The abortion pill stays legal. But for how long?
Rarely has a straightforward 9-0 decision at the Supreme Court felt as unsettling as it did on Thursday.
Fetterman has history of driving infractions, records and former aides say
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was at fault in a car accident in Maryland on Sunday and has a record of distracted driving and infractions, according to police records and former aides.
The miniature secrets of championship rings
As sports fans enjoy the legacy-defining moments of this month’s NBA Finals and Stanley Cup finals, Jason Arasheben is studying like a college student before exams.
Supreme Court rejects Trump-era ban on gun bump stocks
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a ban on bump stocks, which enable semiautomatic rifles to fire at speeds rivaling those of machine guns, erasing one of the government’s rare firearm regulations to result from a mass shooting.
Trump is thinking about his debates. and his running mate’s, too.
Soon after two overheated Ohio Republicans stood chest-to-chest trading taunts on the debate stage in 2022, Donald Trump watched a video of the viral clip and raised an eyebrow.
Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas took additional trips paid for by benefactor, senator says
WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas never disclosed three trips aboard the private jet of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to documents obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Supreme Court, in Starbucks ruling, curbs labor regulator’s authority
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday in a challenge against a labor ruling by a federal judge, making it more difficult for a key federal agency to intervene when a company is accused of illegally suppressing labor organizing.
Supreme Court maintains broad access to abortion pill
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday maintained access to a widely available abortion pill, rejecting a bid from a group of anti-abortion organizations and doctors to undo the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug.
3 days in space were enough to change 4 astronauts’ bodies and minds
Space changes you, even during short trips off the planet.
Go Slow, Joe
In Normandy last week, President Joe Biden gave a speech defending democracy that was designed to evoke Ronald Reagan’s famed “Boys of Pointe du Hoc” address in the same spot 40 years ago.
Jerry West, one of basketball’s greatest players, dies at 86
Jerry West, who emerged from West Virginia coal country to become one of basketball’s greatest players, a signature figure in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers and a literal icon of the sport — his is the silhouette on the logo of the NBA, died Wednesday. He was 86.
Nuclear power is hard. a climate-minded billionaire wants to make it easier.
Outside a small coal town in southwest Wyoming, a multibillion-dollar effort to build the first in a new generation of U.S. nuclear power plants is underway.
Star Menendez witness is questioned about ‘his lies and his cheating’
NEW YORK — For days, as the government’s star witness was testifying against him, Sen. Bob Menendez offered much the same comment each time he exited his bribery trial in Manhattan: “Wait for the cross and find the truth.”
Dallas pastor Tony Evans, citing undisclosed ‘sin,’ leaves pulpit
Tony Evans, a longtime pastor of a prominent evangelical megachurch in Dallas, stepped away from his position Sunday, citing an undisclosed “sin.”
In secret recordings, Alito endorses nation of ‘godliness.’ Roberts talks of pluralism.
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told a woman posing as a Catholic conservative last week that compromise in America between the left and right might be impossible and then agreed with the view that the nation should return to a place of godliness.
Hunter Biden found guilty on charges related to gun purchase in 2018
WILMINGTON, Del. — A jury in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday found Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, guilty of three felony counts for lying on a federal firearms application, a shattering blow for the Biden family in the middle of an unforgiving presidential election campaign.
Law enforcement unit is formed to crack down on illegal e-cigarettes
A multiagency coalition of law enforcement agents will begin tackling the unruly market of illegal e-cigarettes, under pressure from anti-smoking groups, lawmakers and the tobacco industry urging federal authorities to stop the flood of vaping devices favored by adolescents.
Teamsters president asks for speaking slot at both parties’ conventions
The president of the Teamsters union has asked for speaking slots at both the Republican and Democratic national conventions, at a time when President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have pressed for support from rank-and-file members of organized labor.
Frightening log from Titan submersible’s fatal dive declared a fake
Last year, a purported transcript of communications between the Titan submersible and its mother ship circulated widely on the internet. Viewed millions of times, the so-called log suggested that a series of alarms had turned a dive to the resting place of the Titanic into a heart-pounding crisis in which the five voyagers struggled in vain to return to the surface.
On Sen. Menendez’s patio, businessperson says, he asked directly for help
NEW YORK — Jose Uribe, a businessperson who has said he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., in return for his help in quashing a criminal investigation involving two people close to him, testified Monday that he had asked the senator directly for his help and that Menendez had said he would “look into it.”
