Around The Country
- The Supreme Court’s confusing new anti-trans decision, explainedActivists for transgender rights gather in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2023. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The Court mostly reinstates Idaho’s ban on transgender health care for children. The Supreme Court handed down a strange set of opinions on Monday evening, which accompanied a decision that…
- Survivors of 2017 Ariana Grande U.K. concert bombing take legal action against intelligence agencyMore than 250 survivors of the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England are taking legal action against Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, lawyers said.
- Whitmer remains silent on protesters’ ‘Death to America’ chants while weighing in on war in Israel, electionDemocratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer remained silent on protesters recently chanting, “Death to America” at an anti-Israel protest in her home state, but did weigh in on whether President Biden’s handling of the war in the Middle East could cost him the battleground state in November. “The state of Michigan is always going to be…
- Resident describes active shooter incident in Marina del Rey as ‘terrifying’; man in custody – CBS Los AngelesResident describes active shooter incident in Marina del Rey as ‘terrifying’; man in custody CBS Los Angeles Man arrested in Marina del Rey after gunfire sprayed from rooftop is reportedly livestreamed Los Angeles Times Suspect in custody after shots fired from apartment rooftop in Marina del Rey KTLA Los Angeles Marina del Rey gunman accused of livestreaming shooting…
- Life is hard. Can philosophy help?Jorm Sangsorn for Getty Images What philosophy has to say about midlife crises. What’s the point of philosophy? It’s an old question, maybe one of the oldest in the history of philosophy, and there has never been a consensus answer. Some people think the point of philosophy is to make the world make sense, to…
- Disney revamping park policy that helps visitors with disabilities avoid waiting in lineDisney is revamping its policy for park visitors with disabilities, limiting how many people are eligible for the program that helps guests avoid lines because too many people are exploiting it.
- Trump will be first ex-president on criminal trial. Here’s what to know about the hush money caseNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his hush money case opens Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle campaigning with sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges…