The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared poised to limit how a key part of the Voting Rights Act, long intended to protect equal opportunity for racial minority voters, applies to drawing state electoral maps. During oral arguments in a complicated case challenging the drawing of a majority-black second district in Louisiana, the court’s conservative majority…
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 23-year-old nursing assistant in Philadelphia who was allegedly harassed by an unknown individual before disappearing. However, the search for the missing woman continues, Philadelphia police said. Kada Scott was last seen by her mother on Oct. 4 as she left for work at…
Two hikers were attacked by a grizzly bear after they encountered the mother and her two cubs on a trail in Canada, authorities said. The incident occurred on Sunday when the anonymous hikers encountered a brown sow with her two cubs on the Farm Cabin Trail near Pass Lake in British Columbia, Canada, according to…
Dozens of humanitarian organizations have begun to rapidly ramp up their operations in hopes of once again delivering aid to Gaza amid the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Items in Gaza, including food, drinking water, medicine and hygiene products, are running out, organizations say. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of families have been displaced, many of…
Major airports across the country, including those in New York City, Chicago and Atlanta, are refusing to play a video featuring Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the impacts of the government shutdown. Many of the airport representatives said their facility policies prohibit the display of political content. Some also pointed…
President Donald Trump, during a 12-hour whirlwind in the Middle East on Monday, celebrated a “new dawn” for the region as he began the first phase of a ceasefire deal he helped broker between Israel and Hamas. But upon returning to Washington, Trump faced difficult questions about what comes next. A key issue in ensuring…
The former University of Michigan assistant football coach accused of hacking into the email, social media and cloud storage accounts of thousands of athletes across the country and downloading their intimate photos and videos asked a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss half of the case, arguing that the government is trying to “speed up punishments…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of conservative commentator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The court did not explain the refusal. In 2022, a Connecticut jury awarded $965 million in damages…
While President Donald Trump has declared the war between Israel and Hamas over, some Middle East experts say the process to end the two-year conflict is just beginning. Monday’s historic release of the remaining live Israeli hostages in Gaza and the simultaneous release of more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners who had been held by Israel…
Since President Donald Trump announced in a White House press conference Three weeks ago, Tylenol use by pregnant women could increase the risk of autism in their children, claims about the drug have been circulating online. in a Cabinet meeting last weekTrump repeated claims that autism rates are low in some groups, including the Amish…
