Editors USA TODAY Published 3:54 AM EST Feb 21, 2019 Bond hearing set after Smollett charged with disorderly conduct "Empire" star Jussie Smollett, who told Chicago police he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in January, has been charged with disorderly conduct for filing a false police report about the alleged hate crime. Cook County spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said a bond hearing has been set for Thursday. The disorderly conduct charge Smollett faces is a Class 4 felony that carries a potential sentence of one to three years in prison and substantial fines. The charge comes three weeks after Smollett, 36, said he was assaulted near his Chicago home on Jan. 29 by two masked men who shouted slurs, wrapped a rope around the actor's neck and poured a "chemical" on him, later revealed to be bleach. Pope gathers bishops for summit on clergy sex abuse Pope Francis and Catholic church leaders from around the … [Read more...] about Jussie Smollett case, MLB spring training: 5 things to know Thursday
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Bart Trains Not Stopping At Lake Merritt Station
Bay City News Service Published 4:00 pm PST, Tuesday, February 5, 2019 BART trains are not stopping at Lake Merritt station in Oakland Tuesday afternoon because of a power failure, BART officials said. Copyright © 2019 by Bay City News, Inc. Republication, Rebroadcast or any other Reuse without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. … [Read more...] about Bart Trains Not Stopping At Lake Merritt Station
Fighting fire with fire: Jewish people train to stop repeat of…
HONESDALE, Pa. (Reuters) - David Ortner adjusted his yarmulke, cocked his pistol and took aim - something he wishes a civilian had done to defend Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue three days ago when Robert Bowers walked in and shot 11 people dead. Trainees practice an Israeli shooting method as they take part in the Cherev Gidon Firearms Training Academy in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 5, 2018. REUTERS/Noam Moskowitz “When this happens, you get a wake-up call,” said Ortner, a 28-year-old owner of an optician shop in Monsey, New York. Ortner was one of nine Jewish men who attended a one-day course on Tuesday at the privately owned Cherev Gidon Israeli Tactical Defense Academy near Scranton, Pennsylvania, a class that was scheduled on Sunday in response to the Pittsburgh synagogue attack. He was there to learn how to use a gun to protect himself and his community and prevent a repeat of Saturday’s massacre, the deadliest targeting Jewish … [Read more...] about Fighting fire with fire: Jewish people train to stop repeat of…
Positive train control stops NJ Transit’s Atlantic City line in its tracks
Curtis Tate North Jersey Record Published 8:59 p.m. UTC Aug 23, 2018 PHILADELPHIA — Come Sept. 5, there will be no trains operating to Atlantic City for at least the remainder of the year. The culprit: Positive train control, a safety system that NJ Transit is required to install by Dec. 31. As they met with affected customers inside Philadelphia's cavernous 30th Street Station on Tuesday, NJ Transit officials said their work hadn't even started on the 60-mile route. That will leave the line's 1,850 passengers a day with a substitute express bus that even agency officials acknowledge will take 25 minutes longer than the train. Though NJ Transit is offering a 25 percent discount on fares throughout the disruption, the bus substitute will not work for everyone. "I'm not happy," said Kelly McBride, who was purchasing her ticket to go to the beach at one of the few NJ Transit ticket machines in the station, which is dominated by Amtrak and the Southeastern … [Read more...] about Positive train control stops NJ Transit’s Atlantic City line in its tracks
Adam Levine, Maroon 5 stop by Saratoga for some Death Wish
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