MOBILE, Alabama — What part of the words “cruel and unusual” do lawmakers in Louisiana and Alabama not understand? Imposing outlandish cruelty while inviting a costly constitutional challenge shouldn’t be anyone’s idea of public service. Yet by insisting on allowing the use of nitrogen gas, a gruesome method, for criminal executions, that’s exactly what these […]
(The Center Square) — Though it’s unclear how much education funding will flow from budget negotiations, House Democrats say it’s important to develop a pipeline for Black educators in Pennsylvania. During a policy committee hearing with the legislative Black caucus on Thursday, legislators heard from educators on what teaching can accomplish and what worrying trends […]
Israeli forces recovered the bodies of three people in northern Gaza who were killed on Oct. 7 during the Hamas attacks. The Israel Defense Forces announced on Friday it had recovered the bodies of Orión Hernández Radoux, 30, Hanan Yablonka, 42, and Michel Nisenbaum, 59, in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza where Israeli forces recently returned to […]
President Joe Biden‘s campaign detailed several lines of attack to be lobbed against former President Donald Trump when the two candidates face off for the first general election debate of the 2024 cycle. Biden is set to “hold Donald Trump accountable” on the debate stage, according to campaign Chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon’s “The Road to […]
Documentarian Morgan Spurlock, best known for the 2004 film Supersize Me, died Thursday at the age of 53. Spurlock had been battling cancer, according to his family. He was a former smoker who quit before he embarked on his one-month binge of purely McDonald’s meals for three meals, which he turned into a movie. At […]
In recent weeks, former President Donald Trump has been giving local and regional news outlets the inside scoop on some of his campaign moves over larger, national outlets. He has told newspapers and broadcast stations in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New York details about his next moves on the campaign trail or in a potential second […]
EXCLUSIVE — Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) will back Kari Lake’s Senate bid in Arizona, marking the latest high-profile endorsement for the Republican candidate in what is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched elections of the 2024 cycle. Burgum endorsed Lake on Friday, arguing she is the best candidate to help former […]
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he is confident that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will be a member of his administration if he wins the election, following Haley’s confirmation she will vote for him in November. “Well, I think she’s gonna be on our team because we have a lot of the same […]
The International Court of Justice ruled that Israel must “immediately halt” its offensive into the Rafah enclave in Gaza. “In conformity with obligations under the genocide convention, Israel must immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah governate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza, conditions of life that […]
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis‘s victory party Tuesday was noteworthy not just for a surprise guest but for the time she addressed her supporters: less than two hours after polls closed. Willis boasted shortly before 9 p.m. Eastern time that she’d be drinking Grey Goose following her primary win, but the party may have […]
