Managers at a Tyson meat processing plant are facing a wrongful death lawsuit after an employee lost his life to Covid-19. The legal action was filed this summer by Oscar Fernandez, after his father Isidro died in April. Prior to his death, Isidro worked at a facility in Waterloo, Iowa which is the company’s largest plant. The lawsuit alleges Tyson’s…
A man who was convicted of killing a Texas teen in 1994 has been federally executed. 49-year-old Orlando Hall ran a marijuana trafficking operation out of Arkansas. After a failed drug transaction worth $4,700, Hall and some associates drove to Texas to confront two brothers who owed them. They weren’t home, but their 16-year-old sister was. After Lisa Rene refused…
As the U.S. reported yet another daily record high of Covid-19 cases, the CDC issued a firm warning for Thanksgiving celebrations. More than 187,000 new infections were reported yesterday, marking it the highest since the pandemic began worldwide. There were also around 2,000 deaths. Healthcare workers are struggling to keep up with those drastic numbers, as well as hospitalizations as…
Senator Lindsey Graham is facing another ethical complaint after his discussion with Georgia’s Secretary of State. Brad Raffensperger accused Graham of potential election interference earlier this week. He claims the senator put pressure on him to toss out legally cast absentee votes in the presidential race as they continue their by-hand recount. Graham has denied the allegations, saying he was…
South Carolina has gone ahead and scheduled its first execution in almost a decade. The state’s supreme court has decided 55-year-old Richard Moore will be executed on December 4th. He’s spent 19 years on death row after killing a Spartanburg convenience store clerk in 1999. His attorney’s are currently seeking to stay the execution, arguing the pandemic presents a danger…
At least three people were injured after a shooting in Florence County last night. Police initially reported that there had been three victims hit on Gaillard Street in East Florence. That number has been potentially raised to four now, after they discovered another person injured with a gunshot wound around the corner near East Walnut Street. However, it’s still unclear…
A South Carolina prison inmate has died after being assaulted yesterday afternoon. 28-year-old Travis Lee was convicted of attempted murder, kidnapping and criminal conspiracy. He was serving an 18-year-sentence at a correctional institution in Lee County. However, he died while at a local hospital after being assaulted by several other inmates while in his living unit. The South Carolina Department…
While the Trump Administration is still fighting the election results in court, it appears they are beginning to accept the outcome. President Trump’s team has filed more than 30 court challenges across several battleground states. Of those 30, at least 19 have been outright dismissed, denied, settled or withdrawn, largely due to lack of evidence of widespread voter fraud. However,…
It seems Nancy Pelosi has signaled this may be her last term in Congress as House Speaker. Pelosi has been considered to be a prominent democratic figure for the better part of two decades and has never faced a serious challenge for her leadership role in all that time. She was also just tapped to run for a seventh and…
A judge has issued a ruling against the White House over the expulsion of migrant children due to Covid-19. The decision came from Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. DC District Court. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s the same judge who ruled against the USPS just before the election in order to ensure every mail-in ballot was…
