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Ohio legislators passed a “heartbeat bill” Wednesday that bans abortion after a fetus’s heartbeat can be heard — on average around six weeks into a pregnancy. The bill has no exception for cases of rape or incest. The bill was tacked on at the last minute to another bill addressing child abuse. It was approved…
Daughter Earth.Photo: John Taggart/Bloomberg via Getty Images There are a lot of reasons to rue the fact that Donald Trump will be our next president. But if you accept the reality of man-made climate change — and are fond of human civilization and/or coral reefs — the president-elect’s indifference to the Earth’s warming should…
via KOB 4 ‘I CAN’T BREATHE’ Cops Gagged and Smothered a Man to Death, Then Fist-Bumped After a disturbed man bit an officer, a ‘spit sock’ was put over his mouth, and then more officers got on his back. Yet police say the man’s death wasn’t their fault. Police handcuffed Ben Anthony C de Baca,…
Bloomberg/Getty FOUR MORE YEARS Donald Trump’s Carrier Victory Speech Shows We’re Stuck With the Crazy Candidate What was supposed to be a jobs speech turned into another torrent of self-congratulations, diversions, and shtick. Donald Trump won the presidency, but judging by his Thursday appearance to announce a deal with Carrier, the heating and air conditioning…
President-elect Donald Trump promised to drive down the cost of medicines, defying investors who saw a boon in his election last month and injecting himself again into a contentious economic debate. “I’m going to bring down drug prices,” Trump said, according to a transcript of an interview posted on Time magazine’s website as it named him its…
“You are going to bleed and be tortured,” the caller said, according to police.View Full Caption DNAinfo/Gwynne Hogan EAST WILLIAMSBURG — A worker at the popular pizza joint Roberta’s received death threats after rumors spread on YouTube and Twitter that it was connected to Pizzagate — the fake-news conspiracy theory claiming Hillary Clinton was running a child abuse ring out…
2. The unhinged conspiracy theory now known as “Pizzagate” has resulted in a man bringing an assault rifle to the DC bar named in the theory, according to local police. “Pizzagate” claims that Democratic operatives placing orders at Comet Ping Pong were actually using code to talk about underage prostitutes. This strange and convoluted conspiracy…
Home › History › The traveling corpses of the medieval prince-bishops of Würzburg The traveling corpses of the medieval prince-bishops of Würzburg By strangeremains on December 4, 2016 • Body Syrian bishop’s during his funeral. The corpse is seated in church, between 1940 and 1946. Image credit: Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection via Wikipedia. While doing…
President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he would separate himself from his businesses before he enters the White House. More details about the arrangement will be announced in mid-December, but it sounds as if he plans to step away from only the management of his business, which presumably will be turned over to his children,…
Voters overwhelmingly disapprove of Chris Christie’s job as governor in New Jersey, according to two new polls. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Chris Christie gets left behind By David Freddoso (@freddoso) • 12/6/16 10:39 AM David Freddoso Commentary Editor The Washington Examiner http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.washingtonexaminer.biz/images/static/authors/Freddoso-3.jpg Two new polls of New Jersey are out Tuesday — the Fairleigh Dickinson University…