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You're Fired? Trump, US Attorney For Virginia Have Different Takes On Prosecutor's Exit You're Fired? Trump, US Attorney For Virginia Have Different Takes On Prosecutor's Exit
You're Fired? Trump, US Attorney For Virginia Have Different Takes On Prosecutor's Exit President Donald Trump was all smiles after Erik Siebert, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned — though they have two takes on his ousting. Siebert was under pressure from Trump after he failed to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud, and the conflict came to a head on Friday, Sept. 19, resulting in the attorney leaving his position. "This evening, I submitted my resignation as Interim US Attorney for EDVA. For the last eight months, I have had the pleasure of leading the finest and most exceptional of DOJ employees, who care deeply ab…

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by Zak Failla
News
'Be The Thermostat': Embattled NJ BOE Member Resigns With Bizarre Parting Words 'Be The Thermostat': Embattled NJ BOE Member Resigns With Bizarre Parting Words
'Be The Thermostat': Embattled NJ BOE Member Resigns With Bizarre Parting Words The fight to recall Park Ridge Board of Education member Robert Fisher Jr. is officially over — because he just resigned, leaving behind a colorful resignation letter that took aim at politics and praised his own policy battles (attached). Fisher, who joined the board in January 2023 just months after graduating high school, submitted his resignation Friday, Sept. 19, according to a filing his attorney Michael Collins sent to Bergen County Superior Court Judge Peter Geiger. “I write today to resign my position as Trustee of the Park Ridge Board of Education, immensely grateful to God for th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Woman From Viral Coldplay Kiss-Cam Video Files for Divorce Woman From Viral Coldplay Kiss-Cam Video Files for Divorce
Woman From Viral Coldplay Kiss-Cam Video Files for Divorce That viral Coldplay clip continues to cause trouble. Kristin Cabot has filed for divorce from her husband, Andrew Cabot, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, according to court documents obtained by the Daily Mail. The filing comes months after Kristin was caught on a kiss cam with former boss Andy Byron during a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts. Neither Kristin nor her husband has publicly spoken about the separation. Cabot worked as chief people officer at Astronomer, an artificial intelligence and data company in Boston. Byron was the company’s CEO. Both Kristin and Andy Byron were married to…

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by Josh Lanier
News
CDC Rocked By Ouster Of Director, Resignations Of Key Leaders CDC Rocked By Ouster Of Director, Resignations Of Key Leaders
CDC Rocked By Ouster Of Director, Resignations Of Key Leaders The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is facing an unprecedented leadership vacuum after the ousting of its director and a wave of high-profile resignations.  This turmoil is unfolding as the US grapples with growing concerns over public health and vaccine misinformation. On Wednesday, Aug. 27, the White House announced it had fired CDC Director Susan Monarez, who had served just one month as the agency’s first Senate-confirmed director this year. The 50-year-old Monarez and her attorneys are contesting the move, arguing that she has neither resigned nor received an offici…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
Double-Booked: Town CFO Out At $200K Job After Leaders Find Her 2nd Gig 2,000 Miles Away Double-Booked: Town CFO Out At $200K Job After Leaders Find Her 2nd Gig 2,000 Miles Away
Double-Booked: Town CFO Out At $200K Job After Leaders Find Her 2nd Gig 2,000 Miles Away The chief financial officer for Wilton, Connecticut, has abruptly resigned after town leaders learned she was also working full-time as the Town Administrator and Finance Director in Greybull, Wyoming. Dawn Norton said she followed all employment rules when she accepted the Wyoming job, insisting she informed Wilton leadership in advance, according to The Independent. “I was actively seeking to get the heck out of dodge because I can’t handle the work that was being dumped on me, and I was not getting any support whatsoever in hiring positions in my office,” Norton said, citing chronic …

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by Josh Lanier
Business
Astronomer's New CEO Breaks Silence Amid Coldplay Concert Scandal: 'Unusual And Surreal' Astronomer's New CEO Breaks Silence Amid Coldplay Concert Scandal: 'Unusual And Surreal'
Astronomer's New CEO Breaks Silence Amid Coldplay Concert Scandal: 'Unusual And Surreal' The last few days sure have been an "Adventure of a Lifetime" for Pete DeJoy. The cofounder of Astronomer has made his first public comments since the viral "kiss cam" moment at a Coldplay concert led to the resignation of the New York City company's former CEO, Andy Byron. The video board at Gillette Stadium caught the married man and Astronomer's human resources chief, Kristin Cabot, intimately hugging before immediately separating in shame. In a LinkedIn post on Monday, July 21, DeJoy, who's now interim CEO, said his artificial intelligence firm has gained a stunning amount of internatio…

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by Chris Spiker
News
Cold Play Kiss Cam Fallout: Astronomer CEO Andy Byron Resigns Cold Play Kiss Cam Fallout: Astronomer CEO Andy Byron Resigns
Cold Play Kiss Cam Fallout: Astronomer CEO Andy Byron Resigns A kiss-cam cameo at a Coldplay show just toppled the top boss at Astronomer. Andy Byron stepped down as chief executive after he and Kristin Cabot, the company’s HR officer, were shown together on the stadium’s “kiss cam” during the band’s Wednesday, July 16 concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Both are married. Video of the moment ricocheted across social media, igniting speculation and forcing the Cincinnati-based DataOps firm into damage-control mode. Astronomer confirmed Byron’s departure Saturday afternoon, July 19, in a statement posted on X. The company wrote that&…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
'You Know Who I Am': South Jersey Councilman Flips Out On Cop During Traffic Stop (VIDEO) 'You Know Who I Am': South Jersey Councilman Flips Out On Cop During Traffic Stop (VIDEO)
'You Know Who I Am': South Jersey Councilman Flips Out On Cop During Traffic Stop (Video) The New Jersey State PBA President is calling for the resignation of a councilman in Gloucester County following the release of bodycam footage of a recent traffic stop. The footage shared by NJ Advance Media shows the traffic stop involving Paulsboro Councilman Theodore Holloway at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at Penn Line Road and Wes Adams Street in the borough. Holloway immediately becomes agitated when the officer pulls him over. "You can't be serious!" Holloway yells. Holloway threatened the officer, saying he would talk to Police Chief Gary Kille about the stop…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Embattled NJ Councilman Used Position To Threaten Liquor Store: Prosecutor Embattled NJ Councilman Used Position To Threaten Liquor Store: Prosecutor
Embattled NJ Councilman Used Position To Threaten Liquor Store: Prosecutor Sergio Rodriguez, a 29-year-old member of the Dover Town Council, was arrested and charged on Thursday, Jan. 2, after he threatened to use his power to shutter a liquor store last year, prosecutors said. On Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, Rodriguez entered a Dover liquor store and told an employee that the store’s liquor license would not be renewed if they continued to sell alcohol to individuals seen drinking in a nearby courtyard, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll and Chief of Detectives Robert McNally said. The business owner spoke to Rodriguez at a later time, and duri…

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by Sam Barron
News
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted, Reports Say: What We Know NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted, Reports Say: What We Know
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted, Reports Say: What We Know Update: New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he would fight any potential federal charges after the New York Times reported that he had been indicted on campaign finance violations.  In his first public comments since news broke Wednesday evening, Sept. 25, Adams denied any wrongdoing and said the Biden Administration had made him a "target" because he fought federal immigration policy.  “I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit. If I’m charged, I know I am innocent,” he said in a video statement. “I will request an immediate trial so that Ne…

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by Cecilia Levine