Month: June 2023

NASCAR Great Jimmie Johnson’s In-laws Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, Okla.—Police in Muskogee, Oklahoma, confirmed Tuesday, June 27, they are investigating the shooting deaths of three relatives of seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. The bodies of Jack Janway, 69; his wife Terry Janway, 68; and their grandson Dalton Janway, 11, were discovered Monday at a home in Muskogee, located about 50 miles (80 kilometers)…


ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case Could Undermine Corporate Racial Agenda

As Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) await a landmark Supreme Court decision, expected this week, on their racial admissions policies, companies are also watching nervously, fearing that the decision could expose their race-based hiring and training programs to civil rights lawsuits. According to a Harvard Business Review 2022 survey, more than 60…


Heat Wave Expected in Southern California This Weekend

Southern Californians should expect a hot and sunny weekend as the season’s first mini heat wave arrives. Cool and breezy days will be replaced by warmer temperatures Saturday and Sunday as thermometers climb 5 to 10 degrees in downtown Los Angeles and into the 90s in the valleys, according to the National Weather Service. “It’s…


NB Premier Higgs Demotes 2 Ministers Who Voted Against Informing Parents on Gender-Identity Issues

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has shuffled his cabinet, removing two ministers who voted against a gender-identity policy that requires parental permission to change a child’s pronouns. In a tweet on June 27, Higgs announced the addition of five ministers to cabinet and the removal of two ministers who voted against the government—demoting local government…


Trump Appears in New Hampshire for Opening of Campaign Headquarters

Amid a thrift shop, an auto repair shop, the City of Manchester Department of Public Works, and a Dunkin Donuts, former President Donald Trump kicked off the opening of his campaign headquarters in New Hampshire earlier Tuesday afternoon. To people like Libby DePiero, who traveled all the way from Connecticut for the event, Trump’s chosen…


Newsom, California Legislature Agree to $311 Billion Budget Plan

With hours to spare before a July 1 deadline, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature agreed to the state’s 2023–24 fiscal year budget June 27, though Republicans argued against the proposal and the manner in which it was determined. “In the face of continued global economic uncertainty, this budget increases our fiscal discipline…


US Sanctions Gold Firms Tied to Wagner Mercenary Group

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on multiple companies accused of using illicit gold sales to help fund Russia’s Wagner mercenary group. Treasury said in an announcement on June 27 that it had sanctioned four companies in the Central African Republic (CAR), United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Russia, accusing the entities of engaging…


Experts Reveal ‘Major Shortcomings’ With FDA Analysis of Safety Outcomes in COVID-19 Vaccinated Recipients

The U.S. government’s safety surveillance system monitoring COVID-19 vaccine adverse events is “woefully inadequate” and may be missing safety signals, according to researchers who say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made multiple decisions to ensure its first published analysis only identified known safety signals. In a peer-reviewed letter published June 16 in the…


IN-DEPTH: BlackRock CEO Says He’ll No Longer Use ‘ESG’ Term

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, one of the most powerful figures on Wall Street and an outspoken champion of progressive causes, appeared to be backpedaling this week on his support for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement, saying he would no longer use the term. “I’m not going to use the word ESG because it’s…


BlackRock CEO Says He’ll No Longer Use ‘ESG’ Term

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, one of the most powerful figures on Wall Street and an outspoken champion of progressive causes, appeared to be backpedaling this week on his support for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement, saying he would no longer use the term. “I’m not going to use the word ESG because it’s…