Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. was born on June 20, 1938, in Washington. News accounts said his father, known as Pops, was a notorious racist in Birmingham. The younger Mr. Blanton had a 10th-grade education and served as an aircraft mechanic in the Navy from 1956 to 1959, according to F.B.I. …...Read More
Thomas Blanton, Who Bombed a Birmingham Church, Dies at 82
Supreme Court Turns Down Request to Allow All Texans to Vote by Mail
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would not require Texas to let all eligible voters vote by mail. The Texas Democratic Party and several voters had urged the court to reinstate a federal trial judge’s injunction requiring state officials to allow all voters, and not just …...Read More
‘TikTok Grandma’ Who Helped Tank Trump Rally Now Works for Biden
Last weekend, Mary Jo Laupp was enjoying a quiet night at a birthday party for her granddaughter — until she picked up her phone and her world flipped upside down. A TikTok video she had made urging people to reserve tickets to President Trump’s June 20 rally in Tulsa, Okla. …...Read More
Alcoholic mother-of-three gave up booze to get her family back
A woman has revealed how she overcame her addiction to alcohol and turned her life around, winning her husband back and reuniting her family once again. Seija Nelson, 38, told Jam Press that she believes her own addiction to binge drinking is linked to her father's addiction to alcohol, noting …...Read More
Russian buys £6m London penthouse after virtual viewing
Advertisement A mystery Russian has bought a £6million penthouse in Holborn despite only having had a virtual video tour due to the coronavirus lockdown. The sale of the three-bedroom apartment at the Lincoln Square development near Lincoln's Inn Fields was conducted 'virtually' in one of the biggest transactions of its …...Read More
Animal rights activists glue themselves to road in London
Animal rights activists glued themselves to the streets of central London on Friday in a protest against farm trespassing fines in Canada. Images show the protestors causing disruption outside London's Canadian Embassy by sitting in the road, with two female demonstrators attaching themselves to the road by locking their arms …...Read More
House Fails to Override Trump’s Veto Limiting Student Loan Debt Relief
WASHINGTON — The House tried and failed on Friday to invalidate stringent rules imposed by the Trump administration on student loan forgiveness, falling short of overriding a veto by President Trump. The override effort, which would have revived bipartisan legislation to overturn regulations put in place last year by Education …...Read More
Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos 'copy cat' as Amazon buys Zoox
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is criticizing rival billionaire and Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, on Twitter after the e-tailing giant's splashy acquisition of a self-driving startup. In a tweet after the news, Musk called Bezos a 'copy cat' for Amazon's decision to acquire Zoox, a self-driving technology company, for $1billion. 'Jeff …...Read More
Bar manager says Ron Jeremy is a groper but 'he's no rapist'
A former bar manager at the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood has jumped to the defense of accused sex predator Ron Jeremy, saying: 'Yes he's a groper but he's no rapist.' Eliot Preschutti, 46, ran the famous rock bar on the Sunset Strip for two years from …...Read More
House Approves D.C. Statehood in Historic Vote
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted nearly along party lines on Friday to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., the first time a chamber of Congress has approved establishing the nation’s capital as a state. The legislation, which is unlikely to advance in the Republican-led Senate, would establish a 51st …...Read More
