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The sky was darkening above Hazelton federal penitentiary in West Virginia when a prison van rolled up carrying an elderly gangster. ‘I’m deteriorating’His final hours were described in detail for the first time in a Justice Department Inspector General report released Wednesday. The news somehow got out among the Hazelton inmates, the report says, a detail that had been previously disclosed by federal prosecutors. The facility, known as Misery Mountain, was among the most violent in the federal prison system. Two hours passed before a prison staffer went into the cell and found Bulger’s lifeless body.

☆ JCPenney was once a shopping giant. Can it make a comeback?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

People walk past a JCPenney store at the Queens Center Mall in New York in 2016. The Denver Post/Getty Images Shoppers hurry across an intersection in front of a JCPenney store in Denver in 1964. Anne Cusack/The Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Customers shop at a new JCPenney store in New York in 2009. Mary Altaffer/AP A customer goes down an escalator at a JCPenney store in Westminster, Colorado, in 2009. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images JCPenney CEO Jill Soltau speaks during an interview in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2019.

☆ Elon Musk jokes that The Simpsons predicted he would buy Twitter in an episode that aired in 2015
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk posted a picture on Saturday joking that The Simpsons predicted he would buy Twitter. Musk acquired Twitter on October 27 for $44 billion, seven years after the episode aired. Musk, who became Twitter's new owner after closing the acquisition deal on October 27, posted an image from a 2015 Simpson's episode featuring Musk. It seems unsurprising that Musk has drawn attention to an episode that one critic described as "more like a love letter to Musk than a proper Simpsons episode." Much like in The Simpsons' episode, some celebrities and politicians think Musk may have also gone too far with his ambitions for Twitter.

☆ They were diagnosed with uterine cancer and tumors. Now they're suing the makers of chemical hair straighteners.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Janelle Griffith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Three years ago, Rhonda Terrell was diagnosed with an aggressive form of uterine cancer that has since spread to her abdomen and liver. “And I want to hold them accountable because I have granddaughters.”Bernadette Gordon, who used chemical relaxers from around 1983 to 2015, believes they caused her to develop breast and uterine cancer. In 2021, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer and underwent a hysterectomy, followed by six months of chemotherapy and radiation. There was never anything on the products' packaging, they said and their lawsuits allege, indicating that normal use of the products could cause them to develop uterine fibroids or breast or uterine cancer. “This study is the first to show a possible link between frequent use of hair straightening products and uterine cancer,” she said.

☆ US Justice Dept probes whether police in Mass. city discriminated
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The police department in the city, the second-largest in New England after Boston, was not immediately available for comment. Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty, the city's Acting Manager Eric Batista and Worcester Police Chief Steven Sargent pledged to cooperate with the investigation, the justice department said. Since then, the justice department has opened dozens of similar investigations across the nation. The justice department launched a so-called "pattern or practice" investigation in Minneapolis a day after a jury found the officer, Derek Chauvin, guilty of murder. In 2018, the Justice Department opened an investigation of the Springfield Police Department.

Democrat Nikki Budzinski defeated Republican Regan Deering in Illinois' 13th Congressional District. Democrat Nikki Budzinski defeated Republican Regan Deering in Illinois' 13th Congressional District. Republican Rep. Rodney Davis, who currently represents the 13th District, was drawn out when the district was newly reconfigured, leaving the seat vacant. Illinois' 13th Congressional District candidatesBudzinski, who is running for Congress the first time, has previous experience in Washington. Voting history for Illinois' 13th Congressional DistrictIllinois' 13th Congressional District spans from Metro East St. Louis to parts of Springfield, Decatur, and Champaign-Urbana.

☆ Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood faces off against Republican Scott Gryder in Illinois' 14th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Lauren Underwood is running against Republican Scott Gryder in Illinois' 14th Congressional District. IL-17IL-06IL-13 HouseDemocratic Rep. Lauren Underwood faces off against Republican Scott Gryder in Illinois' 14th Congressional District. Illinois' 14th Congressional District candidatesUnderwood, a two-term Democrat first elected in 2018, is the youngest Black woman to serve in the US House of Representatives. He previously chaired Kendall County's Young Republicans and the Kendall County Republican Central Committee. Voting history for Illinois' 14th Congressional DistrictIllinois' 14th Congressional District sits below the 11th District and extends southwest along Interstate 80 into LaSalle County.

☆ Democrat Val Hoyle faces off against Republican Alek Skarlatos in Oregon's 4th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Democrat Val Hoyle is running against Republican Alek Skarlatos in Oregon's 4th Congressional District. Democrat Val Hoyle faces off against Republican Alek Skarlatos in Oregon's 4th Congressional District. Oregon's 4th Congressional District candidatesWith DeFazio vacating his seat, Oregon's 4th Congressional District will see a new face for the first time in nearly four decades. But DeFazio won by only 5 percentage points, the narrowest victory of his congressional congressional career. Voting history for Oregon's 4th Congressional DistrictOregon's 4th Congressional District covers a sprawling rural swath of the southwest corner of the state and includes the college towns of Eugene and Corvallis.

☆ Democrat Nikki Budzinski faces off against Republican Regan Deering in Illinois' 13th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Democrat Nikki Budzinski is running against Republican Regan Deering in Illinois' 13th Congressional District. The 13th District is located in the south-central region of the state. Republican Rep. Rodney Davis, who currently represents the 13th District, was drawn out when the district was newly reconfigured, leaving the seat vacant. Illinois' 13th Congressional District candidatesBudzinski, who is running for Congress the first time, has previous experience in Washington. Voting history for Illinois' 13th Congressional DistrictIllinois' 13th Congressional District spans from Metro East St. Louis to parts of Springfield, Decatur, and Champaign-Urbana.

☆ Inside the $23 million mega-mansion that Yankee Candle built
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It was built by Kittredge's father, Michael Kittredge II, who made his fortune as the founder of the Yankee Candle Company. Juggler Meadow is listed at nearly 10 times that amount, but is also a rare combination of space, amenities and sports facilities. Kittredge began making more, and in the early 1970s founded Yankee Candle Company. By the late 1990s, Yankee Candle had become the biggest scented candle company in the county. With the flood of cash and a non-compete clause that prevented him from launching another candle company for years, Kittredge built his dream life.

☆ S.C. governor says marriage should be 'between a man and a woman' at debate
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Matt Lavietes | Matt Lavietes Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said Wednesday that he would back his state's defunct law banning same-sex marriage if the Supreme Court were to overturn its 2015 landmark gay marriage ruling. "Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think marriage ought to be between a man and a woman — just like I think that boys ought to play in boy sports and girls ought to play in girl sports," McMaster, 75, said. Cunningham appeared shocked, replying: "It's 2022 and Governor McMaster wants to ban same-sex marriage — you just heard that tonight, folks. If the landmark decision were reversed, it would once again fall to the states to decide on the legality of same-sex marriage. Lawmakers in Congress have introduced a measure that would federally permit same-sex marriage, the Respect for Marriage Act.

IllinoisIn Illinois, two candidates are looking to make history as the state's first Latina congresswoman: Democratic state Rep. Delia Ramirez in the state's 3rd Congressional District, and Republican newcomer Catalina Lauf in the 11th Congressional District. OregonIn Oregon, two candidates are looking to become the state’s first Latina congresswoman: Democratic state Rep. Andrea Salinas and Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the former mayor of Happy Valley. Flores is on the ballot again in November to defend her newly won seat representing Texas’ 34th Congressional District. Among them are Jenny Garcia Sharon in the 37th Congressional District and Carmen Maria Montiel in the 18th District. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images fileSen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, made history as the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate and the first woman elected to the Senate from Nevada.

☆ Woman accused of unleashing bees on deputies serving eviction notice in Massachusetts
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

— A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple assault and battery charges for allegedly releasing a swarm of bees on a group of sheriff’s deputies, some of them allergic to bee stings, as they tried to serve an eviction notice, authorities said. Hampden County Sheriff's DeptThe Hampden County Sheriff’s Department deputies went to a home in Longmeadow on the morning of Oct. 12 and were met by protesters, according to the official department report. She started “shaking” the hives, broke the cover off one, causing hundreds of bees to swarm out and initially sting one deputy, according to the report. When Woods was told that several officers were allergic to bees, she said “Oh, you’re allergic? Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi said Woods could have faced more serious charges if anything worse had happened to those stung.

☆ Massachusetts woman accused of assaulting officers with swarm of angry bees
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rorie Sussan Woods, 55, unleashes a swarm of bees on deputies serving eviction papers in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, U.S., October 12, 2022. Hampden County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERSOct 20 (Reuters) - A Massachusetts woman stands accused of using a swarm of bees as a dangerous weapon, according to a county sheriff, after she allegedly unleashed a hive of angry insects on deputies trying to serve an eviction notice last week. "A sheriff’s deputy tried to stop her, but as the agitated bees started getting out and circling the area, he pulled back," the office said. She then smashed the lid of one hive and flipped it off the flatbed, agitating the bees, the sheriff said on Wednesday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Illinois Gov. Pritzker, GOP challenger Bailey focus on crime during debate
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“It’s a mess.”Despite talking over each other regularly, neither Pritzker nor the moderators pressed Bailey on that statement. Pritzker’s extreme policies are destroying the city,” Bailey said. Pritzker, it’s time for him to own it.”Pritzker blamed the Covid-19 pandemic for a rise in crime in Chicago and nationally. At the end of the Sept. 30 quarterly reporting period, Pritzker had $42.3 million on hand after raising $80.8 million during the period and spending $38.5 million. “He’s too conservative for Illinois,” Pritzker said.

☆ NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo undergoing treatment for brain tumor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor, the NBA announced Saturday. He also appeared with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at an event in the Congo, Mutombo’s native country, in August. “Dikembe and his family ask for privacy during this time so they can focus on his care. They are grateful for your prayers and good wishes.”The family did not release any other details, including what prompted the tumor being discovered. The 56-year-old Mutombo spent 18 seasons in the NBA, playing for Denver, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, New York and the then-New Jersey Nets.

☆ Surge in cases of RSV, a virus that can severely sicken infants, is filling hospital beds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Aria Bendix | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

He tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common virus that causes lung infections. Aesop was moved to a pediatric ICU on Tuesday after his heart and breathing rates soared. Many RSV patients in Massachusetts are being transferred to nearby states, she added. At Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago, hospital and ICU beds have been full for over a month. He said the volume of RSV patients is "two to three times what we've ever experienced."

☆ Surge in RSV, virus that can severely sicken infants, fills hospital beds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

He tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common virus that causes lung infections. Aesop was moved to a pediatric ICU on Tuesday after his heart and breathing rates soared. Many RSV patients in Massachusetts are being transferred to nearby states, she added. At Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago, hospital and ICU beds have been full for over a month. He said the volume of RSV patients is "two to three times what we’ve ever experienced."

☆ Clinics offer free vasectomies, citing a surge in demand
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Sixty vasectomies will be offered over three days in and outside Planned Parenthood clinics in St. Louis, Springfield and Joplin to uninsured patients during the first week of November amid what the clinics say is a surge in demand for the procedure. Guarin also plans to offer discounted vasectomies that month at his regular clinic in the Des Moines area. Guarin, who serves on the medical advisory board for the World Vasectomy Day, helped offer vasectomies last year at the Planned Parenthood in St. Louis to raise awareness about the procedure. In July alone, the Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri performed 42 vasectomies, compared to 10 in the same month last year. Dr. Margaret Baum, the medical director of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, will be partnering with Guarin to provide the free vasectomies.

☆ Small Businesses Getting Squeezed Out in Push for Warehouse Space
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Liz Young | Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

A warehouse crush across the U.S. is squeezing out smaller companies as big retailers fill industrial storage sites with their growing stockpiles of inventory. Karen Galena, president of First Logistics, which has four warehouses in the Chicago area that provide space for retailers and manufacturers, said bigger customers are willing to pay higher prices for increasingly scarce storage space. “It’s tough for the small guy,” Ms. Galena said, noting labor and other costs are rising for warehouse operators. The challenges small businesses face finding warehouse space mirrors difficulties many had securing room on container ships earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic, when ocean carriers drove up rates and bumped smaller shippers to make way for larger clients. He said some companies are even generating revenue from unconventional storage space.

Attendee inspect Smith and Wesson firearms at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meeting, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 28, 2019. Smith & Wesson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Wednesday's lawsuits allege that Smith & Wesson knowingly advertised its weapons, including the M&P-model rifle used by Crimo, to appeal to "militaristic fantasies" of troubled young men. "(Crimo) and other would-be mass shooters are highly susceptible to the disturbing promotional messages from Smith & Wesson," the lawsuits said. They are asking the court to stop Smith & Wesson from the allegedly illegal marketing, including by putting age restrictions on social media content and removing military references, and to award unspecified monetary damages.

☆ Students stage walkouts across Virginia over governor's transgender school policies
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Matt Lavietes | Matt Lavietes Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Students across Virginia protested Tuesday in response to new guidelines putting restrictions on transgender students in the state’s public schools. “Trans students are students just like everybody else. "While students exercise their free speech today, we’d note that these policies state that students should be treated with compassion and schools should be free from bullying and harassment." Students have begun to walk out of Northern Virginia schools in protest of Gov. "When Barbara Johns walked out, people told her she should have stayed put too," Virginia state Del.

Five people who federal investigators say are associated with the far-right group America First have been arrested in connection with last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol. In addition to numerous criminal charges, they are accused of entering House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s conference room, according to a court filing. Brody is accused of helping another rioter use a metal barricade against a Capitol Police officer, who was knocked back as he tried to secure the door. According to the filing, the group also watched the destruction of media equipment, which had been surrounded by metal barricades, with Brody and Chase taking part in the destruction. More than 850 people have been arrested in connection with the Capitol attack, and more than 350 have been convicted.

Amtrak on Monday said it had canceled three long-distance train routes in advance of a looming railroad union strike that is threatening to hobble the nation's economy. The rail line said it was phasing in additional schedule "adjustments" as needed. Freight rail workers are threatening to strike for higher pay, more generous paid leave and a renegotiation of strict attendance policies and broader working conditions. A national rail strike "would be an economic disaster — freezing the flow of goods, emptying shelves, shuttering workplaces and raising prices for families and businesses alike," Suzanne Clark, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Monday. The Association of American Railroads trade group has estimated that shutting down the railroads would cost the economy $2 billion a day.

☆ California cities dominate the list of those in the US with the lowest gender pay gap. These are the 10 cities where women earn the most in comparison with men.
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-31 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The area around Los Angeles has the smallest gender pay gap, according to a report by GoodHire. Across the US' 100 biggest cities, women earn $44,220 a year, or 19% less than men, per the study. In comparison, women living in Provo-Orem, Utah, earn just under two-thirds of the amount men earn. Here are the 10 areas with the smallest gender pay gap, per GoodHire's study:Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California – women earn 9% less than men Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina – women earn 10% less than men Fresno, California – women earn 11% less than men Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida – women earn 11% less than men Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida – women earn 12% less than men Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada – women earn 12% less than men Winston-Salem, North Carolina – women earn 14% less than men Springfield, Massachusetts – women earn 14% less than men San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, California– women earn 14% less than men Albuquerque, New Mexico – women earn 14% less than menGoodHire also ranked the cities with the biggest gender pay gap:Provo-Orem, Utah – women earn 38% less than men Baton Rouge, Louisiana – women earn 32% less than men Ogden-Clearfield, Utah – women earn 31% less than men San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California – women earn 28% less than men Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan – women earn 25% less than men Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia/South Carolina – women earn 25% less than men Tulsa, Oklahoma – women earn 25% less than men Salt Lake City, Utah – women earn 25% less than men Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – women earn 25% less than men Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – women earn 25% less than menAcross the US, the gender pay gap shrank slightly in 2020. On average, across the 100 most populous cities, women earn $44,220 a year, which is 19% less than men, per GoodHire's study.

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