Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewilderment over how exceptions should be applied. Supporters have touted these exemptions, tucked inside statutes restricting abortion, as sufficient enough to protect the life of the woman. Yet repeatedly, when applied … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” In nature, among the priestly and royal, as a symbol of independence, pride and magic, purple is weighty … Read more
Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, center, exits the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his criminal … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 19, 2023 7:38 am Updated December 19, 2023 1:22 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will outline on Tuesday the details of his plan to eventually phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles in Canada. The electric-vehicle sales mandate regulations will … Read more
08/16/2023 Tehran, Iran. A view of the single nozzle fuel dispenser of a gas station in Tehran. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) Hossein Beris | Afp | Getty Images A hacking group widely reported as being linked … Read more
“It just takes one second.” Those are the words of Michelle McLaughlin, a Sydney mum raising awareness about the “national crisis” of child pedestrian fatalities in Australia. One second was more than enough for McLaughlin’s world to forever change, when her four-year-old son Tom was fatally struck by a four-wheel-drive in 2014. Watch the latest … Read more
Three allied political action committees funded by leaders of the cryptocurrency industry will be starting 2024 with a combined $78 million as they aim to be key influencers during the pivotal election cycle, the groups announced Monday. The massive amount of cash that the PACs are prepared to use in support of likely pro-crypto candidates … Read more
The federal government says it’s monitoring a Chinese investment in a struggling Australian firm that owns Canada’s only operating rare earths mine. According to a release on the company’s website, the first stage in Shenghe Resources Holding Co., Ltd’s investment in Vital Metals was completed as of Monday, in shares issued to raise roughly $5.3 … Read more
More than one million drivers across New South Wales could get a demerit point wiped from their licence in weeks. Under the one-year trial, drivers who have kept a squeaky clean record between January 17 this year and January 17, 2024 will have one demerit point scrubbed from their record. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Drivers … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday announced it has fined U.S. Bank nearly $21 million for cutting off access to unemployment insurance benefits during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency imposed an additional $15 million penalty on the bank over the same practices. “U.S. … Read more
