Новости за 22.02.2024

The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement to proceed after decades of sexual abuse allegations. The court lifted a temporary pause imposed by an appeal by more than 100 former Boy Scouts who opposed the agreement, Reuters reported. Justice Samuel Alito temporarily paused the settlement last week,...

The California Department of Water Resources on Wednesday announced an increase in its projected statewide water allocations for 2024 — following a series of storms that deluged the Golden State over the past two months. Forecasts anticipated the agency would be able to fulfill 15 percent of supplies requested from the State Water Project, up...

Entrepreneurship can move us away from a climate that is stifling innovation and towards a reliable, affordable, and clean energy future.

Hillary Clinton is warning about the legality of birth control in the wake of a decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that found frozen embryos created through fertility treatments are children under state law. “They came for abortion first. Now it’s [in vitro fertilization], and next it’ll be birth control,” the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee...

President Biden on Wednesday called this week's Alabama court ruling that frozen embryos are people a "direct result" of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, with his campaign laying the blame at the feet of former President Trump. "Today, in 2024 in America, women are being turned away from emergency rooms and forced to...

Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, brushed off New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) threat to seize the former president’s assets if he can’t pay the fines charged in his civil business fraud trial. James told ABC News on Tuesday she is prepared to seize Trump’s assets if he does not pay the nearly $355 million...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) named its first artificial intelligence (AI) officer Thursday amid growing concerns over the impact of the new technology on the criminal justice system.  The DOJ named Jonathan Mayer, a Princeton University assistant professor who focuses on national security, consumer privacy and criminal procedures, to the role. He will serve in...

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) exhibition hall for the 2024 event includes a variety of merchandise, trinkets and even a twist on the traditional pinball game. The virtual pinball game, created by entrepreneur Jonathan Linowes, features photos from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, former President Trump’s "Stop the Steal" rally earlier in the...

Recent policy investments in clean energy that boost America’s economic competitiveness and global market position indicate what we know to be true: clean energy is good business.

Four high-profile Democrats endorsed former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn’s in his bid for Maryland’s open seat in the 3rd Congressional District, his campaign announced Thursday. Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas.) all endorsed Dunn on Thursday. Dunn, who testified before the House select committee investigating the...

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) acknowledged the challenging situation some women face in his state after the state's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children and subject to legislation dealing with the wrongful death of a minor. "That's a hard one. It really is," Tuberville told reporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday,...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) are calling for stronger action on the southern border, along with former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who's currently running for Senate. All three politicians were adamant that there needs to be tougher enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it’s an issue “that should...

A judge in Texas said Thursday that a school's suspension of a Black teenager because of his dreadlocks does not violate the CROWN Act, which forbids racial hair discrimination.   State District Judge Chap Cain sided with Barbers Hill High School and against 18-year-old Darryl George, The Associated Press (AP) reported.   George has been on...

Far from bowing to widespread skepticism about her electability, the vice president looks like she’s geared up for the fight, and she’s not going anywhere.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she thinks President Biden is “more dangerous” than former President Trump, in an interview released Thursday. However, she did make it clear that she thinks neither Trump nor Biden should be the next president. “I have a lot of concerns about Trump regaining the presidency. I have even more...

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The White House is calling on House Republicans to move on from their investigation into President Biden after his brother’s testimony countered claims that the president was involved in his family’s business dealings. James Biden testified on Wednesday that the president “never had any involvement or any direct or indirect financial interest” in his business ventures. His...

A small share of adult TikTok users are responsible for producing nearly all the content on the platform, according to a Pew Research study released Thursday.   The most active 25 percent of U.S. adult TikTok users produce 98 percent of public content on the platform, the study found.   Nearly half of users, 48...

We need to prevent injury and protect our brains at every stage of life.

It's Black History Month — the one month a year where Americans take time to recognize the contributions Black Americans have made to this country since they were first brought to the U.S. and enslaved. It means celebrating luminaries like Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress; poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black...

President Biden’s dog, Commander, bit Secret Service personnel at least 24 times before he was removed from the White House, new documents reportedly show. According to hundreds of pages of newly released documents — obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by researcher John Greenewald — Commander was involved in at least two...

The Department of Agriculture’s Equity Commission on Thursday presented a detailed report meant to address the department's history of discrimination against farmers of color. The report, written by the 15-person commission and members of two subcommittees focused on agriculture and rural community economic development, identified decades-long acts of discrimination and listed a total of 66...

Nearly half of Americans in a new poll said they would back a national 16-week abortion ban after The New York Times reported former President Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, privately expressed support for the measure.  The Economist/YouGov new poll found 48 percent of respondents would support a national ban on abortions...

Congress must stand up to big tech’s efforts to lock out law enforcement.

To put it plainly, the Affordable Connectivity Program is the most effective program we’ve had in helping low-income Americans get online and stay online.