Marshall D. Sahlins, a brilliant and witty anthropologist who, starting in the 1970s, explored how individuals shape and are shaped by their cultures — a point he had already put in practice a decade earlier as the inventor of the “teach-in” against the Vietnam War — died on Monday at his home in Chicago. He […]
A Texas man who boasted that he was at the United States Capitol when a pro-Trump mob stormed the building in January has been charged with plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia, the Justice Department said on Friday. The man, Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls, was arrested on Thursday […]
The court shifted direction in cases on Covid-related limits on religious services after Justice Amy Coney Barrett replaced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Friday night lifted California’s restrictions on religious gatherings in private homes, saying they could not be enforced to bar prayer meetings, Bible study classes […]
The court shifted direction in cases on Covid-related limits on religious services after Justice Amy Coney Barrett replaced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Friday night lifted California’s restrictions on religious gatherings in private homes, saying they could not be enforced to bar prayer meetings, Bible study classes […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The Biden administration is easing limits on contacts with Taiwanese officials, the State Department said on Friday (April 9), as the US looks to counter what it sees as increasing encroachment by China on the island’s sovereignty. The new State Department guidance “underscores Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and an important security […]
We don’t know exactly what Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s deputy prime minister and finance minister, will present when she becomes the country’s first woman to deliver a federal budget later this month. But the Liberal government has made it abundantly clear that economic and employment recovery will be its broad theme. And with good reason — […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Joe Biden on Friday (April 9) formed a bipartisan commission to study potential US Supreme Court changes including expanding the number of justices beyond the current nine, a goal of some liberal Democrats hoping to end its conservative majority. Under an executive order signed by the Democratic president, the 36-member commission […]
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan is not only notable for finally attempting an ambitious injection of funds into America’s decaying infrastructure. It has an ideological agenda as well – to demonstrate, as China looms in the rearview mirror, that democracies are better than autocracies in renewing themselves and delivering for their […]
President Biden is requesting a $9 billion increase in the budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which would represent the biggest year-to-year boost in the agency’s funding in over two decades. The proposed increase comes on top of the $27.4 billion in new assistance included in the pandemic relief bill passed earlier […]
A Florida high school paraprofessional was arrested Thursday after she was caught on camera physically abusing an autistic student, authorities said. Shaquanya Ann Randolph, 28, was charged with one count of aggravated child abuse on a student, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said the incident occurred around 10:45 a.m. while Randolph was […]