Harvard University officials announced the removal of the human skin binding from a rare book in the school’s Houghton Library. The work, Arsène Houssaye’s Des destinées de l’âme, or The Destiny of Souls in English, was first owned by French physician and bibliophile Dr. Ludovic Bouland, who declared, “A book about the human soul deserved to have […]
A majority of people support access to chemical abortion pills, but there is sharp division along partisan lines over by-mail access to the drugs, according to a public opinion poll published Friday. An Axios-Ipsos poll found that 72% of respondents say they support women obtaining chemical abortion drugs directly from their physician or a clinic, […]
A top Biden administration official shares ties to an anti-Israel think tank that is facing a congressional investigation and was advised by an embattled federal judicial nominee. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, the officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security, was a faculty affiliate in 2023 at the Rutgers Law School […]
Israeli forces are believed to be responsible for multiple strikes in Lebanon and Syria on Friday that resulted in the deaths of dozens of soldiers. More than 40 soldiers were killed in airstrikes near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group that tracks the war in Syria, […]
Wisconsin State Assembly Leader Robin Vos is facing another recall attempt from the same group that tried and failed to remove the Republican previously. A pro-Trump group filed paperwork to start a second recall effort Wednesday. The day prior, it asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to give it more time to resolve concerns with signatures […]
Top congressional leaders and the White House are calling for the release of journalist Evan Gershkovich on the one-year anniversary of his detention by Russian authorities. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter held on charges of espionage, was the paper’s reporter based in Russia and was detained during a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg by Russia’s […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) vetoed legislation that would have established a legal marijuana market in Virginia after it was passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature. Marijuana has been legal in Virginia since 2021, but the state has yet to establish a legal commercial market after the initial law. Youngkin blasted the proposal as a danger to […]
A panel of Colorado Republicans selected former Mayor Greg Lopez to be their candidate and likely replacement for the remainder of former Rep. Ken Buck‘s term, a decision that could buoy Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) as she eyes his House seat. On Thursday night, the Republican panel in Colorado‘s 4th Congressional District selected Lopez, former […]
Republican and independent voters appear open to just about anyone former President Donald Trump is considering as his running mate, with one exception — former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. In a new Economist/YouGov survey, registered voters approved nine of 10 possible picks, with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) at the top of […]
A Las Vegas inmate is accused of killing his cellmate with a lethal dose of fentanyl before storing the drugs inside of his body, authorities said. Timothy Oliver, 32, allegedly gave his Clark County Detention Center cellmate Dylan Isi, 30, the fentanyl that led to his death on Oct. 24, according to a report citing […]
