HOLDENVILLE, Okla. — At least two people, including a child, died in tornadoes that swept through Oklahoma, authorities said Sunday as emergency crews assessed the extensive damage to homes and businesses from the high winds, hail and flooding. Dozens of reported tornadoes have wreaked havoc in the nation’s midsection since Friday, with flood watches and […]
Louisiana stands as exemplary in punishing those who prey on the most vulnerable members of society. On Wednesday, Glenn Sullivan Sr, 54 of Springfield, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape. In addition to a 50-year prison sentence, Sullivan will be physically castrated no later than one week before his release. According to […]
As a neophyte graduate student in history in the late 1990s, I once asked a veteran professor how he managed to focus on grad school during the campus protests of the Vietnam Era. “Easy,” he replied. “You went to the library.” In other words, the protesters might take themselves seriously, but that does not oblige […]
The grizzly bear will be returning to the North Cascades mountain range in Washington state as part of a plan by the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The mountain range includes North Cascades National Park and a number of wilderness areas. About 85% of the American portion of the range — […]
As Republican voters have learned, to their dismay, party affiliation does not always matter when it comes to elected representatives. In Congress, for instance, “Republican” and “Democrat” often convey little more than the illusion of difference. For gauging the electorate’s mood, however, voter registrations — particularly when measured in the tens of thousands — can […]
President Joe Biden regularly confuses authoritarianism with democracy and men with women. Small wonder, therefore, that his adversarial relationship with reality would extend to electoral analysis. Campaigning at the Dale Mabry campus of Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, Biden referred to the Republican-dominated Sunshine State as “in play, nationally.” GOP rep laughs […]
Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered the implications of a state ban since overturning […]
The Biden administration on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to declare federal law supreme and to force states with severe abortion bans to allow exceptions in emergency cases where a woman’s health is at risk. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the justices that a federal emergency care law that requires hospitals to stabilize patients covers […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor botched the status of abortion laws Wednesday when she said some states bar all abortions, even in cases where the mother’s life is at stake. She was sparring with Joshua Turner, a lawyer defending Idaho’s law, which does generally bar abortions but also includes a mother’s life exception. “What you’re saying is […]
As Republican David McCormick cruises to an unopposed victory in Pennsylvania’s Tuesday primary elections, the candidate for the U.S. Senate has one big supporter — former President Donald Trump. McCormick will face Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, who is seeking his fourth term in the Senate. “lt’s a big day in Pennsylvania. And we hope that […]
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