Congressman who settled complaint won’t run again
HARRISBURG,Pa. — A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who settled a former aide’s sexual harassment complaint with taxpayer money won’t seek re-election.
A spokesman for Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan informed Mr. Ryan of his decision on Thursday.
The former aide is three decades younger than Mr. Meehan. Her complaint came to light Jan. 20 in a New York Times report, citing unnamed people.
Ky. shooting suspect
BENTON, Ky. — The 15year-old accused in a school shooting that killed two students and left 18 others injured remains cloaked in the secrecy of juvenile court, where his initial hearing on preliminary charges of murder and assault was scheduled on Thursday.
Prosecutors said they won’t publicly identify the teenager until they get permission to try him as an adult. Meanwhile, they’re gathering evidence for a grand jury, hoping to discover why he fired into a crowd of his classmates, all 14 to 18 years old, as they waited for the morning bell inside Marshall County High School on Tuesday.
The aftermath has been overwhelming in a community where practically everyone knows each other — Benton, the nearest town, has about 4,300 residents.
NAACP sues DHS
MIAMI— The NAACP has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, citing President Donald Trump’s disparaging comments about immigrants and their home countries as evidence of racial discrimination influencing his administration’s decision to end protections for roughly 60,000 Haitians.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Maryland federal court, the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund said Homeland Security officials failed to follow the normal decision-making process when considering whether to renew the temporary protected status granted to Haitian immigrants since a devastating earthquake struck the country in 2010.
Instead of reviewing facts about conditions in Haiti since the earthquake, Homeland Security officials sought to bolster stereotypes about blacks and immigrants committing crimes and receiving public assistance, says the lawsuit.
Burger King vs FCC
NEWYORK — Burger King is delivering its own hot take on an internet regulation showdown that has inflamed the U.S., using a flame-grilled Whopper.
In an ad, customers, whom the restaurant says are real, are told they will be charged different prices for a Whopper, based on speed, or MBPS (making burgers per second). Prices range from $5, to $26.
Net neutrality is the principle that internet providers treat all web traffic equally, and it’s pretty much how the internet has worked since its creation.
The Federal Communications Commission last month repealed the Obamaera rules, giving internet service providers like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T a free hand to slow or block websites and apps as they see fit or charge more for faster speeds.