Alice Cooper is a rock ’n’ roll oddity. If you’re at all familiar with his macabre onstage persona, the notion that he’s not normal even by the standards of rock stars seems obvious enough. What’s not so obvious is the way his cultural influence has been felt. What makes him a true oddity is that […]

The Justice Department is weathering the Trump administration’s first wave of post-midterm departures, with three senior officials announcing their exits in the days following Democrats’ sweeping victories on Tuesday. U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quinones and Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg, the department’s top national security official, resigned on Friday. Their departure followed Civil Rights Division […]

The first round of November Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in two days.  When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The second round will go out on Nov. 18 to those born between […]

Sen.-elect Annie Andrews (D-SC) has a long track record of supporting gun control and treating firearms deaths, especially among minors, as a public health issue, a break from tradition in a state that has historically strongly backed Second Amendment rights. Andrews, the Senate’s first female physician and first pediatrician, credits her stance on gun control […]