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Wells Fargo fired more than a dozen workers last month after allegations that the employees were faking work activity on their computers. The bank terminated the workers after investigating claims of “simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work,” according to a filingcited by Bloomberg News, which earlier reported the firings. The terminations were reported in disclosures filed with …

Washington —The Supreme Court on Friday invalidated a federal rule enacted during the Trump administration thatoutlawed bump stocks, devices that greatly increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons. The6-3 rulingfound that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it issued the ban in 2018, following the2017 mass shootingat a music festival in Las Vegas, …

Washington — The State Department sanctioned an Israeli extremist group that it said has been mounting attacks aimed at thwarting the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, it announced Friday. The U.S. accused members of the group, called Tsav 9, of blocking, harassing and damaging convoys carrying assistance to Palestinians in Gaza for several months. The group has blocked roads …

In a dreary part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered people who now proudly call a former parking lot home. The gated micro community known as “The Melody” doesn’t look like a parking lot anymore. Artificial turf is spread across the asphalt. Potted plants and red Adirondack chairs abound. There’s …

A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones′ personal assets, but also dismissed the bankruptcy case of Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems. The decisions leave the future of his Infowars media platform uncertain, as Jones owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Judge Christopher …

An Army veteran, firefighter and New York radio station founder says he’ll “forever Rest in Peace” after revealing a lifelong “secret.” In a message included in Col. Edward Thomas Ryan’s obituary, he said, “I was Gay all my life.” The obituary states that Ryan, who lived in Albany, New York, was a retired fireman, the owner and founder of radio …

West Palm Beach, Florida — Former President Donald Trump Friday night celebrated his 78th birthday in a packed Palm Beach Convention Center filled with supporters — including Republican Sen. Marco Rubio — while he continued his familiar attack lines on President Biden regarding immigration and foreign policy. “Under my leadership, we had no wars,” Trump declared. “Instead of a globalist …

South Florida has been left in a state of emergency afterdays of rain have dumped more than a foot of rain on many parts of the region. The deluge created what’s been likened to “zombie movie” scenes and triggered a rare warning from the National Weather Service as the precipitation continues on Friday. “Looked like the beginning of a zombie …

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a possible vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, defended Trump’s previous remarks on immigrants “poisoning the blood of our country” in a Spanish-language interview Wednesday with Telemundo. “I think he speaks that way and in that manner,” Rubio said in Spanish, with an English-language translation provided by the network, when asked if Trump could …

Just a week after a temporary offshore pier designed to bring desperately-needed humanitarian aid into war-torn Gaza reopened following repairs, authorities announced Friday that it is being temporarily dismantled yet again because of rough seas. U.S. Central Command announced Friday that the U.S.-built pier was being removed from Gaza’s coast and towed back to Ashdod, Israel, to prevent it from …