The House on Thursday passed legislation that could subject certain doctors to criminal penalties if they perform abortions, Republicans’ first attempt to restrict reproductive rights since the party has secured its governing trifecta under President Trump. The 217-to-204 vote was almost entirely along party lines, save for one anti-abortion Democrat, Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas,…
Schools and businesses in a Jamaican city have been closed and taxis and buses stopped running after the police shooting of a powerful gang boss prompted a violent backlash. Gunfire echoed throughout Spanish Town on Thursday and at least one business was burned hours after police shot dead Othneil “Thickman” Lobban, whom they described as…
CC Sabathia was recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot, and now the left-hander feels that his former New York Yankees teammate and fellow southpaw, Andy Pettitte, should follow him in. “For me, Andy is a Hall of Famer,” Sabathia said in an interview with MLB.com. “Getting a chance to…
Bryan Kohberger First Court Appearance of the Year … Suit and A Clean Shave Published January 23, 2025 1:34 PM PST Play video content Idaho Fourth District Court Bryan Kohberger is back in court … appearing before a judge for the first time in 2025 — and, he looks all cleaned up. The alleged murderer…
The Trump administration emailed thousands of federal employees on Wednesday, ordering them to report any efforts to “disguise” diversity initiatives in their agencies or face “adverse consequences”. The request came after President Donald Trump banned diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices and programmes throughout the government. Emails seen by the BBC directed workers to “report…
An aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX airplane parked in storage at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing on Thursday released preliminary fourth-quarter financial results that were impacted by a nearly two-month labor strike last year and other issues at the…
Guess who’s joining Kendrick Lamar on the Super Bowl halftime stage? None other than Grammy-winning singer SZA. Lamar and Apple Music released a trailer Thursday of him walking on a football field before SZA walked up from behind and playfully splashed the rapper. Lamar and SZA would lead the halftime festivities from the Caesars Superdome…
RFK Jr. Wildfires Missed Me By That Much!!! Published January 23, 2025 1:00 PM PST Play video content TheImageDirect.com Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines might be just one little wind shift away from their home going up in flames, based on this aerial view of their ‘hood after the Palisades Fire. Check it…
The U.S. may have led China in the artificial intelligence race for the past decade, according to Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, but on Christmas Day, everything changed. Wang, whose company provides training data to key AI players including OpenAI, Google and Meta, said Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that…
Rachel Reeves will instruct bosses of the national wealth fund (NWF) and the new Office for Investment to work with regional mayors for the first time, as part of a package of initiatives to boost growth. After a meeting of combined authority mayors and civil servants in Rotherham on Thursday, the chancellor said a deeper…
