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Brickbat: May as Well Just Stay Home

Energy & Environment Charles Oliver | 11.22.2024 4:00 AM California clean air regulations may ban the sale of new...

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Brickbat: Stop and Snoop

Police Abuse Charles Oliver | 11.21.2024 4:00 AM The U.S. Justice Department has charged former Florissant,...

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Brickbat: Sign Here, or Else

Police Charles Oliver | 11.20.2024 4:00 AM An Oklahoma City police officer has been placed on paid leave pending...

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Brickbat: No Room at the Inn

Plastic Pollution Charles Oliver | 11.19.2024 4:00 AM Effective January 1, 2025, New York will ban hotels with 50 or...

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Brickbat: Take a Picture, It'll Last Longer

Teachers Charles Oliver | 11.18.2024 4:00 AM Marcella Cadle, a high school agricultural science teacher in Lebanon,...

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Brickbat: Side Hustle

Drugs Charles Oliver | 11.15.2024 4:00 AM A court in Liverpool sentenced Andrew Talbot, a former officer with the...

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Brickbat: Don't Make Me Come Back There

Buses Charles Oliver | 11.14.2024 4:00 AM A grand jury in Hamilton County, Tennessee has indicted school bus driver...

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Brickbat: Gas n' Go

Gas Stations Charles Oliver | 11.13.2024 4:00 AM In England, Lincolnshire Police Superintendent Fran Harrod says...

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Brickbat: Following Too Closely

Police Charles Oliver | 11.12.2024 4:00 AM Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Thomas Smith was sentenced to 21...

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Brickbat: Car Trouble

Police Abuse Charles Oliver | 11.11.2024 4:00 AM Former Easton, Maryland, police Sgt. Jason Dyott was sentenced to...

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Brickbat: Slow Down

Police Charles Oliver | 11.8.2024 4:00 AM In Texas, former Missouri City police officer Blademir Viveros has been...

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Brickbat: Fancy Meeting You Here

Police Abuse Charles Oliver | 11.7.2024 4:00 AM Edmonton Police Service Constable Hunter Robinz has pleaded guilty...

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Brickbat: Up Against the Glass

Police Abuse Charles Oliver | 11.6.2024 4:00 AM Former Wilmington, Delaware, police officer Samuel Waters has been...

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Brickbat: Burning Up

Police Abuse Charles Oliver | 11.5.2024 4:00 AM Michael Kenyon has sued the Phoenix Police Department after officers...

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Brickbat: Crime Doesn't Pay (Much)

Police Charles Oliver | 11.4.2024 4:00 AM Former, Memphis, Tennessee, police officer Arica Hutchison was sentenced...

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Brickbat: Common People

Taxes Charles Oliver | 11.1.2024 4:00 AM When campaigning for office earlier this year, British Prime Minister Keir...

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Brickbat: Captive Contrition

Teachers Charles Oliver | 10.31.2024 4:00 AM In Washington, former Leona Libby Middle School teacher Rosalinda...

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Brickbat: You Think That's Funny?

England Charles Oliver | 10.30.2024 4:00 AM In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party government has proposed changes...

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Brickbat: Hide and Seek

Jail Charles Oliver | 10.29.2024 4:00 AM Liam West-Campau has filed a lawsuit against Wayne County, Michigan;...

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Brickbat: Good Dog, Bad Cop

Police Charles Oliver | 10.28.2024 4:00 AM Center, Colorado, Police Chief Aaron Fresquez and his twin brother Sgt....

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Brickbat: Witches, Warlocks, and Bureaucracy

Halloween Charles Oliver | 10.25.2024 4:00 AM In England, an employee with the Liverpool City Council ordered...

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Brickbat: Have It Your Way

Restaurants Charles Oliver | 10.24.2024 4:00 AM When a local Burger King in Cobb County, Georgia, got his order...

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Brickbat: Gimme a B, Gimme a U…

Texas Charles Oliver | 10.23.2024 4:00 AM A cheerleading coach at Evans Middle School in Lubbock, Texas, has been...

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Brickbat: Watch What You Say, or Think

Abortion Charles Oliver | 10.22.2024 4:00 AM A Scottish law took effect in September setting up 200-meter "safe...

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Brickbat: 'Attack Mode'

Driving Charles Oliver | 10.21.2024 4:00 AM When Tennessee state troopers arrested Keith Van Soosten for DUI and...

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Brickbat: Colorblind Cash

Race Charles Oliver | 10.18.2024 4:00 AM Officials in Sacramento County, California, have unveiled a plan to help...

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Brickbat: Go Fly a Kite

Space Charles Oliver | 10.17.2024 4:00 AM The California Coastal Commission voted 6–4 to block an Air Force...

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Brickbat: Not Throwing Away My Shot

Public schools Charles Oliver | 10.16.2024 4:00 AM Former principal Natasha Halfkenny and former assistant principal...

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Brickbat: On Religious Grounds

Religion Charles Oliver | 10.15.2024 4:00 AM Police officials in the Netherlands acknowledge they have accommodated...

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Brickbat: In the Bag

Plastic Bags Charles Oliver | 10.14.2024 4:00 AM Not content with banning single-use plastic bags, California...

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Brickbat: Be Fruitful and Multiply. Or Else.

Children Charles Oliver | 10.11.2024 4:00 AM Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament...

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Brickbat: Behind Closed Doors

Transparency Charles Oliver | 10.10.2024 4:00 AM In Oklahoma, U.S. District Judge Bernard Jones granted TV station...

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Brickbat: Closing Time

Alcohol Charles Oliver | 10.9.2024 4:00 AM Andrew Gwynne, Britain's minister of public health, said the government...

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Brickbat: Nobody Here but Us Chickens

Animals Charles Oliver | 10.8.2024 4:00 AM The British government now requires chicken owners, even those who keep...

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Brickbat: Cooking With Gas

Pollution Charles Oliver | 10.7.2024 4:00 AM California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill requiring all...

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Brickbat: Mother-Daughter Activities

Welfare Charles Oliver | 10.4.2024 4:00 AM Nadine Jean Baptiste, a supervisor at the Rhode Island Department of...

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Brickbat: New Sheriff in Town

Police Charles Oliver | 10.3.2024 4:00 AM Jamey Noel, former Clark County, Indiana, sheriff and Republican Party...

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Brickbat: Sticky Fingers

USPS Charles Oliver | 10.2.2024 4:00 AM Saahir Irby, who works at the U.S. Postal Service's Philadelphia Processing...

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Brickbat: I'm a Pepper

Censorship Charles Oliver | 10.1.2024 4:00 AM A student at Missouri's Liberty Middle School was suspended for three...

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Brickbat: The Most Magical Place on Earth

Disney Charles Oliver | 9.30.2024 4:00 AM Six employees of the New York City Department of Education used federal...

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Brickbat: Bad Words

Blasphemy Charles Oliver | 9.27.2024 4:00 AM A policeman in Quetta, Pakistan, shot and killed a man being held in a...

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Brickbat: Bay Area Payoffs

City Spending Charles Oliver | 9.26.2024 4:00 AM Sheryl Davis, the head of San Francisco's Human Rights Commission,...

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Brickbat: A Learning Experience

Protests Charles Oliver | 9.25.2024 4:00 AM Canadian parents and students have complained to the Toronto District...

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Brickbat: This Ban's for You

Alcohol Charles Oliver | 9.24.2024 4:00 AM The Scottish government says it may ban alcoholic beverage companies from...

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Brickbats: October 2024

Politics Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | From the October 2024 issue Darien Harris spent 12 years in prison for...

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Brickbat: Licensed To Look

Regulation Charles Oliver | 9.23.2024 4:00 AM Some Utah sheriffs say that rules proposed by the U.S. Occupational...

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Brickbat: Whose House?

Searches Charles Oliver | 9.20.2024 4:00 AM The Riverside County, California, sheriff's office said it is...

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Brickbat: Show Me

Transparency Charles Oliver | 9.19.2024 4:00 AM A Missouri judge has ordered officials in the city of Edgar Springs...

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Brickbat: Open Carryout

Food Trucks Charles Oliver | 9.18.2024 4:00 AM Police have responded to an uptick in gun violence in downtown Denver...

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Brickbat: Down on the Farm

Farming Charles Oliver | 9.17.2024 4:00 AM In Wales, farmer Howard Walters has been sentenced to 12 months probation...

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