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☆ JPMorgan will now give all new parents 16 weeks of leave, 3 years after settling a parental leave discrimination case for a record $5 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Britney Toh | Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan will give all new parents in the US 16 weeks of paid leave from January 1, 2023. That's a departure from current policy, which gives 16 weeks paid leave to the primary caregiver and six weeks to the secondary caregiver. In 2019, the bank paid a record $5 million to settle a parental leave discrimination lawsuit. The new parental leave policy giving 16 weeks of leave to either parent, will come into effect on January 1, 2023. The bank's current policy gives 16 weeks of paid leave to the primary caregiver and six weeks of leave to the secondary caregiver.

☆ Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Faces Impeachment Vote in Pennsylvania House
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Pennsylvania House is poised to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner , as Republican legislators push to remove the twice-elected prosecutor whose progressive policies they blame for fueling record levels of violent crime in the city. The Republican-led House, using a simple majority, could impeach Mr. Krasner, a Democrat, as early as Wednesday morning. If it does, the next step would be a trial in the GOP-led state Senate. Conviction and removal from office would require a two-thirds majority. It is unclear when a trial might be held.

☆ Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Impeached by Pennsylvania House
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Pennsylvania House impeached Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner , as Republican legislators push to remove the twice-elected prosecutor whose progressive policies they blame for fueling record levels of violent crime in the city. The Republican-led House impeached Mr. Krasner, a Democrat, Wednesday by a vote of 107 to 85. The next step will be a trial in the GOP-led state Senate. Conviction and removal from office would require a two-thirds majority. It is unclear when a trial might be held.

☆ University of Virginia Student in Custody After Fatal Shooting of Three Football Players
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Virginia State Police investigated the crime scene on Monday at the University of Virginia, where classes were canceled for the day. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—A University of Virginia student suspected of fatally shooting three football players and injuring two others on campus was in custody on Monday after a nearly 13-hour manhunt, officials said. The suspected gunman, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., allegedly shot his classmates, killing three and injuring two, onboard a charter bus Sunday night in a university parking garage, UVA officials said at a news briefing Monday morning.

In Arizona Senate, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly is ahead of Republican Blake Masters by 115,000 votes with 80% in. On Dobbs, the national exit poll showed 27% of voters picking abortion as their No. And remember that our final NBC News poll found Trump as one of the most unpopular political figures we measured, especially compared with President Biden. In each state, those Democratic secretaries of state nominees were running against Republicans who cast doubt on the 2020 election result. Two of those five feature Democrat vs. Democrat contests, thanks to the state’s Top 2 primary, so those will stay in the Democratic column.

REUTERS/Mary F. CalvertPHOENIX, Ariz./BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Nov 8 (Reuters) - Senate incumbents including Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and senior Republican John Thune won re-election in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, on a day Republicans were expected to wrest control of Congress away from President Joe Biden's Democrats. Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House of Representatives seats are on the ballot. The final outcome, particularly control of the 50-50 Senate, is unlikely to be known any time soon. Democrats currently control that chamber through Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote. The Georgia race could end up in a Dec. 6 runoff to determine which party holds the Senate.

DeSantis, a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, turned away Democratic Representative Charlie Crist, Edison Research projected. Seven Republicans also won U.S. Senate seats, according to Edison, though none was unexpected. Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House of Representatives seats are on the ballot. Republicans are widely favored to pick up the five seats they need to control the House, but control of the Senate could come down to tight races in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona. In Maricopa County, Arizona - a key battleground - the Republican Senate nominee, Blake Masters, and the national party filed an emergency lawsuit seeking to extend voting hours after some tabulation machines malfunctioned.

☆ Democrats' risky midterm strategy to elevate election deniers appears to pay off
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Andy Sullivan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The gamble appears to have worked: All eight Democratic candidates who benefited from the strategy were projected to win their races as of Wednesday morning. Democrats also defended two competitive House of Representatives seats in New Hampshire and picked up one in Michigan, as their candidates held wide leads over Republican election deniers. And Democratic gubernatorial candidates in four states -- Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maryland and Illinois -- easily dispatched Republican candidates after running ads in the Republican primaries earlier this year. Democratic groups spent at least $51.5 million in Republican primaries this year, according to a Reuters tally. The DGA also ran ads amplifying the conservative credentials of Republican election deniers in Maryland and Michigan who won their primaries but lost the general election.

Rep. Ken Calvert is running against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District. The 41st District includes the city of Corona, Calvert's hometown. Calvert, who has a history of opposing same-sex marriage, faces Rollins in a district that has long backed gay rights. 2022 General EmbedsCalifornia's 41st Congressional District candidatesCalvert is a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations. Voting history for California's 41st Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 41st Congressional District, located in Riverside County, covers a swath of the Coachella Valley and includes Palm Springs, Lake Elsinore, and parts of Corona and Riverside.

☆ The world is running out of fresh water. How to invest in the companies trying to prevent this crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Many operate in areas like filtration and desalination, testing and analytics or smart water networks that can help use water more efficiently. It also invests in water solutions companies like Danaher even if the share of their revenue from water-related businesses is below the 30% threshold the fund typically requires. Water metering also is important for conservation efforts, and companies in this space include Xylem , Badger Meter and Roper . As a pure-play water company, he expects it to take advantage of several industry trends. In the water quality space, Evoqua Water Technologies is a name RBC likes.

☆ Theories on Race, Gender and Sexuality Are Pivotal Issues in U.S. School Board Elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

URBANA, Md.—Three conservative school board candidates have been knocking on doors and going to parades in Frederick County, Md., in the run-up to the midterms, campaigning with a message that they will curb what they say is the injection of misguided ideas about gender, sexuality and race in classroom instruction in the politically purple region. The group, calling itself Education Not Indoctrination and backed by a political-action committee pumping money into similar efforts around the U.S., will square off in Tuesday’s election against a four-candidate slate supported by teachers unions, in a contest that both sides say carries high stakes for the school district’s more than 45,000 students.

☆ Republican Rep. Ken Calvert faces off against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Ken Calvert is running against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District. Calvert, who has a history of opposing same-sex marriage, faces Rollins in a district that has long backed gay rights. California's 41st Congressional District candidatesCalvert is a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations. First elected to the US House in 1992 to represent California's 43rd Congressional District, Calvert is the longest-serving Republican of the state's congressional delegation and one of the most senior members serving in the legislative body. Voting history for California's 41st Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 41st Congressional District, located in Riverside County, covers a swath of the Coachella Valley and includes Palm Springs, Lake Elsinore, and parts of Corona and Riverside.

☆ U.S. FAA should bar airlines from reducing leg room -6 Democratic senators
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mary F. CalvertWASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Six Democratic U.S senators urged the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday to bar airlines from further shrinking the size and leg room of airplane seats. Last month, a U.S. appeals court heard arguments from a flyer advocacy group urging it to order the FAA to set minimum seat dimensions on passenger airplanes. There are no current minimum seat dimensions. Current rules say airlines must be able to evacuate passengers within 90 seconds but do not set seat size requirements. In July 2018 the FAA said it would not regulate seat size.

☆ Halloween Parades Get Canceled in Schools, and Parents Boo
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

For decades, Halloween meant a parade day in the Lower Merion School District near Philadelphia. Elementary-school students, temporarily transformed into unicorns, tigers, jockeys, witches, princesses and much else, would march around outside, as parents waved, cheered and snapped pictures. But the Covid-19 pandemic brought a two-year halt to the events, and this year officials in the affluent district have again shelved the parades at the six elementary schools, citing concerns about inclusivity and student safety.

☆ Pennsylvania Republicans Launch Bid to Impeach Philadelphia D.A. Larry Krasner
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives filed articles of impeachment Wednesday against Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner , saying the twice-elected prosecutor should be removed from office because his progressive policies have fueled record levels of violent crime in the country’s sixth-most populous city. Mr. Krasner, one of several so-called “progressive prosecutors” who have taken office in recent years, decried the filing in a series of Twitter posts. The move is “devastating to democracy, and it shows how far toward fascism the Republican party is creeping. These Republicans divest from communities and then grandstand about crime for political gain,” he said in a tweet.

☆ Pennsylvania Republicans Launch Bid to Impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives filed articles of impeachment Wednesday against Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner , saying the twice-elected prosecutor should be removed from office because his progressive policies have fueled record levels of violent crime in the country’s sixth-most populous city. Mr. Krasner decried the filing in a series of Twitter posts. The move is “devastating to democracy, and it shows how far toward fascism the Republican party is creeping. These Republicans divest from communities and then grandstand about crime for political gain,” he said in a tweet.

☆ St. Louis School Shooting Leaves at Least Two Dead
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Students stand in a parking lot Monday near the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in St. Louis. A woman and a teenage girl were fatally shot Monday morning at a St. Louis high school, and the shooter died in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers, authorities said. Eight people, including the gunman, were taken to the hospital, St. Louis Interim Police Commissioner Michael Sack said. He said the injuries included gunshot and shrapnel wounds. He didn’t provide the conditions of any of those who were nonfatally injured.

☆ Two Victims, Gunman Dead After St. Louis School Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A 61-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl were fatally shot Monday morning inside a St. Louis high school, and the suspected shooter died in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers, authorities said. Four teenagers sustained nonfatal gunshot injuries or graze wounds and were in stable condition, St. Louis Interim Police Commissioner Michael Sack said at a news conference Monday evening. Two other teens had abrasions, and one had a broken ankle, he said. He didn’t name either of the deceased victims or describe their connection to the two schools that share the campus where the shooting occurred.

☆ Impressive Everton thrash Palace 3-0 to end losing run
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LIVERPOOL, England, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his first goal of the season as Everton ended their three-match losing streak in the Premier League with an impressive 3-0 win over Crystal Palace at home on Saturday. "For the team and for myself to get the win today it went exactly how I hoped," Calvert-Lewin said. The result ended Palace's unbeaten run of three league games and also means that they are yet to win an away league game this term. "I think we were second best in every department of the game," Palace manager Patrick Vieira told the BBC. "We saw a team who played with determination to win the game and we didn't match that level.

☆ Forest stun Liverpool, Manchester City and Everton get home wins
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Richard Martin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

MANCHESTER, England, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Struggling Nottingham Forest pulled off a stunning 1-0 win over Liverpool to claim only their second victory of the season in the Premier League on Saturday, while champions Manchester City continued their chase of leaders Arsenal. Liverpool had gathered some momentum after a poor start to the season and arrived at the City Ground to face bottom club Forest on the back of consecutive league wins. Forest moved off the bottom with nine points and manager Steve Cooper said: "This is a big win but only a win. To win a game against someone like Liverpool, you need to have very good moments at both ends. Liverpool are seventh on 16 points after 11 matches, 11 behind leaders Arsenal, who visit Southampton on Sunday.

☆ Raleigh, N.C., Shooting Suspect Identified as 15-Year-Old Male
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Police said a 15-year-old male is suspected of carrying out Thursday’s mass shooting in Raleigh, N.C., and said he was hospitalized Friday morning in critical condition. Authorities on Friday also identified the five people who were killed, who ranged in age from 16 to 52 years old and included a 29-year-old off-duty Raleigh police officer fatally shot while on his way to work. Two other people were injured, and one remains hospitalized in critical condition, officials said.

☆ Raleigh Shooting: Gunman Kills Five in North Carolina, Including Off-Duty Police Officer
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Scott Calvert | Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An armed juvenile killed at least five people, including an off-duty police officer, in a mass shooting Thursday evening in Raleigh, N.C., before being taken into custody by police, city officials said. “This is a sad and tragic day for the city of Raleigh,” Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said at an evening news conference.

☆ Raleigh, N.C., Shooting Victims Include Teen Brother of Suspect
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The 15-year-old male suspected of carrying out Thursday’s mass shooting in Raleigh, N.C., took the life of his 16-year-old brother along with four other people, according to a law-enforcement official and a person familiar with the matter. The suspect was hospitalized in critical condition, police said Friday. Authorities haven’t released his name or provided further details about his medical condition. They identified the 16-year-old victim as James Roger Thompson , and the Wake County Public School System said he attended 11th grade at Knightdale High School.

☆ At Least Five Killed in Raleigh, N.C., Mass Shooting; Suspect in Custody
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Scott Calvert | Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Welcome to the World’s Oddest Pot Party, Thrown by the Local Police
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Scott Calvert | Photographs Ting Shen For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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