US Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) speaks during a news conference, on protections for access to in vitro fertilization. Last week the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos have the same rights as children and people can be held liable for destroying them. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via […]
Introduction: Hunt warned pound would suffer if he misreads the markets Good morning, and welcome to our rolling of business, the financial markets, and the world economy. With just over week to go until the budget, Jeremy Hunt is being warned not to risk unfunded tax cuts that could cause ructions in the financial markets. […]
When she wasn’t at work or asleep last summer, Heidi Leatherby was filming videos about products sold on Amazon. She made videos about coffee makers and electric fences, tea bags and vitamin supplements, kettlebells and rubber duckies — more than 2,200 in six months. “I took all lunch hours, all waking hours of my weekend, […]
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says lessons from 2020 are informing election officials’ priorities and preparations for the general election in November. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says lessons from 2020 are informing election officials’ priorities and preparations for the general election in November. Paul […]
D.C. United began the 2024 season Saturday with its new coach watching with its new general manager and co-owners from the suite level, its two most experienced players unavailable and five newcomers in the lineup. A campaign carrying high turnover and low expectations took flight with a man advantage for most of the night and […]
The name’s Powers. Chad Powers. And he’s coming (back) to a screen near you. Hulu ordered Eli Manning’s character “Chad Powers” to be made into its own comedy series, according to a company press release. Manning created and transformed into Powers for an episode of his docuseries “Eli’s Places” after Manning’s curiosity about the college […]
Arab- and Muslim-Americans and some 60 percent of all Americans have wanted for months for US President Joe Biden to pressure Israel into accepting an immediate ceasefire in the war on Gaza. The White House has all but ignored them. So Arab- and Muslim-Americans decided to flex their political muscle by using their electoral power […]
Editor’s Note: Lindsay Shiver of Thomasville, Georgia, pleaded not guilty on Friday, Dec. 8, to killing her estranged husband in a Bahamian court during her formal arraignment. Newsportu — American Lindsay Shiver, accused of conspiring to kill her husband with two co-defendants in the Bahamas, was granted bail of $100,000 by a Bahamian Supreme Court […]
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley talks to the media after voting Saturday in Kiawah Island, S.C. Haley called former President Donald Trump’s comments about Black voters “disgusting.” Chris Carlson/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Carlson/AP Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley talks to the media after voting Saturday in Kiawah […]
LOS ANGELES — Far-right activist Chaya Raichik splits her time between California, where she’s registered to vote, and Florida, where she often travels. But the place where she arguably is having the biggest impact these days is Oklahoma, a state she’s visited only once. Raichik, who operates the social media account Libs of TikTok, has […]