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Variety reports: A former anchor on KCAL and KCBS has filed a $5 million lawsuit claiming he was fired because he was a white man. Jeff Vaughn is represented by America First Legal, the conservative legal group that has taken aim at diversity, equity and inclusion programs, calling them illegal “anti-white discrimination.” Vaughn worked at the CBS-owned station group for …

The Christian Post reports: Zachary King, a pastor with “significant experience serving in youth ministry” at multiple megachurches, including LexCity Church in Lexington, Kentucky, from which he recently resigned as executive pastor, has been charged with the rape and sexual abuse of a minor. A press release from the office of Attorney General of Kentucky, Russell Coleman, said King, 47, …

The New York Times reports: In a move that will further consolidate the luxury retail market, the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has agreed to acquire Neiman Marcus in a $2.65 billion deal, creating the ultimate high-end department store behemoth. The deal, which had been rumored since Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy protection during the pandemic, comes just over …

USA Today reports: All of Jamaica was about to feel the power of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday as the eye of the Category 4 storm reached the island of 3 million people, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its 5 p.m. ET advisory. The hurricane’s outer bands had lashed Jamaica earlier Wednesday after hurtling across warm waters in the …

“Highly respected Justice Michael Gableman is a fighter for Wisconsin, a State that I love. Robin Vos must be defeated! He is constantly fighting the truth and wants nothing to do with Election Fraud or anything else that is good for the State. “We are going to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and I want to make Wisconsin a big part …

Courthouse News reports: A Texas judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of a migrant shelter in El Paso, once again blocking state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to shut it down. In his ruling, El Paso County Judge Francisco Dominguez granted Annunciation House’s motion for summary judgment. Paxton had claimed the nonprofit was assisting migrants regardless of legal status, and …

The Hill reports: Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is calling on President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race, becoming the second sitting Democratic lawmaker to urge the incumbent to step aside after his lackluster performance in last week’s debate. Grijalva — who has served in Congress since 2003 — told The New York Times in an interview that he will …

Bloomberg News reports: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Donald Trump should come forward with his plan to quickly end the war with Russia, warning that any proposal must avoid violating the nation’s sovereignty. “If Trump knows how to finish this war, he should tell us today,” Zelenskiy said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Kyiv on Wednesday. “If there are …

The Nebraska Examiner reports: Nebraska appears poised to follow six states since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade to vote on the future of abortion rights in its state constitution. Abortion-rights petition campaign Protect Our Rights said it turned in a record 207,000 signatures since its mid-November 2023 launch, the most in state history for any petition effort. …

“On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing ‘that all political connection between [the American colonies] and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved.’ And the rest, as they say, is history. “The Declaration mentions God three times: first as the Creator, then as Supreme Judge of the world, and …