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☆ Justice Samuel Alito blames upside-down American flag on his wife and a flap with neighbors
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( John Fritze | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Alito said that a neighbor had posted a sign saying “F**k Trump” near a school bus stop and then a sign attacking his wife, Martha-Ann Alito. The upside-down flag was a symbol for former President Donald Trump’s supporters who falsely claimed widespread fraud in the presidential election. A spokeswoman for the Supreme Court has not respond to CNN’s requests for comment. “Flying an upside-down American flag — a symbol of the so-called ‘Stop the Steal’ movement — clearly creates the appearance of bias,” Durbin said in a statement. Renewed calls for ethics reformThe Supreme Court is weighing major cases this term tied to the 2020 election and the attack on the Capitol.

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☆ Biden's threat to cut off weapons for Israel isn't the same as what got Trump impeached
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Israel has already gone into Rafah, but Biden characterized their current level of involvement as short of his red line. I’m old enough to remember when Democrats impeached another President for supposedly withholding foreign aid that had been approved by Congress. The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan watchdog, formally concluded that the Trump administration broke the law in withholding congressionally approved aid to Ukraine. Biden relied on a bipartisan coalition to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. That said, while Biden will need bipartisan support to keep the government funded in September, he likely will not ask for more Ukraine aid anytime soon

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☆ I've visited 39 US national parks. If I had to recommend just one, it'd be this unique spot with a brewery and bathhouses.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Kara Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

After visiting 39 US national parks, one stands out as the most unique I've been to. Unlike many national parks, Hot Springs National Park is set in the middle of an Arkansas city. This park features a row of historic bathhouses and the only brewery located in a US national park. AdvertisementWhen thinking of national parks, many people imagine vast tracts of land and scenic drives through awe-inspiring mountain, forest, or desert scenery. Hot Springs National Park, on the other hand, is the country's second smallest national park and is set right in the middle of a small Midwest city.

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☆ I left a red state for a blue state. The quality of life and job opportunities are better here, but it's not perfect.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Michelle Mastro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In fact, I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, a red state surrounded, by very religious people — many Southern Baptist. Many of us, however, were desperate to move out for better job opportunities and to grow our careers. The more populous places, like the capital Little Rock, are seen as a lot more diverse. There are typically better job opportunities there too, but those opportunities were very limited for me. It worked out, though, because moving to San Diego proved more cost-effective than the Bay Area.

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As advocates push this year for ballot measure initiatives aiming to protect abortion rights, key differences have emerged in the language of proposed measures. Among them is the inclusion of mental health exceptions. Meanwhile, proposed ballot measure language in Arkansas only says “physical health,” excluding a mental health exception. “We don’t as a society have a great track record of treating mental health the same way we do physical health.”Policies that dismiss mental health as less important than physical health put lives at risk, said Columbia University psychiatrist Paul Appelbaum. We felt it was unlikely for a version that explicitly names mental health to pass.”Arkansas advocates were also worried the opposition campaign would target a mental health exception, Diaz said.

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“I was embarrassed for our conference, for our party, because we can do better than we did last night,” said GOP Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas. It was a huge mistake,” said GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, an ally to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. And the stunning defeat, which prompted a chaotic scene on the House floor, completely overshadowed the Democratic opposition to the Israel bill. “The Democrats played hide and seek with us,” GOP Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida told CNN. We’ll put it back up.”For their part, Democrats took a victory lap in their maneuvering that led to a nail-biter vote and embarrassment for House Republicans.

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☆ I'm a delivery driver and I get better tips from apartments than gated communities
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( An Arkansas Gig Worker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Walmart Spark driver in Rogers, Arkansas, has noticed a pattern when it comes to customer tipping. AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a driver in Rogers, Arkansas, who delivers primarily with Walmart Spark. 5260, which is south of town on Pleasant Crossing Boulevard, and Walmart store No. I'm not going to say those people living in the gated community don't deserve to be in that gated community. If you think I should be paid a fair wage and shouldn't rely on tips, don't use services that require me to not have a fair wage and to rely on tips.

Persons: —, I've, Rogers, it's, I'm, you've Organizations: Walmart, Service Locations: Rogers , Arkansas, Arkansas, Pleasant Crossing, Rogers, Pleasant

☆ US appeals court ruling strikes at core of landmark voting rights law
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Joseph Ax | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The ruling, which will likely be appealed, could set up the next voting rights battle at the U.S. Supreme Court. The vast majority of Voting Rights Act cases are filed by private parties. For instance, the case that prompted the Supreme Court earlier this year to strike down Alabama's congressional map was originally filed by a coalition of civil rights groups. In a dissent, Chief Judge Lavenski Smith, also a Bush appointee, said he would have followed existing precedent unless Congress or the Supreme Court said otherwise. Sophia Lin Lakin, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union's voting rights project and a lawyer for the plaintiffs, in a statement called the ruling a "travesty for democracy."

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, District Judge Lee Rudofsky, Donald Trump, David Stras, Raymond Gruender, George W, Bush, Judge Lavenski Smith, Sophia Lin Lakin, Joseph Ax, David Gregorio, Mark Porter Organizations: REUTERS, Firms American Civil Liberties, ., U.S, Supreme, District, Appeals, Trump, Circuit, Republican, American Civil Liberties, Thomson Locations: Queens, New York City, U.S, Arkansas

WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — An Arkansas man has been arrested for trying to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant, authorities said. Whisenhunt also trespassed onto the property of the nuclear station without authorization, according to the charges. The driver backed up and tried to drive down a dirt road as security tried to block them in. The driver tried to hit the guards, then drove through a fence and off the nuclear plant property, according to authorities. The Oconee Nuclear Station has three nuclear reactors and started generating power 50 years ago on Lake Keowee.

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REUTERS/Demetrius Freeman/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Tennessee Office of Attorney General FollowNov 1 (Reuters) - Three Tennessee families of transgender children on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a state law banning so-called gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormones, for patients under 18. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce bans on gender-affirming care in September. Families challenging the Kentucky ban have not yet filed a petition to the Supreme Court. The St. Louis, Missouri-based 8th Circuit last year blocked an Arkansas ban, though the court is expected to consider the issue again. The Tennessee families urged the Supreme Court to take up the issue in part to avoid the "chaos" of conflicting court rulings.

Persons: Demetrius Freeman, Jonathan Skrmetti, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Rights Companies Tennessee, Wednesday, U.S, Supreme, Constitution, Tennessee, Circuit, Republican, . Circuit, Thomson Locations: Washington, New York, U.S, Tennessee, Cincinnati , Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, St, Louis , Missouri, Arkansas

☆ 20 Republicans oppose Jim Jordan for speaker, sinking his chances on the first ballot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win enough support on the first ballot, losing 20 Republicans. Jordan, who chairs the powerful House Judiciary Committee, received 200 votes on the first ballot with 20 Republicans voting for other candidates. With full Democratic attendance and united opposition, Jordan could only afford to have lost three Republican votes. By at least one measure, Jordan would be the most conservative Speaker compared to the average House Republican in recent years. The 20 Republicans that have voted against Jordan thus far:Seven Republicans voted for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise: Scalise was briefly the party's nominee to become speaker before he withdrew from the race.

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(AP) — As Nebraska's new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. A key aspect of the law is a set of treatment guidelines that has yet to be created. Minors who already receive puberty blockers or hormones are allowed to continue the treatment, but new patients who are minors are largely banned from starting. At the time, Nebraska lawmakers were locked in a contentious battle over the proposed transgender health care ban, which touched off an epic filibuster that slowed the session to a crawl. At least 22 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, and most of those states face lawsuits.

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☆ UPS drivers' $170,000 pay package has some Amazon drivers thinking it's time to quit. They make about $18 an hour.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jokes and memes are being shared around their facility about UPS drivers winning a $170,000 deal. The pay gap between UPS drivers and Amazon drivers has even inspired memes on Reddit. The memes refer to Amazon's contracted drivers as "broke" compared to UPS drivers who make six figures, including benefits, in some areas. Two Arkansas-based drivers who work for an Amazon Delivery Service Partner, or DSP, told Insider the joke is on them. Both said they encounter UPS drivers and realize the Amazon drivers are delivering "twice as many" packages.

Persons: Amazon's, Jordan Talmon, Talmon, Simone Griffin, Hunter Deaver, who's, Deaver, Griffin Organizations: DSP, Service, UPS, Teamsters, Amazon Locations: Arkansas, Wall, Silicon, California

In later years, she stepped over the White House threshold as a visiting senator and Cabinet member, but never in the long-sought role of Madam President. She fell short each time, and kept her distance from the White House during the Trump years. She again was a regular presence at the White House, with a seat next to Obama at the Cabinet table. She and President Clinton first celebrated the Praemium Imperiale prizes at the White House in 1994. She also showcased American sculpture in the first lady's garden at the White House.

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(AP) — An Arkansas attorney and blogger has filed a lawsuit against the Arkansas State Police that accuses the agency of illegally withholding public records he requested related to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' travel and security. The requests included communications regarding the security for Sanders and her husband, Bryan Sanders, and records regarding their costs. Campbell also requested communications and travel records for the State Police plane, which the governor uses for travel, and records related to Sanders’ trade mission to Europe earlier this year. They include an exemption for the governor's “working papers,” and another regarding records related to governor's mansion security.

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☆ Federal judge blocks Arkansas social media age verification law to have gone into effect Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Michelle Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A US District Judge has blocked an Arkansas social media age verification law that was set to go in effect Friday, according to a Thursday court filing. The act was aimed at requiring “age verification for use of social media; and to clarify liability for failure to perform age verification for use of social media and illegal retention of data,” according to Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office. It’s believed this would have been the first law in the US requiring age verification from new social media users, and to require parental consent, to go into effect. “We’re pleased the court sided with the First Amendment and stopped Arkansas’ unconstitutional law from censoring free speech online and undermining the privacy of Arkansans, their families and their businesses as our case proceeds,” Marchese said in the statement. Brooks said the act is blocked “pending final disposition of the issues on the merits.”CNN reached out to Huckabee Sanders’ office for comment.

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☆ X, formerly known as Twitter, may collect your biometric data and job history
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said this week it may collect biometric and employment information from its users — expanding the range of personal information that account-holders may be exposing to the site. “Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes,” the policy read. In addition, under a new section labeled “job applications,” X said it may collect users’ employment and educational history. The change also happens as some regulatory initiatives around the world begin to require that social media companies verify their users’ ages. On Thursday, however, a federal judge temporarily blocked an Arkansas law mandating age verification for social media platforms, just hours before it was due to take effect.

Persons: X, Elon Musk Organizations: CNN, Twitter Locations: Arkansas

☆ Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Matthew Lewis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] Musician Robbie Robertson arrives for the gala presentation of his biopic "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band" on opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 5, 2019. The Band included four Canadians - Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel - and was anchored by an Arkansas drummer, Levon Helm. Robbie Robertson later learned that his biological father was a man he described as a "card shark" of Jewish heritage named Alex Klegerman, who was killed in a highway hit-and-run accident before Robertson was born. Danko died at age 55 in 1999. Helm died of throat cancer in 2012.

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☆ This family is moving to Italy because they’ve had enough of the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In 2019, the Dawkins family – Nadine, 59, her husband, Kim, 61, and their children Lorenzo, 29, and DeNae, 27 – bought a charming home in the town of Latronico. Reading the article at her home in El Paso, Texas, Nadine Dawkins, a retired former soldier and businesswoman, felt the pull of her ancestry. The family will be shortly moving to Panama before taking the final leap across the Atlantic to Latronico. Clint Jeffrey was Dawkins' Italian ancestor. Nadine DawkinsOnce in Italy, Nadine hopes to be able to start tracking down the real identity and origins of her Italian ancestor.

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☆ Albemarle jumps into global race to reinvent lithium production
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Ernest Scheyder | Thomson Reuters | Ernest Scheyder Is An Award-Winning Senior Correspondent Covering The Green Energy Transition | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] A sign at the approach road leads to Albemarle's lithium evaporation ponds at its facility in Silver Peak, Nevada, U.S., January 9, 2019. Already the world's largest lithium producer, a successful move into the DLE sector would likely cement Albemarle's dominance in the fast-growing industry amid the push to electrify the global economy. DLE technologies vary, but they each aim to roughly double lithium extraction rates from brine deposits compared to traditional evaporation ponds. No DLE technology has reached commercial production without the use of those ponds, though, sparking a global race to be the first. If the tests are successful, the company could essentially bolt on DLE equipment to its bromine operations.

Persons: Ernest Scheyder, Kent Masters, Albemarle, Masters, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, General Motors, Ford, Tetra Technologies, Thomson Locations: Silver, , Nevada, U.S, Albemarle, Arkansas

Initially Hunter Biden denied paternity, and later said he had no memory of fathering her at a low point in his life. Last week, the Bidens publicly acknowledged their grandchild, Navy Joan Roberts, for the first time ever. And I’m crazy about them,” Biden told a group of kids on the White House South Lawn in the spring. In public, the White House routinely described the issue as a private matter in which they had no role. “I just think being there is important, and it makes such a difference,” Biden told Shetty on his podcast.

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☆ Texas police held a Black family at gunpoint and handcuffed their son after an officer mistyped while running their license plate
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Texas officers pulled over a Black family after mistyping while running their license plate. The officers pointed their guns at the couple as they commanded them to leave the car and even handcuffed their son. While running the car's license plate, officers mistakenly told their system the plate was from Arizona. The woman repeatedly told officers the car belonged to her and even clarified she's from Arkansas, not Arizona, body cam footage from another office shows. "We made a mistake," Frisco Police Chief David Shilson said in the department's later statement.

Persons: she's, David Shilson, David Henderson, I've Organizations: Frisco Police, Service, Privacy, Police, Dallas North Tollway, Frisco Police Department, Dallas Morning News Locations: Wall, Silicon, Frisco , Texas, Arizona, Arkansas

June 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery to transgender minors, a victory for families that had sued to challenge the law. Moody had last year blocked enforcement of the law in a preliminary order while he considered the case. Arkansas in 2021 became the first U.S. state to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The measures have been challenged in court, and have so far been fully or partially blocked in states including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, Indiana and Florida. Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: James Moody, Moody, Dylan Brandt, Brandt, Tim Griffin, Griffin, Asa Hutchinson, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Sandra Maler Organizations: District, American Civil Liberties Union, Republican, Thomson Locations: U.S, Arkansas, Little, . Arkansas, Oklahoma , Arkansas , Alabama, Indiana, Florida, New York

☆ Judge threatens to jail Hunter Biden for up to 6 months if he doesn't appear for questioning about his finances in his child support suit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Jennifer Cunningham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lunden Roberts, the child's mom, accused him of mischaracterizing his wealth in a child support suit. A judge has ordered Biden to appear in court next month to answer Roberts' questions. Although he initially denied paternity, Biden said he has since paid Robert's more than $750,000 in support payments for her. Biden has asked a judge to reduce his $20,000-a-month child support payments, and not grant Robert's petition to change their daughter's last name to Biden. Neither Biden's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, nor Lancaster, Roberts' lawyer, returned Insider's requests for comment on Wednesday.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Lunden Roberts, Biden, Roberts, —, Holly Meyer, Clint Lancaster, Biden's, Meyer, Abbe Lowell Organizations: Service, Independence Locations: Arkansas, Batesville , Arkansas, Lancaster

☆ Jimmy Carter's legacy: How he welcomed refugees
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

These steps Carter took during his presidency are still shaping the United States, decades after he left office. Because of Carter’s actions, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing persecution had a chance to come to the United States when he was commander-in-chief. A crisis that began before Carter took office was becoming increasingly dire by the day. That respect, Nguyen says, was earned by actions that Carter took that changed the course of her parents’ lives. “They were only able to do so because of the political courage exercised by President Carter,” she says.

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