Sex worker blames McDonald's for her fate, and more

Sex worker blames McDonald's for her fate

A California woman is suing McDonald’s, claiming it’s the burger chain’s fault she became a prostitute. Shelley Lynn alleges she became a sex worker because of the influence of her ex-husband, Keith Handley, who once hired her to work at his McDonald’s franchise. Lynn says the company failed to conduct “due diligence into the moral character of Handley when it sold franchises to him.”

Security threat list targets water pistols but not guns

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Tampa officials have released a list of items considered a security threat during the Republican National Convention in August, including water pistols, masks, and even pieces of string. Firearms are not on the list. State gun laws prohibit any local restriction on the carrying of guns. “If we’d tried to regulate guns, it wouldn’t have worked,” says a city official.