weekly Jobless Claims Fall to 184,000, the Lowest Level in More Than 52 Years

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) A large Christmas tree outside Fox's Midtown headquarters was set ablaze early Wednesday by an arsonist who was quickly taken into custody. The 50-foot tree on Sixth Avenue went up in flames just before 12:15 a.m., and heavy flames then spread to smaller decorated trees in the display. Police say the 49-year-old suspect climbed up "the metal … [Read more...] about Fox News Christmas Tree Set on Fire in Midtown Manhattan; Suspect Identified

(RNS) The Ninth District Court of Appeals on Saturday lifted a block it had enacted on a mandate by the San Diego Unified School District requiring eligible employees and students to be vaccinated in order to attend school in person. The temporary injunction was lifted in a 2-1 vote a week after the court blocked the mandate on Nov. 28. The block was to be in … [Read more...] about Court Lifts Block, Allowing San Diego Schools’ Vaccine Mandate To Go Forward