Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe (photo, left), who claimed he was the victim of a political firing ordered by a vindictive Trump only 26 hours before he was set to retire, will get his full pension after all. In addition, the Department of Justice will pay over $200,000 of missed pension be[...]
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October 14th, 2021 - 4:14 pm § in Law and Courts
States’ rights
“Lawyers for supporters of the Texas abortion law told a federal appeals court Thursday that the state was free to pass its law banning abortion after about six weeks because states can reach their own conclusions about whether abortion [is] constitutional,” NBC News reported on Thursday[...]
October 14th, 2021 - 3:40 pm § in Science
PHOTOGRAPHY: Collectible
Through the ceiling and smack into her pillow. A British Columbia woman is now the proud owner of a meteorite. Why is she smiling? Because it missed her. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
What’s behind “The Big Quit”?
Americans are quitting their jobs in record-breaking numbers. Nothing like this has been seen since data tracking began two decades ago. What’s going on? Individual reasons vary, of course, but in general they’re fed up, according to labor market observers. Robert Reich, an economist who[...]
October 14th, 2021 - 10:05 am § in Health, Law and Courts
What happens when kids overdose on Covid-19 vaccine?
More and worse side effects, it seems. A father and mother went with their 5- and 4-year-old kids to Walgreens for flu shots, but they all got adult-strength Covid-19 vaccinations instead. Now the kids have “fever, body aches, cough, headaches, and nausea,” according to the family’[...]