Author: Geoff Mulvihill
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Supreme Court nominee from Colorado has defended free speech, religion
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been a defender of free speech and a skeptic of libel claims, an Associated Press review of his rulings shows. His record puts him at odds with President Donald Trump’s disdain for journalists and tendency to lash out at critics. On other First Amendment cases involving freedom of religion,…
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Sanders loyalists bash Clinton nomination, clash with police
PHILADELPHIA — Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party’s presidential nomination. Despite Sanders’ calls for them to support Clinton, thousands of activists have taken to the streets during the convention this week to voice support for the liberal…
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Sudan woman arrives in US, faced death over faith
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence, which was later overturned, has arrived in the United States after a flight from Rome. Meriam Ibrahim stopped in Philadelphia briefly before flying on to Manchester, New Hampshire, where she will make her new home.…
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Parents wire kids to prove teachers’ verbal abuse
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Teachers hurled insults like “bastard,” ”tard,” ”damn dumb” and “a hippo in a ballerina suit.” A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, “Shut up, you little dog.” They were all special needs students, and their parents all learned about the verbal abuse the same…
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Parents wire kids to prove teachers’ verbal abuse
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Teachers hurled insults like “bastard,” ”tard,” ”damn dumb” and “a hippo in a ballerina suit.” A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, “Shut up, you little dog.” They were all special needs students, and their parents all learned about the verbal abuse the same…
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Anger brews over government workers’ benefits
When Erin McFarlane looks at public workers, she sees lucrative pension benefits she doesn’t ever expect to get. And it makes her mad. “I don’t think that a federal employee or government employee is worth any more than anybody else who does their job and does it well,” said the Slinger, Wis., woman. She’s been…
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N.J. Naval base locked down
LAKEHURST, N.J. — Something that sounded like gunfire and a delivery driver with a gun led to a one-hour lockdown at a Navy base Monday. A base official said there were no injuries and no real danger. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst spokeswoman Angel Lopez said security concerns were raised at around 9:30 a.m. at two different…
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Recall raises questions about promotional glasses
MILLVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A recall of 12 million cadmium-tainted “Shrek” drinking glasses sold by McDonald’s raises questions about the safety of millions of similar cheap promotional products that have been sitting in Americans’ kitchen cabinets for years. Only glasses produced for the latest “Shrek” movie are included in the voluntary recall announced Friday by…
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Yemen holds American after al-Qaida sweep, shootout
BUENA, New Jersey — Yemen counterterrorism authorities captured a U.S. citizen of Somali origin after he shot his way out of a hospital in the Middle Eastern country, where he was being held after a sweep of al-Qaida members, authorities said Thursday. Authorities in Yemen are holding Sharif Mobley, 26, who was being treated…
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Bush critic wins Nobel prize for economics
PRINCETON, N.J. • Paul Krugman, whose relentless criticism of the Bush administration includes opposition to the $700 billion financial bailout, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his work on international trade patterns. The Princeton University professor and New York Times columnist is the best-known American economist to win the prize in decades. The…