Quick Summary: Champagne Reception Launches Expanded Marblehead Arts Festival
The Champagne Reception has become the kickoff for the 60th Festival of Arts — this shift transforms it into a five-day...
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• Local leaders created a Maroon sanctuary on St. Croix to honor Maronberg history.
• Researchers use old maps and lidar data to predict where Maronberg stood.
• The Maroon community thrived in remote mountains from 1733 to 1848.
• Modern mapping shows Maronberg sites shrank as colonial roads grew.
• Ongoing...
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• A federal appeals court stopped contempt charges against Trump administration lawyers.
• Judges can refer lawyers to state discipline bodies for ethical breaches.
• State discipline can suspend or disbar lawyers who break professional rules.
• State discipline helps keep lawyers honest and protects the rule of law.
State Discipline Can...
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A top data officer claims a massive Social Security breach exposed sensitive records.
The leaked data included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, citizenship status, and more.
The files sat on an unsecured server with no oversight or access logs.
If hackers got in, millions...
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President Trump announced the immediate firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
A former Fed leader warns that a Fed firing could trigger chaos.
Trump could gain a majority on the Fed’s governing board.
Experts fear higher inflation, a weak dollar, and market turmoil.
What’s happening?
President Trump said he...
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More than a dozen FEMA staffers were put on leave after signing a dissent letter.
The letter warned that administration cuts threaten FEMA’s disaster response.
This follows a similar suspension of 140 employees last month.
A FEMA spokesperson says reform is needed to help survivors.
The move...
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President Trump says tariffs bring in huge government revenue.
Treasury Secretary credits large revenue gains to these tariffs.
Conservative analysts call the claim flawed and unrealistic.
The CBO estimate assumes tariffs stay constant, but they often change.
Critics say you can’t predict revenue when tariff rates shift.
Tariffs...
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A man faces a felony assault charge after he allegedly spat on National Guard troops outside Union Station.
The incident occurred on Aug. 22 as the man rode past two soldiers on an electric scooter.
Video shows the suspect riding by and soldiers reacting, but it doesn’t...
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Chicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, clashed with Joe Scarborough over crime solutions.
Scarborough pressed for a simple yes or no: would more police make Chicago safer?
Johnson argued that policing must pair with housing, health care, and youth jobs.
The debate shows a wider split over crime policy...
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A former federal prosecutor warns that Trump authoritarianism is speeding up in America.
Trump’s remark about some people wanting a dictator raised serious concern.
Deploying armed National Guard troops in D.C. suggests growing militarization.
A new executive order could let Trump call up the Guard anywhere nationwide.
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• Alex Acosta will testify before Congress about the Epstein plea deal.
• Lawmakers want to know why federal charges became state charges.
• The deal gave broad immunity to known and unknown co-conspirators.
• Victims did not receive required notification of the agreement.
• Ghislaine Maxwell is appealing based on that...
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• U.S. District Judge Thomas T. Cullen threw out the Justice Department’s attempt to force Abrego Garcia’s deportation.
• Judge Cullen strongly rebuked the Trump administration for attacking the courts.
• Abrego Garcia was mistakenly sent to an El Salvador prison before being returned.
• Immigration officials plan to detain him...
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ICE ignored a federal judge’s order letting Kilmer Abrego Garcia speak with his lawyer.
Garcia was wrongly deported to El Salvador and then brought back after a judge’s ruling.
He now faces human trafficking charges and has refused a DOJ plea offer.
His case highlights concerns about...
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• Active Clubs are exercise groups that hide a dangerous white supremacist agenda.
• They recruit young white men with fitness, martial arts, and a promise of brotherhood.
• They use encrypted apps and alternate social media to plan and spread propaganda.
• Active Clubs exist in many U.S. states and...
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Many students believe online rumors without proof.
Digital literacy lessons show how to check facts.
Just 150 minutes of training improved skills by 18%.
Four out of five students felt the lessons helped them.
Why Digital Literacy Matters
Students today spend hours on social media. They scroll through videos...
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• A recent DHS taunt on social media nicknamed a detained immigrant “Uganda man,” stirring wide anger.
• Kilmar Abrego Garcia faced routine check-in, detention, and threats of another deportation.
• Critics call the DHS taunt disrespectful and warn of legal action by Garcia’s family.
• The debate highlights concerns about...
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• Florida’s attorney general vows to keep Alligator Alcatraz open despite a federal court order.
• A judge demands an environmental review before the facility can run.
• Backup detention sites, like the so-called Deportation Depot, are ready to go.
• The fight links immigration enforcement to environmental and legal checks.
Alligator...
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• Trump warns he will raise tariffs on countries with digital taxes
• He says these rules harm American tech firms and favor Chinese rivals
• The move follows talks with South Korea’s president on tech rules
• U.S. could restrict exports of advanced chips if nations resist
• American tech firms...
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The Department of Homeland Security used social media to taunt a man facing deportation.
Officials planned to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, though he has no ties there.
A judge ordered DHS to pause its deportation plan after lawyers filed a lawsuit.
The public outcry highlights...
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The Justice Department could not win a felony indictment three times.
Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro reduced charges to a misdemeanor.
Grand juries returned no true bills in each session.
Observers see this as a rare prosecutorial setback.
Jeanine Pirro’s Charges Reduced to Misdemeanor
Prosecutors led by Jeanine Pirro could not...
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Jerome Powell hinted interest rates may drop as early as next month.
The economy is still battling inflation, but progress is being made.
Changes in interest rates affect everything from loans to savings.
Experts are watching how inflation behaves in the next few weeks.
Interest Rates May Drop:...
