Man charged with murder after girlfriend found dead in St. Pete garage A man was charged with murder in his girlfriend’s death Wednesday after she was found hanging in their St. Petersburg home in February, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. 05/1/2024 - 3:13 am | View Link
St. Pete man wanted on attempted murder charges arrested on Lakewood High campus A man wanted in connection with an April 3 attempted murder was arrested on the Lakewood High School campus Tuesday, according to St. Petersburg police, who said they also found a gun in the man’s ... 04/30/2024 - 7:36 am | View Link
Man found with gun on St. Pete high school campus, police say ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A man was charged with attempted murder following his arrest at a St. Petersburg ... and marijuana when they searched his backpack, according to St. Pete police. Flournoy ... 04/30/2024 - 7:22 am | View Link
3 suspects, including injured teen, charged in St. Pete man’s murder, police say Multiple suspects now face murder charges for after a man was shot dead in St. Petersburg Saturday afternoon, police said. 04/21/2024 - 7:45 am | View Link
Man exonerated in Malcolm X murder sues US, claims FBI hid evidence (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) BROOKLYN (CN) — Muhammad A. Aziz, who was exonerated in the murder of Malcolm X, sued the United States in Brooklyn federal court Thursday. Aziz, 85, spent more than 20 years in ... 11/15/2023 - 11:00 am | View Link
Water leaking from the growhouse ceiling. Algae spreading on the floor. Standing water pooling at workers’ feet.
Those were just some of the conditions alleged by workers at the Denver marijuana grow operation of Green Dragon, a Florida- and Colorado-based cannabis company.
Two years ago, workers had enough. So they organized, battling what they claimed to be the company’s intimidation tactics to form the first agricultural workers union under a 2021 state law designed to improve working conditions on Colorado’s farms.
Now the workers have a contract with multiple built-in raises, paid vacation and a committee to address workplace safety issues.
“It’s important for ag workers to have a union because they can be taken advantage of,” said Jimena Peterson, organizing director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, which helped Green Dragon employees negotiate their deal.
“Donald Trump pledged to double down on tax cuts if he wins a second term as president, drawing a distinction with President Joe Biden who has called for tax hikes on businesses and the richest Americans,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “Instead of a Biden tax hike, I’ll give you a Trump middle class, upper class, lower class, business class big tax cut.”
Take two brothers, steep them in the great music of the Sixties, wind them up and watch them go. Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario have been making great records and touring since they were in their teens. (Now they're in their twenties.) Along the way, they've written some incredible songs.
But this latest album looks to be the one that might finally push them to the top.