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Illinois Republicans: J.B. Pritzker and former governor Blagojevich used pay to play tactics, according to Chicago Tribune report

CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In a press release released today from the Illinois Republican Party, party spokesman Aaron DeGroot reveals a bombshell Chicago Tribune report regarding Democratic Party gubernatorial hopeful J.B. Pritzker's close ties to disgraced former governor Rod Blagojevich, revealing that Pritzker was involved in another pay-to-play scandal which involved the former governor. This was a follow-up to a previous bombshell report which was written in May. The report reveals that Pritzker and his wife wrote a campaign check in the amount of […]

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Libertarian Party denounces the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program

WASHINGTON (Libertarian Party) -- The Trump administration has announced that it will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program commonly known as DACA. DACA protects immigrants who came to the US as children. Since it’s implementation, DACA has saved almost a million young immigrants from deportation and has allowed them to work legally in the US. Libertarian Party national chairman Nicholas Sarwark says, “This is a heartless move by the Trump Administration. The recipients of DACA did nothing wrong. In […]

todaySeptember 6, 2017 47

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United Airlines won’t be fined for forcibly removing passenger from seat

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Federal officials won't fine United Airlines over an incident in April in which a passenger was forcibly removed from his seat after the airline oversold the flight, it was revealed Wednesday. The Department of Transportation conducted an investigation into the incident, which was caught on video, prompting a public relations problem for United Airlines, as well as a lawsuit from the passenger, David Dao, who settled with the airline for an undisclosed amount. Despite the backlash, the DOT […]

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Tropical Storm Katia becomes hurricane in Gulf of Mexico

TAMPICO, Mexico (UPI) -- Katia became the third hurricane active in the Atlantic on Wednesday, joining Irma and Jose, the National Hurricane Center said. Katia formed in the early morning in the southern Gulf of Mexico and by evening had strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane. The NHC said the storm is expected to stay off the coast of Mexico through Friday morning, making landfall sometime overnight. As of its 7 p.m. update, the NHC said Katia was 195 miles east of Tampico, […]

todaySeptember 6, 2017 48

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Tropical Storm Jose strengthens to Category 1 hurricane

THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (UPI) -- The National Hurricane Center said Jose strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday afternoon in the Atlantic Ocean. Jose formed Tuesday in the central Atlantic, more than 1,000 miles east of Hurricane Irma, and so far is following Irma's path westward toward the Caribbean. The NHC said Jose is "quickly strengthening" as it travels west-northwest at 16 mph. In its 5 p.m. advisory, the NHC said Hurricane Jose was located about 1,040 miles east of the Lesser Antilles with sustained […]

todaySeptember 6, 2017 30

Business & Lifestyle

Police officer Jeff Payne involved in Utah nurse arrest video fired from paramedic job

SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -- A Utah police officer who arrested a Utah nurse for refusing to hand over a patient's blood sample has been fired from his job as a paramedic. Salt Lake City Police Det. Jeff Payne, who was also a part-time paramedic, was terminated by Gold Cross Ambulance after video was released last week in which he threatened to arrest University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels. Video footage of the July 26 incident, taken from Payne's body camera, was given […]

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Watchdog report: Social Security Administration paid $38 million to dead veterans

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Social Security Administration paid out nearly $38 million to veterans that were already dead, according to an Inspector General report released last week. The Inspector General for the SSA found a systematic problem in which the SSA continues to send payments to veterans after they were listed as dead by the Veterans Administration. In other cases, the VA listed people as dead who were still alive. But the crux of the problem appears to be deaths that […]

todaySeptember 6, 2017 32

Business & Lifestyle

LEGO revenue down; 1,400 job cuts to follow

BILLUND, Denmark (UPI) -- LEGO said Tuesday it plans on 1,400 job cuts, as the toy-maker's half-year revenue is down 5 percent from last year. The news comes off a nearly decade-long period of growth for LEGO, where the company had become the world's most profitable toymaker and the second-largest by sales. The toy manufacturer has long been able to compete with competition from cellphone apps and video games. LEGO said it intends to reduce its workforce by 8 percent but […]

todaySeptember 5, 2017 30

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Man dies at Burning Man after running into fire

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. (UPI) -- A man attending the Burning Man festival in Nevada died Sunday after he reportedly ran into a large fire, part of the annual festival's climax. Aaron Joel Mitchell, 42, ran past security and fire officials and into the blaze of a 40-foot wooden statue that is purposely set on fire each year as part of the festivities on Saturday night, reported the Reno Gazette Journal. The Pershing County Sheriff's Office said that pieces of the statue […]

todaySeptember 4, 2017 50

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