Maya Srikrishnan and Ashley Clarke | Center for Public Integrity This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. In rural Abita Springs, Louisiana, it’s nearly impossible to get anywhere by foot. Driving is a means of survival. Jacques LeBourgeois, 66, understands this better than most. He … Read more
On today’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: The United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of a cease-fire in Gaza. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Joe Biden push Republicans in Congress to pass a new funding package for aid to Ukraine. USA TODAY National Political Correspondent David Jackson looks at the influence of Donald Trump’s base with Republicans. Artificial … Read more
A Michigan judge has decided not to consider the affairs the mother of the Oxford school shooter had in her and her husband’s upcoming trial as the first parents in the U.S. charged in a mass shooting. Jennifer and James Crumbley are due in court Wednesday, days after their son, Ethan, was sentenced to life … Read more
Land loss and climate change in FL. What’s next for species at risk? Animal populations are in decline due to climate change. And with a decline in wild land, the space between people and animals is blurred. Some species are at risk because of climate change and a decline in wild spaces. But what’s next … Read more
Persistent cough: COVID or something else? There are a variety of respiratory illnesses going around – like the flu, COVID and RSV, as we spend more time indoors. The claim: Jacinda Ardern didn’t receive the COVID-19 vaccine A Dec. 5 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of former New Zealand Prime Minister … Read more
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney won’t seek 2nd term Mitt Romney, a longtime politician and Republican Senator from Utah, announced that he will not be seeking a second term. Fox – 32 Chicago, Video Elephant WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, didn’t rule out voting for President Joe Biden in a recent interview, calling GOP frontrunner … Read more
Justice Clarence Thomas and two of his colleagues said they would have heard the case. It’s ‘viewpoint-based and content-based discrimination in its purest form,’ Thomas wrote. This Christian man is fighting LGBTQ+ discrimination at religious schools Federal law gives religious universities like Alliance an exemption from anti-discrimination rules. That exemption is what LGTBTQ advocates are … Read more
Howard University Law Prof. Tiffany Wright on qualified immunity The legal doctrine of qualified immunity is an anomaly within the law because ignorance isn’t typically a defense for everyday people. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Elise Brown was a little over 5 feet tall and weighed all of 117 pounds when she was ordered … Read more
On today’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: International pressure builds on Israel, amid its offensive in Gaza. USA TODAY Health and Breaking News Reporter Eduardo Cuevas looks at a spike in suicides among older men. Former President Donald Trump cancels plans to testify this week in his New York real estate civil fraud trial. The Supreme Court is being asked … Read more
Hi OnPolitics readers! The Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on the case of Elise Brown, then 83 years old when she was ordered out of her blue Oldsmobile by police in California in 2019. The officers who pulled Brown over mistakenly thought the car she was driving had been stolen, and, following their protocol, … Read more