Trump ordered that the term Homo sapiens be changed to Hetero sapiens. In history books and on websites, the airplane from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima will no longer be identified as the Enola Gay, but rather the Enola Straight. Trump also ordered billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, to change his name to Mark American. If he does not do so, he will be charged with terrorism.   read more

After decades of covering up the identities and accounts of pedophiles in their organization, the Boy Scouts of America is being forced to disclose thousands of older files detailing abuses of young boys by scoutmasters.   The organization insis...   read more

Morgan Stanley got off easy, according to consumer advocates, when a federal judge reluctantly approved a $4.8 million settlement involving price fixing in the electricity market.   The agreement resolved accusations that Morgan Stanley had gott...   read more

AccountNow, a California-based debit card company, is being sued by a deaf man who claims the company insisted he communicate with their customer service representatives by phone.   Richard Halavais, who cannot hear because of a stroke, tried nu...   read more

The mother of shooting victim Trayvon Martin is being sued by an insurance company seeking to avoid paying any damages related to the controversial “stand your ground” killing that took place in Florida earlier this year.   Martin was killed by ...   read more

Tax cheats have been collecting billions of dollars from Medicaid as a result of the federal government’s failure to cut off contracts with medical providers owing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).   The Government Accountability Office (GAO) ...   read more

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), one of the nation’s largest private prison operators, was on the verge of going bankrupt 12 years ago. Today, CCA along with other companies are raking in federal tax dollars by housing thousands of illega...   read more

One of the nation’s largest advertising billboard companies will not face criminal prosecution for killing thousands of trees in Florida.   Lamar Advertising Co. avoided going to trial after the State Attorney’s office in Tallahassee decided not...   read more

Four decades after he legally immigrated to the U.S., Navy veteran Hilario Rivas-Melendrez was deported to Mexico for a crime he committed in 1980.   Rivas-Melendrez settled in the U.S. in 1970. About 10 years later, he was convicted of statutor...   read more

Calling for “flexibility” in the battle against global warming, the Obama administration is fighting a proposed international goal for limiting increases in global temperatures.   At issue is a target established at the 2010 United Nations’ clim...   read more

Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is leading a bipartisan effort to impose a stick-and-carrot method of getting the Department of Defense to clean up its books and crack down on defense contractors.   The proposed legislation would punis...   read more

A doctor’s recommendation for a certain type of prescription drug may have more to it than just the medication’s efficacy.   About 40% of prescribing physicians were paid money or benefits by pharmaceutical companies that manufactured the drugs ...   read more

Corn and sugarcane could have competition in the growing industry of biofuels, now that the federal government has decided to fund research into willow plants.   A $1.37 million grant from the Department of Energy and the Department of Agricultu...   read more

Researchers at Harvard and in China have concluded that fluoride in water may impair children’s mental development.   After examining the results of 27 Chinese-based studies, experts from the Harvard School of Public Health and China Medical Uni...   read more

A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial South Dakota law that requires doctors to tell patients considering an abortion that the procedure can lead to increased risks of suicide.   Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit challenging the 20...   read more

Regardless of President Barack Obama’s public declarations that the U.S. will not provide arms to Syria’s rebels, the White House has approved a secret order authorizing support for those seeking to depose dictator Bashar al-Assad.   The order, ...   read more

“Justice delayed is justice denied.” This legal maxim describes the fundamental legal principle that when the legal system moves too slowly its remedies can become meaningless and people’s rights will suffer. “Pop-up” groups that falsely claim to ...   read more