A local judge ordered a New Jersey woman to take down political banners over obscenity complaints, setting up a First Amendment fight. By Ed Shanahan Andrea Dick is a die-hard supporter of former President Donald J. Trump and thinks the election was stolen from him, although that claim has been thoroughly discredited. She does not […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – A towering cloud of hot air, smoke and moisture that reached airliner heights and spawned lightning. Wind-driven fronts of flame that have stampeded across the landscape, often leapfrogging firebreaks. Even, possibly, a rare fire tornado. The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, spurred by months of drought and last month’s blistering heat […]
A forecast for thunderstorms would seem to be a good thing in a region like the Northern Rockies that is suffering from high temperatures, which were set to peak on Monday. But along with providing some relief from the heat, the storms predicted for Montana and other parts of the region early this week will […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A federal judge on Monday (July 19) handed down an eight-month prison sentence to Floridian Paul Hodgkins for his role in the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol, making him the first among hundreds of accused rioters facing prosecution to be incarcerated. Hodgkins, 38, pleaded guilty on June 2 to obstruction […]
DURANGO, Colo. — The last day Dzabahe remembers praying in the way of her ancestors was on the morning in the 1950s when she was taken to the boarding school. At first light, she grabbed a small pouch and ran out into the desert to a spot facing the rising sun to sprinkle the taa […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US surgeon general on Sunday (July 18) defended a renewed mask mandate in Los Angeles, saying other areas may have to follow and adding that he is “deeply concerned” about the Covid-19 outlook in the fall. Dr Vivek Murthy, who as surgeon general is a top government spokesman on public health […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Four people were shot outside a baseball stadium crowded with thousands of spectators in the United States capital on Saturday (July 17), causing the game to be abruptly halted as spectators were ushered out. Police said four people had been shot but there was “no ongoing threat”, without clarifying the condition of […]
[Race/Related is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox.] “Skipped History,” a comedy web series, explores overlooked ideas, people and events that continue to shape the United States. Hosted by Ben Tumin, a historical satirist, the series makes history both accessible and funny. “To me, the reality is […]
While much of the nation tiptoes toward normalcy, the coronavirus is again swamping hospitals in places like Mountain Home, in a rural county where fewer than one-third of residents are vaccinated. By Sharon LaFraniere MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — When the boat factory in this leafy Ozark Mountains city offered free coronavirus vaccinations this spring, Susan […]
MIAMI — The moment that Cuban exiles in Florida have so fervently ached for over the past six decades did not come when the Soviet Union fell in 1991 or when Fidel Castro died in 2016. It arrived, to their surprise, last Sunday, when Cubans on the island rushed the streets to denounce a Communist […]