Domestic Glance
A week before the botched launch of Florida’s new unemployment benefits website, state senators grilled an agency chief and heard no warning about the chaos to come.
The CONNECT project was well managed and extensive testing showed system failure was unlikely, said Tom Clendenning, director of the Department of Economic Opportunity’s workforce services.
“This has been carefully planned out,” Clendenning said, smiling broadly during an Oct. 9 Senate hearing. “You can never be too 100 percent bulletproof, so we do have a contingency if in fact the new system isn’t ready.”
Florida’s unemployment benefits website was not ready for launch and state can’t explain why
Sisters of Iowa representative killed in Pennsylvania shooting
A sister of the women found shot to death in the basement of the recently purchased East Liberty home they shared said this morning that the family was still trying to make sense of the tragic development.
"Right this minute we're still trying to figure out what happened," said Mary Wolfe, a sibling of Susan Wolfe and Sarah Wolfe and a Democratic state representative in Iowa.
Amish couple in hiding fight for right to refuse cancer treatment for daughter
An Amish couple who are in hiding with their daughter plan to pursue their legal arguments to make healthcare decisions for her, even if judges allow a court-appointed guardian to withdraw from a campaign to put her through cancer treatments.
Andy and Anna Hershberger are appealing a court decision that allowed the guardian to step in. The Amish couple said they were not objecting to the treatment for religious reasons but because they believe the chemotherapy was killing 11-year-old Sarah. Meanwhile, the guardian says she cannot contact the family and has asked to withdraw from the case.
Justice Dept. to extend benefits to same-sex couples
In a major victory for same-sex marriage rights, the Justice Department will soon grant married gay and lesbian couples the same rights in legal matters as other married couples.
The new policy, which will be announced by Attorney General Eric Holder on Saturday evening in New York, marks the latest step by the Obama administration to extend rights to same-sex couples that are afforded to married, heterosexual couples.
"In every courthouse, in every proceeding and in every place where a member of the Department of Justice stands on behalf of the United States, they will strive to ensure that same-sex marriages receive the same privileges, protections and rights as opposite-sex marriages under federal law," Holder said in prepared remarks to the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group that works on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equal rights.
The Mothers Behind The Girl Scout Cookie Boycott
The new gluten-free shortbread cookies should have been the most controversial part of the 2014 Girl Scout cookie campaign.
Instead, pro-life groups across the country have banded together to launch CookieCott 2014, a boycott of Thin Mints, Tagalongs and other tasty pastries because the Girl Scout’s national leadership “continues to show its attachment to pro-abortion leaders and organizations.”
Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner Dies at 91
Ralph Kiner, who slugged his way into the baseball Hall of Fame and enjoyed a half-century career as a popular broadcaster, died Thursday. He was 91.
Kiner, who died with his family at his side at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., hit 369 home runs during his 10-year career, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who retired his No. 4 in 1987.
New York regulator demands bank documents as investigation widens
New York state’s top financial regulator has demanded documents from more than a dozen banks including Barclays, Deutsche, Goldman Sachs and RBS as a probe widened into trading practices in the $5.3tn-a-day global foreign exchange markets.
Benjamin Lawsky, New York's financial services superintendent, made the move following the banks’ decision to fire or suspend at least 20 traders following reports that employees at some firms had shared information about their currency positions with counterparts at other companies.
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