FILE – E. Jean Carroll arrives to a courthouse in New York, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Columnist Carroll, who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation award against former President Donald Trump, filed an amended lawsuit against him on Monday, May 22, 2023, seeking to...
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Former W.H. lawyer predicts Trump ‘will go to jail’ in documents case
Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb predicts Donald Trump “will go to jail” for obstruction in the classified documents probe. Cobb saying “all they really have to do is show that Trump moved these documents at various times when The DOJ was either demanding them...
Continue reading...NAACP’s Florida travel advisory highlights DeSantis’ statewide sabotage
The NAACP’s warning that Florida is “overly hostile” to minorities adds to the backlash against the state over its laws targeting various marginalized groups.
Continue reading...The next target of the right’s campaign against woke companies: Fox News?
The News Corp headquarters in New York City, home to Fox News, on April 18, 2023. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images A conservative outlet is attacking Fox for being too respectful of trans employees. It’s a sign of the times on the right. On air, Fox News...
Continue reading...Daniel Penny tries out the Trump-era version of ‘I have Black friends’
Daniel Penny, the man charged with manslaughter for putting Jordan Neely in a lethal chokehold on the subway, reveals troubling ideas to the New York Post.
Continue reading...With all the political maneuvering, how is life in Florida changing for residents?
With all the political maneuvering, how is life in Florida changing for residents? BRENDAN FARRINGTON May 22, 2023 Don’t say gay. Regulation of books and classroom discussion. Teachers, parents and school librarians all navigating new and uncertain ground. LGBTQ+ rights under attack. A very public spat...
Continue reading...One year after Uvalde shooting, investigation of police response continues
FILE – Law enforcement, and other first responders, gather outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Scores of parents terror turned to rage over the more than an hour that police waited to breach the classroom where a teenage gunman...
Continue reading...More women sue Texas to put emergency block on state’s abortion law
Jessica Bernardo poses for a photo at her home in the Dallas area, Thursday, May 18, 2023. More Texas women who were told they could not end pregnancies with fatal fetal anomalies or that endangered their health are challenging the states restrictive abortion laws. (AP Photo/LM...
Continue reading...U.S. EPA seeks feedback on draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution
Debris at Magee Wildlife Area near Oak Harbor, OH. (Credit: NOAA) Although plastics have led to many positive innovations that have benefitted human society (e.g. less expensive medical devices, more portable electronic devices, increased fuel efficiency of vehicles made with plastic incorporated in their bodies, etc.),...
Continue reading...In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty
Jose Alves de Morais maneuvers a boat, in Carauari, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A Brazilian non-profit created a model for land ownership that welcomes both local people and scientists to collaborate in preserving the Amazon. This is something that doesnt exist here in the Amazon,...
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