(Associated Press) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court.
The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who spent time in the hospital this week for a possible infection, said her treatment so far has succeeded in...
Woke protestors are calling on the University of North Carolina to abandon its longstanding nickname, the Tar Heels.
According to a group called the Union Soldier Campaign, the term “tar heels” is a reference to Confederate soldiers who bravely stood their ground against marauding Northern troops during the Civil War.
“They...
Voters will get another chance to strip the words “and Providence Plantations" from Rhode Island's formal name after lawmakers approved a joint resolution to put the question on the November ballot.
Although the word “plantations” in Rhode Island’s name does not specifically refer to a place where slaves labored, it...
U.S. Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, a former Republican who backed the impeachment of President Donald Trump, is officially not running for reelection.
Amash had suspended his congressional campaign in February and later explored seeking the Libertarian Party's nomination for president.
Thursday was Michigan's deadline to run as an independent, though some were also holding...
UPDATE: After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon on Friday will ban displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesn't mention the word ban or that specific flag. The policy, laid out in a memo obtained by The Associated Press, was described by...
(Headline USA) Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta's mayor and city council to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in a suit filed in state court late Thursday...
(Headline USA) The head of the Department of Homeland Security visited Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, just hours after issuing a scathing statement that called the protesters who have taken to the streets every night for nearly two months “violent anarchists" and a "violent mob” that have kept the liberal Northwest...
(Associated Press)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argued Thursday for a more limited U.S. view of global human rights advocacy based on the principals laid out by America's Founding Fathers, a suggestion critics assumed meant stepping away from more modern concepts such as support for women and the LGBQT communities...
(Alex Berezow, PhD and Josh Bloom, American Council on Science & Health) Of all the things we have lost this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic – from the people we love to the jobs that put food on the table – one of the more pernicious is the loss...
(Headline USA) The United States has become overly reliant on Chinese goods and services, including face masks, medical gowns and other protective equipment designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Attorney General William Barr said Thursday as he also cautioned American business leaders against promoting policies favorable to...
Celio Alexander Serrano--Trejo was arrested in November 2019 after Prince William County, Virginia police officers learned that Celio, an illegal immigrant, had a criminal warrant in his native El Salvador and was a member of the notoriously violent gang MS-13.
Police honored a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer and...
(Headline USA) USA Today says that a column that the newspaper solicited and published from presidential trade adviser Peter Navarro criticizing Dr. Anthony Fauci was misleading and did not meet fact-checking standards.
The newspaper explained the decision in a note by Bill Sternberg, editorial page editor, attached to the column online....