US Energy Says 20,000 New Linemen Needed for Rising Electricity Needs

Electrical linemen—highly-trained and well-paid—are needed in the next decade to power-up a rapidly expanding grid. Billy Lang is a commercial truck driver, medic, tree-trimmer, pole-climber, high-wire engineer, and whatever else it takes to keep the lights on. Lang, 33, of New Milford, Connecticut, is a Class B Journeyman Lineman, one of about 120,000 who tend

Football Players Share About Their Time Playing Under Coach Tim Walz

‘He wasn’t one of the coaches that yells and screams,’ said David Schoettler, a defensive tackle on the Mankato West High School football team in 1999. David Schoettler, a defensive tackle on the Mankato West High School football team in Mankato, Minnesota, failed to make a tackle as the offense scored a touchdown during a

Trump’s Bid to Move New York Case to Federal Court Delayed by Procedural Misstep

Attorneys for the Republican presidential candidate are seeking to move his state criminal case ahead of sentencing in September. A federal court in New York on Friday, in a procedural notice, flagged a deficiency in former President Donald Trump’s latest legal filing in which his attorneys sought to move his state criminal case to federal

Trump Says He’ll Vote No on Florida Pro-Abortion Ballot Initiative

The Republican presidential candidate said a six-week abortion ban is too short, and a law allowing a nine-month abortion is too radical. Former President Donald Trump said on Friday that he’d vote no on a ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion access in Florida’s constitution, saying that a six-week ban is too short and a

Georgia Election Workers Seek Control of Giuliani’s Assets After Defamation Suit

The filing listed his New York apartment, Florida condo, and Mercedes Benz Model SL500. The two Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani are asking a federal judge to grant them control over his assets after winning a $146 million defamation judgment against him in December. An Aug. 30 filing in the Southern District of

Republican Lawmaker in Florida Faces Felony Forgery Charges

A Republican lawmaker in Florida turned herself in on Thursday after being indicted on felony forgery charges in connection with her administrative position at a private Christian school. The Orange County grand jury charged state Rep. Carolina Amesty, 29, with four felony counts: two counts of forgery, one count of illegally notarizing her own signature,