DETROIT (AP) — A Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents from a 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak has agreed to plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter, according to an email sent to families and obtained Friday by the Associated Press. The deal with Glenn Chin calls for a 7 1/2-year […]
After President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, many have looked to the betting markets for insight on who is teetering toward victory, as opposed to relying on traditional polls. The federal government is trying to restrict election betting over concerns about influencing election results. Over $5 million has been wagered on […]
When hundreds of books got hauled away in a dumpster from the library of the New College of Florida on Thursday, the tiny liberal arts college with a governing board dominated by appointees of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis once again found itself at the center of the state’s culture wars. “We abolished the gender studies program. Now […]
BOSTON (AP) — A sweeping maternal health bill has cleared both legislative chambers and is awaiting Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s signature. The bill would create a pathway for midwives and lactation consultants to obtain licenses, encourage the creation of more freestanding birth centers, and establish a grant program to address maternal mental health and substance […]
(The Center Square) — In defending gun control laws in Illinois and other states, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul recognizes the challenges posed by recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on the right to keep and bear arms. Raoul’s office is defending the state’s gun ban in federal court. Illinois is not the only place Raoul […]
CHICAGO, Illinois — Tim Walz is betting his vice presidential rival’s sterling academic credentials won’t impress voters. The Minnesota governor, at a recent rally with his new boss, Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee-designate, mocked the educational achievements of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). Vance, a 2013 Yale Law School graduate, was tapped for […]
Vice President Kamala Harris continues to cut into former President Donald Trump‘s previous electoral lead with favorable poll results coming in across four Sun Belt states, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College survey. Harris leads in previously Republican-leaning Arizona, 50% to 45%, and North Carolina, 49% to 47%, while maintaining a margin-of-error contest […]
Democrats are heading into their convention with a new nominee and a renewed sense of confidence. But after 2016, Democratic delegates and strategists do not want to take Vice President Kamala Harris‘s momentum for granted. Democrats realize the support for Harris and vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) will only persist if the public […]
Washington Examiner White House reporter Haisten Willis joins magazine executive editor Jim Antle to discuss the verdict on Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden‘s recent joint appearance, the criticism Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Harris are facing for not being available to the press, the dispute about Walz’s military service, and veteran swiftboating […]
Democrats will gather in Chicago this week to hype up their presidential ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as they look to make the 2024 Democratic National Convention as memorable as past editions. Ahead of the 2024 iteration, here are four memorable moments from past DNCs. 1968 — Chicago taken […]
