Published: Dec. 18, 2024 at 6:51 PM CST|Updated: 22 hours ago
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LAWMAKERS ARE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. PERRY RUSSOM ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. THE U-S SENATE VOTING OVERWHELMINGLY TO PASS AN 895-BILLION DOLLAR DEFENSE BILL..THIS AFTER IT PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LAST WEEK.. THE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION INCLUDES A PAY BUMP FOR SERVICE MEMBERS, AIMS TO BOLSTER NATIONAL SECURITY, PROTECT SERVICE MEMBERS FROM BRAIN INJURIES, AND BOOST MAINE’S ECONOMY THROUGH MILITARY- RELATED MANUFACTURING AND SHIPBUILDING. TODAY SENATOR ANGUS KING.. WHO IS ON THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.. ADDRESSED THE PASSAGE OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT.. 00;05;22-00;05;37 “IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAINE, IT’S IMPORTANT TO OUR ECONOMY, IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE SECURITY OF THIS COUNTRY. I DON’T THINK SINCE WORLD WAR II WE’VE BEEN IN A MORE DANGEROUS AND PERILOUS WORLD.” KING SAYS THE MILITARY’S ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT IN MAINE CONTRIBUTES OVER 4 BILLION TO TOWNS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. THE BILL NOW HEADS T
Video above: Previous coverageThe family of a Jefferson County man who died the day he was to be released from prison last year has filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections, claiming officials failed to keep him safe. Daniel Williams was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to assault and theft charges.Court documents show he spent some of his sentence in two other prisons before ultimately landing in Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore.The lawsuit claims that three weeks before he was set to be released, Williams was “held hostage” by fellow inmate Lamont Wilson, “brutally tortured,” “forced to consume drugs against his will” and sexually assaulted for at least two days until he slipped out of consciousness on Oct. 19, 2023, and was found in Wilson’s bed. Williams was later taken to a prison medical facility and died on Nov. 9, the day he was originally set to be released. The suit blames three wardens at Staton, Joseph Headley, Charles McKee and Charmelle Lucki, as well as ADOC’s Commissioner John Hamm for Williams’ death, stating that they “acted with deliberate indifference to the care and safety of inmates.” It alleges that despite his lengthy record of sexual violence, the wardens “failed to take disciplinary measures” against Wilson that would have kept him away from the general population, instead keeping him in an “open bay dormitory setting where he would have free rein over other inmates.”According to the lawsuit, Wilson had already been reported for sexual assault nine times at five different Alabama correctional facilities.The Department of Corrections did do an investigation on Wilson but he was never charged.WVTM 13’s Lisa Crane spoke to Williams’ family just days after he passed away last year.They told her that prison officials said he’d overdosed, but they say that he appeared to have been severely beaten with the lawsuit further alleging that he had “indentations in his head that appeared to be from the beatings.”His fiance was forced to come to terms with the fact that their daughter may never remember her father.How am I supposed to tell her about her daddy? Like, why isn’t he here? Why didn’t he ever come home?Williams’ family has requested a trial by jury. You can read their full lawsuit here.
“She was truly a public servant of the people.”
Less than 24 hours after a tepid performance in a close win over a two-win Raiders team, Falcons coach Raheem Morris is not ready to commit to Kirk Cousins moving forward.
Less than 24 hours after a tepid performance in a close win over a two-win Raiders team, Falcons coach Raheem Morris is not ready to commit to Kirk Cousins moving forward.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his speech in the Parliament, claiming that his remarks were “far from truth” and added that the latter had come to Parliament only to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Clay County Sheriffs Office and Liberty Police Department are watching parking lots and stores much closer after an operation last week that caught suspected shoplifters in the act. The agencies allowed KMBC 9 Investigates to go undercover with Operation Full Cart Press to see the tactics and strategies police and deputies are using to stop retail theft. KMBC rode undercover with Clay County deputies Josh Doss and Chase Adkison during an operation last Monday in the Liberty Commons shopping center. The deputies stood by in an unmarked vehicle for hours waiting for word from loss prevention officers inside stores if they saw anyone shoplifting. They were ready to swoop in and apprehend anyone leaving the stores, while deputies and officers stood by in marked vehicles in other parking lots around Liberty in case suspects got away. The deputies looked for stolen license plates, cars backed into handicapped spots and parked along shopping center curbs as potential vehicles of interest.KMBC also followed Clay County Corporal Phillip Waltman on Friday. He was stationed in Pleasant Valley near the QT gas station to cast a wide net in case suspects started driving away after leaving stores.”Operations we have done where we have been successful have also helped deter anybody from wanting to come back to at least this area,” Waltman said.Four people were apprehended as part of the operation last week. Three of those people have already been charged. A stolen vehicle was also located.Yolanda Tinsley, 54, of Kansas City, was charged with resisting arrest and misdemeanor stealing after she allegedly stole $634.81 worth of items from Feldman’s Farm and Home.Sylvester Smith, 58, of Columbia, Missouri, was charged with felony stealing after alleged theft at Feldman’s Farm and Home.Joe Wright, 51, of Kansas City, was charged with misdemeanor stealing after alleged theft at Feldman’s Farm and Home. An amount was not specified for Smith or Wright.A 22-year-old woman from Kansas City was arrested and faces charges after allegedly stealing $243.60 worth of items from Hobby Lobby, Target, and T.J. Maxx.Retail theft is a $121 billion problem nationwide, according to the National Retail Federation.”The stores have got to pass that loss on to someone, and so youre going to pay more,” said Liberty police captain Nathan Mulch.”You also have got to think about the other crimes these people are committing,” Adkison said. “A lot of times we’re finding drugs, drug paraphernalia, drugs in the car, they’re engaging in high-speed pursuits, felony warrants.”During KMBCs time with the crew, deputies watched several people closely, but the deputies made no arrests. “That’s the prime goal right, is that we don’t have to take action,” Adkison said.
With gusts of up to 50 miles per hour expected on Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department requested the restrictions on Topanga Canyon Blvd. between Mulholland Dr. and Pacific Coast Highway.
The Federal Trade Commission announced a final rule banning hotels, ticketing, and short-term rental companies from including hidden junk fees in their total price on Tuesday.Rather than consumers getting hit with convenience or service fees for hotel bookings and concert tickets at checkout, the FTC said its new rule will ensure that pricing information is presented transparently before consumers agree to pay.People deserve to know up-front what theyre being asked to pay without worrying that theyll later be saddled with mysterious fees that they havent budgeted for and cant avoid, said FTC Chair Lina Khan in a statement announcing the rule. The FTCs rule will put an end to junk fees around live event tickets, hotels, and vacation rentals, saving Americans billions of dollars and millions of hours in wasted time.The final rule does not limit what sellers can charge for a product or service. Instead, it requires businesses to display the total price, including all additional fees, more prominently than other pricing information.The rule was approved with bipartisan support among the commissioners of the FTC. Andrew Ferguson, President-elect Donald Trumps pick to replace Khan as FTC chair, was the sole dissenter.In a statement, Ferguson, who currently serves as a commissioner of the FTC, said that his decision to vote against the rule had nothing to do with its merits but, rather, that he believed that President Bidens FTC should no longer issue new rules in the wake of Trumps election win.I dissent only on the ground that the time for rulemaking by the Biden-Harris FTC is over, Ferguson said. This lame-duck Commission should give its regulatory pen a much-needed rest.My vote should not be understood to state my position on the Final Rules merits, or on whether the Commission under President Trump should enforce the Final Rule, Ferguson added.With the final rules approval, the FTC will have the power to impose financial penalties on short-term rental and live-event ticketing companies that dont disclose their full price to consumers up-front. The new rule is set to take effect 120 days after Tuesdays announcement, well after Biden has left office.The new rule is part of a broader effort by the FTC under Bidens administration to combat junk fees. In the last three years, the FTC has announced actions against companies like Invitation Homes and Vonage for charging consumers junk fees.Biden spoke of his intention to crack down on hidden fees in October 2023, when the FTC unveiled the rules initial proposal.Folks are tired of being taken advantage of and played for suckers, Biden said during remarks in the Rose Garden at the time. These junk fees can add hundreds of dollars, weighing down family budgets, making it harder to pay family bills.In Tuesdays announcement, the FTC said it estimates the junk fees rule will save consumers up to 53 million hours per year of time spent searching for the total price of live-event tickets and short-term lodging, estimating that the time savings would be equivalent to more than $11 billion over the next decade.Given that this latest junk fees rule was passed on a bipartisan basis, that may improve its chances of staying on the books during the Trump administration. But there have been other rules that the FTC has finalized in the past year including a ban on noncompete agreements that have been challenged in court by business trade associations. When those groups prevail, the question will be whether the FTC elects to seek an appeal. If it does not, any rule in question would not take effect.
Miamis barrier islands are home to swathes of tall luxury buildings, and, according toa study recently published in the Earth and Space Science, about three dozen are sinking.
A historic home in the Howard county seat tells the story of one of the original families in St. Paul, and a brick making business that no longer exists.