Congressional Democrats have gone all in on abortion, and now they’re setting their sights on an unlikely target: President Joe Biden. Biden reportedly made a secret deal with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to nominate a pro-life Republican to a lifetime judgeship in Kentucky, The Courier-Journal reported Wednesday. Other Democrats… Read More
Simone Biles, John McCain net Presidential Medals of Freedom
President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate. Biden will also recognize Sandra Lindsay, the New York… Read More
WVa opioid verdict still pending after nearly a year
Last July, a federal judge in West Virginia heard closing arguments in the first lawsuit to go to trial over the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic. With an avalanche of documents from the three-month trial, Judge David Faber didn’t indicate when he would make a ruling on the multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed… Read More
Lawsuits filed after Amtrak derailment
The first lawsuits have been filed only days after an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that left four people dead and injured up to 150 others. Amtrak and BNSF Railway Co. filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the concrete contracting company that owns the dump truck hit… Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says “we will not comply” with law
The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the Democrats have been scrambling to find workarounds in the week since. President Joe Biden called for the 50-50 Senate to lower its 60-vote threshold for ending debate on abortion bills… and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., went a step further. Sen. Lindsey Graham,… Read More
Americans at Wimbledon break 27-year record
Brandon Nakashima’s victory over 2021 Wimbledon semifinalist Denis Shapovalov at Court 12 on Thursday at the All England Club? Martin Blackman was there. That came after Taylor Fritz used a full-on, headfirst dive to reach an unreachable shot on the way to eliminating Alastair Gray on the same patch of… Read More
R. Kelly 30-year sentence may impact his other trials
R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge for parlaying his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were children. And if the 55-year-old loses at three related… Read More
CDC identifies listeria outbreak in this state
One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin, health officials said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not identified a food that might be spreading the deadly bacteria, but officials said the public should be alert to symptoms… Read More
Crewless robotic Mayflower ship reaches Massachusetts
A crewless robotic boat retracing the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has landed near Plymouth Rock. The sleek Mayflower Autonomous Ship met with an escort boat as it approached the Massachusetts shoreline Thursday, more than 400 years after its namesake’s historic journey from England. 9 drugs linked to Alzheimer’s… Read More
Jackson sworn into Supreme Court following historic announcements
Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice, and she took the place of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement… Read More
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