Legendary canoe/paddleboarder Loch Eggers dies suddenly while hiking in Hawaii

Legendary canoe/paddleboarder Loch Eggers dies suddenly while hiking in Hawaii

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News November 3, 2022 Loch Eggers, a legendary Hawaiian canoe/paddleboarder died suddenly while hiking on Maui on Saturday, reports say. He was 55. Eggers reprtedly suffered a heart attack alone while hiking one of his favorite spots, Lahaina Pali Trail overlooking Maalaea Harbor about a mile above Honoapiilani Highway. […]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court orders election officials not to count undated ballots

Pennsylvania Supreme Court orders election officials not to count undated ballots

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News November 2, 2022 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered state election officials not to count mail-in and absentee ballots which arrive in envelopes that are undated or incorrectly dated. The ruling reportedly could affect thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots. Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel called […]

‘Ballot spoiling’ is outlawed in Wisconsin

‘Ballot spoiling’ is outlawed in Wisconsin

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 30, 2022 The practice of a voter being allowed to void their initial ballot and submit a new one, known as “ballot spoiling,” has been outlawed in Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s 2nd District Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a county circuit court’s directive that ordered the Wisconsin Elections […]

New polling: Republicans lead in 4 key Senate races, close gap in others

New polling: Republicans lead in 4 key Senate races, close gap in others

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 28, 2022 The latest U.S. Senate election polling from RealClearPolitics shows Republicans taking the lead in Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. According to polling posted on Oct. 27, Republican Herschel Walker has opened a lead of 5 points on Democrat incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock. In Ohio, GOP […]

Zuckerberg’s Meta fined $24 million for violating campaign finance law

Zuckerberg’s Meta fined $24 million for violating campaign finance law

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 27, 2022 A judge in Washington state fined Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, $24.7 million for violating campaign finance disclosure law. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North on Wednesday issued the maximum penalty allowed for more than 800 violations of the state’s 1972 […]

Darrell Brooks guilty on 6 counts of first-degree homicide in Waukesha

Darrell Brooks guilty on 6 counts of first-degree homicide in Waukesha

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 26, 2022 A Wisconsin jury on Wednesday found Darrell Brooks guilty on 76 counts – including six counts of first-degree homicide – for plowing an SUV through the Waukesha Christmas parade last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more. Brooks faces a mandatory life sentence for […]

Judge strikes down NYC’s vax mandate for city employees, orders fired workers be reinstated

Judge strikes down NYC’s vax mandate for city employees, orders fired workers be reinstated

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News October 25, 2022 A New York Supreme Court judge on Monday struck down New York City’s vaccine mandate for city employees. Judge Ralph Porzio ruled against the city, saying the mandate is unconstitutional. The judge ordered the city to reinstate, with back pay, the more than 2,000 city […]