Louisiana's 'Blue Lives Matter' bill just became law
Gov. John Bel Edwards on May 5 in Baton Rouge. (Melinda Deslatte/AP) Louisana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed the “Blue Lives Matter” bill into law Thursday, making the state the first in the nation where public safety workers are considered a protected class under hate-crime law. In many states, hate crime laws call for additional penalties for those convicted of crimes who targeted victims on the basis of race, ethnicity or religion. Targeting police officers, firefighters and emergency m..>> view originalThe superbug that doctors have been dreading just reached the US
CRE, a family of bacteria pictured in this illustration, is considered one of the deadliest superbugs because it causes infections that are often resistant to most antibiotics. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Reuters) This post has been updated. For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotic of last resort, an alarming development that the top U.S. public health official says could signal "the end of the road" fo..>> view originalState Dept. offered 'standalone' PC for Clinton's email
State Department officials took pains to accommodate Hillary Clinton’s email practices as secretary, according to newly released testimony by a career agency official. Clinton was offered a “stand-alone” computer near her office that would let her access the Internet without entering a password or logging into the department’s network as other employees are required to do, the official said. The official, Lewis A. Lukens, executive director of Clinton’s executive secretariat from 2008 to 2011, ..>> view originalAgain, National Spelling Bee ends in a tie
After a heart-stopping epic duel of word masters, an 11-year-old Texan and a 13-year-old New Yorker tied for the championship trophy Thursday night in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the third time in a row the contest deadlocked between two victors. Crowd favorite Nihar Saireddy Janga, a fifth-grader who charmed the fans with his slight voice and knowledge of obscure words, and Jairam Hathwar, whose brother Sriram Hathwar co-won the contest in 2014, were declared this year’s winners. The ..>> view originalHillary Clinton emails: Judge orders video of Cheryl Mills' testimony ...
A federal judge on Thursday ordered that the videotape of Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff giving a deposition this week be sealed so it can’t be used in political attacks against the former secretary of state and likely Democratic presidential nominee.Judge Emmett G. Sullivan said the transcript of Cheryl Mills‘ testimony will be made public so the voters can know what she says. He said it was “unnecessary” to have the video released.He extended that order to all of the depositions being..>> view originalPastors congregate in D.C. to discuss politics, religion
Hundreds of pastors congregated in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss America’s increasingly secular culture and what the church’s role should be in casting out its demons.The mood in the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill alternated between reverence and apprehension, as the Family Research Council hosted its Watchmen on the Wall national convention from Wednesday through Friday.Sitting at dozens of round tables in a packed-capacity ballroom, some of the pastors in att..>> view originalIn a rare occurrence, Obama speaks his mind about Trump for the ...
The scene was striking: an American president, standing before reporters on foreign soil, declaring that one of his potential successors had “rattled” other heads of state because he had displayed “either an ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude” about them. President Obama’s public disparagement Thursday of Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, during a news conference in Ise City, Japan, obliterated the now-quaint political convention that partisanship stops at the wat..>> view originalTrump uses energy speech to outline general election pitch
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During International Special Operations Forces Week, troops staged a demonstration in Tampa, Fla., on May 25, where they rescued the mayor from a simulated hostage situation with helicopters, gunships and hundreds of blank rounds of ammunition. (United States Special Operations Command) TAMPA — On Wednesday, Special Operations troops from more than a dozen countries jumped out of helicopters, rappelled from buildings and expended hundreds of rounds of ammunition as they attempted to rescu..>> view originalObama administration's transgender bathroom push pits Title IX ...
By using Title IX as a weapon on multiple fronts, opponents say, the Obama administration will force universities to violate the law by enforcing it.Critics say the Justice and Education departments are struggling to keep logical ranks as the law on sex equality defines anything unwelcome as sexual harassment and requires that women’s bathrooms be open to male genitals.Joseph Backholm, director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, said Title IX’s collision course with itself is the resu..>> view original
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