Last week, a mini-scoop on Radar triggered titters within the political media world: The once notorious “Manhattan Madam,” who ran a high-end escort service in New York City, has been working as an adviser to a political action committee supporting independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The gossip website did not go into details about what the former call-girl ringmaster was doing to help RFK Jr. And, it turns out, the full story is far more interesting than what Radar...

The rape and murder of a trainee medic at a hospital in Kolkata has spurred thousands of women to ’reclaim the night' in marches across India. Thousands of women marched through a number of Indian cities overnight in protest after a trainee doctor was raped and murdered at a hospital in Kolkata. The 31-year-old medic, who has not been named, was found murdered in a rest area at the R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata on August 9. She had fallen asleep after a 36-hour shift and was attacked by...

This corporate crisis wasn't supposed to happen — not to this company, and certainly not to this extent. When CrowdStrike (CRWD) sent customers a faulty update to its cybersecurity software in mid-July, the routine event quickly snowballed into an information technology outage of historic proportions. CrowdStrike stock fell into a tailspin as countless industries ground to a halt, causing more than $10 billion in estimated damages and leaving the company with a huge crisis management challenge...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign announced Wednesday that she will propose a federal ban on “corporate price-gouging in the food and grocery industries,” CNBC reported. Harris is expected to make the announcement at an economy-focused speech on Friday in Raleigh, N.C. when she plans to outline her agenda targeting big companies maintaining high costs for consumer staples. “There’s a big difference between fair pricing in competitive markets, and excessive prices...

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose the first-ever federal ban on “corporate price-gouging in the food and grocery industries,” her campaign announced late Wednesday. “There’s a big difference between fair pricing in competitive markets, and excessive prices unrelated to the costs of doing business,” the Harris campaign said in a statement. “Americans can see that difference in their grocery bills.” The proposed ban is part of a broader economic policy...

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Jeffrey Hatrix (also known as Jeffrey Nothing), a co-founder and former vocalist for the industrial collective Mushroomhead, has sued the band’s drummer and producer Steve “Skinny” Felton, alleging copyright infringement and failure to pay Hatrix royalties that he is owed. Hatrix (born Jeffrey Lewis Hetrick), who left the band in ’18, claims he wrote or helped write 148 songs during his time with the band but has not received royalties “for several years at least.” Hatrix’s attorney says the singer is seeking at least $3.5-million but clarified that “we don’t know all what he is entitled to yet.”  ### The post Former Mushroomhead Singer Sues Ex-Bandmate Over Unpaid Royalties appeared first on RockinTown.