Two Texas teenage girls arrested for ‘mass casualty attack’ plot
Two teenage girls in the US state of Texas have been arrested for plotting a “mass casualty attack” with pipe bombs and guns, police say. The girls, ages 15 and…
Ex-Deputy Describes Rampant Violence by Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’
In a series of interviews from prison, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy described for the first time how he and others in his department regularly entered homes without warrants, beat…
Reeling Texas Democrats Get a Rare Sight: Their National Chair
Defeats across the once solidly blue Rio Grande Valley. Shrinking margins in big Democratic cities like Houston and Dallas. Lost seats in the State House. The drubbing that Texas Democrats…
Blackouts Are Becoming the Norm—Can the U.S. Power Grid Be Saved? | naked capitalism
Yves here. The shaky state of the US grid is yet another indictment of neoliberalism, which over time produces underinvestment, particularly in long-term projects. Andrew Haldane has shown, for instance,…
Two killed after small planes collide midair in Arizona
At least two people have died after two small planes collided midair near an airport in Arizona, police said. A Cessna 172S and a Lancair 360 MK II, both fixed-wing,…
Nearly One in 10 U.S. Adults Identifies as L.G.B.T.Q., Survey Finds
Nearly one in 10 adults in the United States identifies as L.G.B.T.Q., according to a large analysis from Gallup released Thursday — almost triple the share since Gallup began counting…
Kamala Harris Has Scrambled the California Governor’s Race Without Entering It
In a different scenario, the governor’s race in California would already have taken shape. Aspiring candidates would have been making appearances around the state. Donors would have begun bankrolling their…
Large Fire Erupts at Industrial Complex in Pennsylvania, Closing Schools
A large fire broke out at a manufacturing site for aviation products in Pennsylvania on Monday night, engulfing the building in flames and closing nearby schools over fears of hazardous…
‘Here We Go Again’: Kentucky Residents Face More Destruction and Anxiety From Storms
As the rains began to drench Eastern Kentucky this weekend, Mimi Pickering looked anxiously out her window in the town of Whitesburg as the North Fork Kentucky River kept rising,…
A Win in Long-Running Kentucky Retirement Systems Pension Case: Attorney General Thwarted in Scheme to Settle Claims Against KKR and Blackstone on the Cheap | naked capitalism
In a step forward for long-suffering Kentucky Retirement Systems (now Kentucky Public Pension Authority) beneficiaries, attorneys for so-called Tier 3 Plaintiffs beat back a scheme by Attorney General Russell Coleman…