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The EEOC announced a federal lawsuit against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast last week. They say the company discriminated against men when it planned a two-day networking trip for women employees only.(snip) According to the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire, about 250 female employees attended the event, which was held at the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in Connecticut. “Coca-Cola Northeast privately invited female employees and then excused the female employees who attended the event from their normal work duties on Sept. 10 and 11, 2024, and paid them their normal salary or wages without requiring them to...

***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: Celebrate Women: Favorite Singer *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For The Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time...

A man who was previously charged for making terrorism threats against the Sandy police department was shot and killed by a Utah Highway Patrol trooper last Friday afternoon on I-15. The driver, identified Thursday as Sayed Mousavi, 29, of Sandy, hit the trooper's vehicle about 5 p.m. near 4500 South on I-15, and kept going, before coming to a stop near 3500 South, according to the Utah Department of Public Safety. The trooper started to approach Mousavi after he stopped and got out of his car on the freeway. Mousavi allegedly pulled out a knife, "leading to the trooper discharging...

Kamala Harris reportedly plans to address a string of Democratic events in the Deep South next month as she considers mounting a 2028 presidential run. The former vice president and losing 2024 White House candidate will speak at fundraisers for the state Democratic parties in Georgia, North and South Carolina and Arkansas as she works to bolster support among Southern Black voters who have played an outsized role in recent Democratic primary races, CNN reported on Thursday. Although Harris hasn’t made a decision to run, the Southern swing suggests she is keeping her options open as a crowded Democratic field...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the Save America Act during an exchange at an event with Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk.Leavitt and Kirk attended an event at George Washington University in Washington, where a student yelled out and asked if President Donald Trump’s efforts to pass the SAVE Act was worth the risk.The student said there were only a few hundred cases of voter fraud and asked if it was worth tightening restrictions on federal elections.“There is certainly much more, I believe, voter fraud in this country, and I’m sure those statistics back it...

He’s Bill de Bogotá. Aging hipster former Mayor Bill de Blasio recently gallivanted down to Colombia with his terminally online new girlfriend and an alleged Chinese Community Party-linked lefty group to denounce American imperialism, The Post has learned. The under-the-radar trip in January saw de Blasio join an “emergency” conference — Nuestra América — to defend democracy and peace in the Americas after the controversial US capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro that month. The ex-Hizzoner’s far-left trek drew disbelief and derision from many New York City political insiders, particularly because de Blasio jetted off along with Code Pink —...

Rep. Seth Mouton (D-MA), a Marine Corps combat veteran, denounced Polymarket as “DISGUSTING” for allowing customers to place bets on the fate of a U.S. fighter pilot still missing after ejecting over Iran. One pilot of the downed F-15 was successfully rescued, but the crew member remains unaccounted for. The New York Times reported Friday that a second Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf, Friday, and that the sole pilot was successfully rescued. Moulton posted to X about speculation over the missing crew member. “There is an ongoing search and rescue operation for a missing American service...

They gathered Sunday at a trendy downtown Los Angeles restaurant — a group of women out for brunch. But police said the outing devolved into a fight involving a knife and a bottle that was used to strike a fellow diner's skull. Five women ended up at a hospital, with one critically hurt. Dara Newsome, 29, and Kumiko Howard, 26, were arrested Sunday after the altercation inside Zaya, a dining spot in a historic building that markets itself as “a safe and welcoming gathering space.” Police said the all-female group was enjoying brunch inside the restaurant in the 500 block...

MILLCREEK — A Midvale woman was arrested Thursday and accused of cutting the brake lines of a vehicle belonging to a couple who have a stalking injunction against her. Toria Raye Stein, 32, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Thursday and charged Friday in 3rd District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and two counts of stalking, a second-degree felony. The victim couple lives in the Mount Aire community in Parleys Canyon. The wife told police that in late February, "she got into her Honda CRV, finding the brake pedal was not working and went straight to...

“A man is under arrest in Kampala after fatally stabbing four young children inside a nursery school on Thursday, April 2, 2026, in an attack that has shocked Uganda and drawn international attention. The killings took place at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program school in Makindye Division, Kampala City, during what should have been an ordinary school day. Eyewitnesses say the attacker disguised himself as a parent to gain entry into the school. He first approached the administrative offices and briefly spoke with a staff member before turning on the children, who were aged between two and three years...

Following Pam Bondi’s ousting from her position at the Department of Justice, her portrait was put in the trash can, according to reports.According to TMZ and MS Now, Bondi’s photo was seen resting upside down in an empty trash can.

🚨 GREAT NEWS: Trump’s budget bill submitted to Congress today begins the process of PRIVATIZING TSA Airports taking part in a test program which TSA pays private screeners have ALREADY proven significant cost savings, per the White House PRIVATIZE IT! 🔥 WHITE HOUSE: “The Budget begins the privatization of TSA's airport screeners by requiring small airports to enroll in the Screening Partnership Program, under which TSA pays for private screeners at designated airports. The airports that already use this program have demonstrated savings compared to Federal screening operations. The move would yield cost savings compared to Federal screening and begin...

Democrats have a double-digit advantage over Republicans in the North Carolina Senate race between former Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper (D) and former Republican National Committee Chair (RNC) Michael Whatley, a survey commissioned by Nexus Strategies for Healthier United found. The survey asked respondents, “Looking forward to the November election for United States Senator. If the election were held today, would you vote for Roy Cooper, a Democrat, Michael Whatley, a Republican, or Shannon Bray, a Libertarian?” Across the board, 50 percent chose Democrat Cooper, leaving Whatley nearly 18 points behind with 32.3 percent support. Bray only sees single digit support...

NEW YORK -- Amazon is slapping a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers using its platform starting later this month amid a spike in fuel prices since the war in Iran started. The temporary charge is effective April 17 for many of the sellers who use Amazon’s fulfillment services, the online behemoth confirmed to The Associated Press in an email Thursday. “Elevated costs in fuel and logistics have increased the cost of operating across the industry,” Amazon said in the emailed statement. The Seattle-based company said it has absorbed these increases so far but similar to other major...

Albuquerque police said they arrested one of the city’s top auto theft suspects this week. APD officers arrested Gilbert Serrano after air support tracked him to El Modelo restaurant. After Serrano picked up his food, officers pulled him over and put him in handcuffs. Police named Serrano as one of the top 25 auto theft offenders on their list for April.

H-1B visa filings at major tech companies fell sharply late last year, according to federal data, as layoffs mount and new visa restrictions take hold. The decline comes as changes to the work visa program since September have made the process costlier and placed applicants under tighter scrutiny, and as tech goliaths like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have undergone successive rounds of job cuts. Department of Labor data shows that some employers filed markedly fewer H-1B visa applications in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 than they did a year earlier. On the federal calendar, Q1 runs from October...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested the head of Wisconsin's largest mosque, who was previously linked to Democrat Representative Rashida Tlaib and groups allegedly connected to Hamas. Salah Salem Sarsour, 53, was apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] on Monday, in a 'targeted operation' in Milwaukee, according to federal authorities. DHS said Jordanian national Sarsour is a 'convicted terrorist' who allegedly lied on his green card application when he arrived in the United States over 30 years ago. Sarsour serves as the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and is a high-profile community member and businessman. The...

NFL execs debated whether wide receiver Mike Evans will be a good fit for 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and his throwing style.The San Francisco 49ers got a big boost in the offseason after they signed wide receiver Mike Evans to a three-year contract. But now executives are starting to debate whether 49ers' quarterback Brock Purdy is capable of taking advantage of the new weapon, according to Mike Sando of The Athletic. “They are going for it, man. The red zone production is going to go up even more. Now, you have the backside X that can win one-on-one,” one executive...

President Donald Trump is asking for an eye-popping $1.5 trillion to fund the Pentagon in the budget proposal the White House released Friday. With the war with Iran ongoing, Trump has pushed that more money is needing to fund the US military and less on social programs. 'We're fighting wars, we can't take care of daycare,' he muttered at Wednesday's Easter lunch, which was closed to press, but video was accidentally posted online.

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