This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden 157 days away from handing over the keys to the executive mansion, four years short of his goal but potentially with an OK legacy of handing them off to a new generation. His long goodbye begins Monday when he addresses the Democratic National Convention for […]
In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report finding the fertility rate in the United States fell in 2023 to its lowest levels since it began tracking the data in 1979. While the U.S. experienced a 1% boost in births during the pandemic, between 2020 and 2021, fertility rates have been […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai-based port operator DP World reported Thursday its half-year profits fell by nearly 60%, in part over the attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the Israel-Hamas war that have affected shipping through the Red Sea. DP World reported profits of $265 million this year, down from $651 million the same time […]
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 […]
