Jana J. Pruet
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McAllen, TX, United States
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At least two NBA teams dropped the term 'owner' because it could be considered racially insensitive
At least two NBA teams have done away with the term "owner" reportedly because it could be considered racially insensitive. → Read More
London pub renamed 'The Trump Arms' in honor of the president's state visit to the UK
The landlord of a west London pub has temporarily renamed his business in honor of President Donald Trump's visit to the United Kingdom this week. The Trump Arms, which is normally called the Jameson, is decked out in American flags, Trump 2020 campaign shirts, an "Oval Office," and even a cut out of Trump, ABC News reported. The president an → Read More
Nearly 12 million Quest Diagnostics patients' information may have been stolen in data breach
Quest Diagnostics said Monday that nearly 12 million customers may have had their financial, personal, and medical information breached. → Read More
Sephora to close US stores for diversity training after R&B singer says she was racially profiled
Sephora beauty stores will close all of its U.S. stores, offices, and distribution centers Wednesday to hold a day of diversity training. → Read More
97-year-old woman attends her first prom — and she's crowned prom queen
A Rhode Island woman recently helped her 97-year-old grandmother's dream to attend prom come true. → Read More
California Gov. Newsom welcomes women to his state for abortions
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday welcomed women seeking abortions to come to his state, signing a "Proclamation on Reproductive Freedom." He described the proclamation as the reaffirmation of California's commitment to women's "reproductive freedom.""California will continue to uphold women's equality and liberty by protecting their repro → Read More
More major film studios threatening to pull productions from Georgia over pro-life law
WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures and AMC are among the growing list of major film studios that have threatened to pull film and television productions from Georgia if the state enacts its recently passed abortion law. "We will watch the situation closely and if the new law holds we will reconsider Georgia as the home to any new productions, → Read More
MTV dating show set to 'make history' with first 'sexually fluid' cast
The new season of MTV's reality dating show, "Are You the One?" will "make history" when it returns with its first "sexually fluid" cast. → Read More
California is one step closer to forcing companies like Uber and Lyft to hire workers as employees
The California Assembly on Thursday passed a proposal that would tighten regulations on companies such as Uber that use independent contractors.The AB5 bill, which was approved by a vote of 59-15, would force companies to prove its gig workers don't qualify as employees. Now, the bill is headed to the state Senate. The Labor Federation-sponsored bi → Read More
Man gets released from jail and, less than hour later, allegedly attacks 91-year-old woman. Man goes back to jail.
A man is behind bars — again — after he reportedly attacked a 91-year-old woman less than an hour after being released from an Arizona jail. → Read More
Giving cash to panhandlers could cost you $50 in this New Jersey city
Police have begun ticketing drivers who give money to panhandlers in the city of Newark, New Jersey. → Read More
Brass knuckles will soon be legal to carry in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill into law over the weekend that lifts the ban on carrying brass knuckles and other self-defense items in public. → Read More
Mark Cuban wants to update the Second Amendment. 'I would do guns completely differently,' he says
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said recently that he believes it's time to update the Second Amendment."I would do guns completely differently," the billionaire entrepreneur said during an interview with Yahoo Finance's Andy Serwer that aired Thursday. Cuban admitted that changing a constitutional amendment would be difficult, but he offered up → Read More
College student pleads guilty to tricking Secret Service, sneaking into Mar-a-Lago while President Trump was there
A 19-year-old college student pleaded guilty to tricking Secret Service agents into allowing him onto Mar-a-Lago property while President Donald Trump was visiting the resort over the Thanksgiving holiday. Mark Lindblom, a business major at the University of Wisconsin, apologized to a federal magistrate on Tuesday for his actions that he said weren → Read More
Missouri's only abortion clinic might be stopped from performing abortions by end of the week
Missouri's only abortion clinic may soon be stopped from performing abortions — unless a state court intervenes. "BREAKING: Missouri could soon become the first state in the country to have no health center that provides safe, legal abortion, leaving more than a million people in a situation we haven't seen since Roe v. Wade. This is unacceptable. → Read More
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's new criminal guidelines to allow violent young adults to get out of jail free
The city of New York will allow more young adults to get out of jail free on charges including assault and battery and armed robbery, the New York Post reported. → Read More
California city may become first in US to ban retail tobacco sales, except in posh cigar lounges
The city of Beverly Hills, California, is poised to become the first city in the U.S. to ban the sale of tobacco products with an exception that would allow posh cigar lounges to remain in business. The Beverly Hills City Council passed on Tuesday an initial vote that would prohibit the sale of cigarettes, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and electro → Read More
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio vows to boycott McDonald's until it hikes minimum wage to $15
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed that he and his staff would boycott McDonald's until the fast-food chain raises its minimum hourly wage to $15.De Blasio made the promise on Thursday while attending a planned labor strike in Iowa during a presidential campaign visit, Politico reported. His small campaign team of six also pledged to forgo me → Read More
Police: Son reports dead 97-year-old mom in backyard so he could get her benefits to pay for an invention patent
An Arizona man admitted that he had buried his dead 97-year-old mom the backyard of his home so that he could pocket her Social Security and Veteran's Affairs benefits to help pay for an invention patent, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said in a press release.Authorities arrested Daniel Shannon o... → Read More
Suspect's 'guilty conscious' leads to confession of nearly 20-year-old double murder
Georgia authorities arrested a man who confessed to a nearly two-decade-old double-homicide after his "guilty conscious" got the best of him. → Read More